PhD students in their first or second semester should attend an MA seminar each in their discipline and area: please ask the lecturers via email if you can participate in their course as PhD students. Research Seminars in the discipline should be chosen among all seminars available in the FU course catalogue . PhD students in Economics should have a look at the course program of Doctoral Programm in Business Research. PhD students may also have a look at courses at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
PhD students should earn 4 credits of professional skills throughout their time at GEAS. Credits can be earned through the graduate conference organization (2 CP), good research practice (1 CP), by attending writing and method workshops (i.e. fu:stat) as well as attending the DRS program for career development or other skills in academic managmement (8 hrs = 0,5 CP). Courses at Dahlem Research School are open to all PhD students of the Berlin University Alliance at https://drs.fu-berlin.de