Career Day 2026

Join us for the next Career Day 2026! 

You´ll discover career opportunities across a wide range of sectors. Whether you’re driven by impact, innovation, communication, leadership, or entrepreneurship, the world beyond academia is full of opportunities.

The event is open to everyone, whether you are currently at MDC or have already moved on.

The event is divided into two sessions, morning and afternoon, and we kindly ask you to register for both separately at these links:

Register here for the Morning Session - online session - streamed at BioCube (D95 - Campus Buch)

Register here for the Afternoon Session - in-person session - BioCube (D95 - Campus Buch)

Program

Morning session – 
Helmholtz Career Day: Transition Possible: Explore Careers Beyond R&D – virtual session - streamed at BioCube

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome & Keynote by Lars Dittrich, Maithink Media

9:30 – 10:15 Panel Discussion

10:30 – 12:00 Subpanel rounds

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break - lunch will be provided for attendants at BioCube

This online session will be streamed in the seminar room of the BioCube (D95) - Campus Buch.

Afternoon session – 
MDC Career Day: Transition Possible: Explore Careers on Campus Buch – in-person session

13:00 – 13:30 talk by Uwe Lohmeier, Berlin BioScience Academy (BBA), Campus Berlin Buch GmbH

13:30 – 13:45 talk by Nevine Shalaby, head of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship department at MDC

14:00 – 15:30 Company lab tours at BerlinBioCube

14:00 – 15:30 parallel session with career booths, including one from ThermoFisher Scientific

15:30 – 15:45 break

15:45 – 16:45 HR expert consultation session

16:45 – 17:00 Closing session

17:00 – 18:00 Social gathering

The afternoon session will take place at BioCube, D95 - Campus Buch