The Christoph Martin Wieland Graduate Forum

The Graduate Forum bundles the existing programmes, structures and units relating to junior researchers and ensures quality assurance across all institutions. It coordinates and supports the academic supervision of people interested in doing a doctorate, doctoral candidates and post-doctorals. At the same time, it serves to further develop doctoral formats and the promotion of graduates.

"Forum" stands for an open structure, able to continously respond to new challenges and developments:

• for a higher quality of support for people interested in a doctorate, doctoral candidates and post-doctorals,
• for optimal cooperation between the various agents involved in the graduate service at the University of Erfurt,
• for a more targeted non-material and financial support,
• for new formats of support and scientific supervision.

The forum consists of four levels:

• the academic responsibility in the faculties or the Max-Weber-Kolleg and in the Graduate Centres at the university,
• people interested in doing a doctorate, doctoral candidates and post-docs,
• the various agents of graduate service and the Research and Graduate Services
• the academic governance.

The committees of the academic governance advise the various academic institutions, the Senate and the Presidium.