Impulse – Getting started and connected
Welcome event for doctoral candidates at TU
Impulse – Getting started and connected is an event especially for new doctoral candidates at TU Darmstadt.
With this event we aim to:
- connect doctoral candidates of the university with each other across disciplines,
- introduce important topics and actors for a doctorate at TU Darmstadt,
- provide helpful impulses for a good start into the doctoral phase.
The next Impulse will take place on the 27th and 28th April 2026!
Target group: All doctoral candidates of TU Darmstadt, who started their doctorate on or after 1 January 2025.
Language: English
Registration: Please register online until March 15th, 2026.
Programme Impulse 2026
| Monday | April 27th, 2026 |
|---|---|
| 09:30 am | Registration |
| 10:00 am | Welcoming |
| 10:30 am |
Getting connected (Part I) – Group activity |
| 11:30 am | Break |
| 12:00 pm |
Getting Connected (Part II) – Group activity |
| 01:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 02:15 pm | Getting support: TU services for doctoral candidates (poster session) |
| 03:30 pm | Moving break |
| 04:15 pm | Getting Connected (Part III) – Group activity |
| 05:15 pm | Break & Check-in |
| 06:00 pm |
Getting inspired – Invited talk Our guest: Dr Lukas Porz, former TU doctoral candidate in the field of material science and co-founder and current CEO of the start-up ILLUTHERM. |
| 07:30 pm | Dinner |
| Tuesday | April 28th, 2026 |
| Breakfast & Check-out | |
| 09:30 am | Getting on (Part I) – TU offers for doctoral candidates |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Getting on (Part II) – TU offers for doctoral candidates |
| 11:30 am | Bucket list – Individual and group exercise |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 01:30 pm |
Getting inspired – Panel discussion “Navigating the Doctoral Journey: Pathways to Successful Completion and Beyond” |
| 03:00 pm | Career networking & Farewell coffee |
| 03:30 pm |
End |
