Early-Career Researchers

RWTH Center for Young Academics

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The Center for Young Academics, or CYA for short, is the central point of contact for information, career development, and networking for doctoral candidates, postdocs, and Advanced Talents at RWTH.

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Career Paths of Junior Researchers at RWTH

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RWTH Aachen University has created ideal framework conditions for career development and presents its researchers with transparent career paths both at and outside of the University early on.

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Target Groups
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Doctoral Candidates

You've finished your Master's and your future is wide open: Those who want to research after their studies traditionally pursue a doctoral degree. Doctoral studies at RWTH are the first phase of professional practice and are thus application-oriented.

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Postdocs

Postdocs are researchers in the first few years after doctoral studies who are expanding their academic profile through independent research work. Their career objectives are in science or science-related fields.

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Advanced Talents

Advanced Talents are junior professors with and without a tenure-track appointment, postdocs with scholarships or awards, and independent junior research group leaders.

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Junior Professorship

A junior professorship serves as a career step for early career researchers to gain further scientific qualifications after having completed their doctoral studies and to prepare them for a lifetime professorship. RWTH Aachen offers outstanding researchers the opportunity to do research and teach at the university in an independent manner. Successfully completing a junior professorship fulfills the prerequisite for being appointed to a professorship.

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Tenure Track

Researchers appointed to tenure track positions may advance their career through the tenure track process and, upon successful evaluation, be appointed to a permanent position as a full professor.

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Services for Researchers

RWTH offers targeted information, assistance, and advising for new researchers.

Certificate Courses

RWTH's varied certificate courses serve to help researchers enhance their professional profiles.