Postdoc Office

The MDC Postdoc Office supports the career development of our postdoctoral researchers by offering orientation sessions, courses, career counselling, mentoring, and coaching.

Our goal is to support you in your career planning and advancement. Whether you aim at staying in academia, switching to a career in industry, science management or science communication, or whether you plan to found your own company - we offer resources and contacts to help you find the way into your individual professional future.

New at the MDC?
Let us know and we will invite you to one of our orientation sessions.

Need help deciding which career path to follow? Or need a leg-up getting there?

Mentoring

Consider applying to our Mentoring program

https://www.mdc-berlin.de/content/9th-mdc-mentoring-program-postdocs

ASPIRE

Take part in our Advanced Science career development Program for Innovation and REsearch (ASPIRE) track program

https://www.mdc-berlin.de/content/aspire

Career Day

Join potential employers at the Career Day and get your CV checked

https://www.mdc-berlin.de/news/events/mdc-career-day-2019

Coaching

Apply for coaching on a very specific issue you need to address

https://www.mdc-berlin.de/postdocs/contact

Postdoc Day

Join us at the Berlin Postdoc Day and present your work along with other Postdocs

https://postdoc-day.mdc-berlin.de/

Postdoc Association

Become part of the MDC Postdoc community by joining the Postdoc Association

https://www.mdc-berlin.de/postdoc-association

Training

Participate in a range of career development and training courses targeted specifically at MDC postdocs

Registration is possible through the MDC Training Database

https://trainingdb.mdc-berlin.net/?category_id=10001

Want to get your voice heard?
Let us know your ideas on how to improve postdoc life at the MDC, on which kind of support postdocs require and on how postdoc issues should best be handled! And again: Join our Postdoc Association!