Graduate School Opening Days

Welcome to Graduate School!

The Graduate School Opening Days are the joint welcome event for Master's and doctoral students and an opportunity to get to know the Leuphana campus, your fellow students, the content of your study programme, the student associations and the university's digital platforms. In addition, you will gain a first insight into our graduate community by participating in the academic discourse.
The next Opening Days will take place from 1 - 10 October 2025 at the Graduate School. You are warmly invited!

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Graduate School welcomes all new master's students and doctoral candidates with its Opening Days at the start of the winter semester!

Research >> Cooperation

Cooperation is of central importance in today's world, especially in the academic realm. In an increasingly networked society, cooperation between scientists and organisations is essential to achieve common goals and effectively advance academic research.

At the centre of the Opening Days 2025 is the topic of Research >> Cooperation.

The focus is on the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and cooperation between academia, business and society. In an academic discourse, the challenges and opportunities of cooperation will be addressed and it will be shown how joint action can lead to positive changes.

Further information on the Opening Days programme will be available on this page shortly. 

Registration

You will soon be able to register via this website.
To help us with logistics, we would appreciate it if you could register by 12 noon on September 30. 

Programme Overview Masters

Below you will find the programme for this year's Graduate School Opening Days. You will find the relevant room locations in the detailed programme shortly.

Wednesday, 1 October 2025 (via Zoom)

9:30 – 11:15 Welcome by Deputy Managing Director Graduate School
Welcome by the General Students' Committee
Introduction to IT-infrastructure
Introduction to myStudy
online
11:15 – 11:30Coffee Break 
11:30 – 12:45Introduction to myCampus
Introduction to complementary studies & doctoral track
online
12:45 – 14:00Lunch Break 
14:00 – 14:30Course Onboarding I | General Infoonline
14:30 – 14:45Coffee Break 
14:45 – 15:30Course Onboarding II | Master Programmesonline
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break 
16:00 – 17:00Q&A-Session | Study Abroad (International Center)online
17:00 – 17:30Presentation of the Office for Equal Opportunities | Responsibilities
and Offers
online

Thursday, 2 October 2025

10:00 – 12:00Graduate School OPEN DOORS & 
“Get Your Leuphana Bag”
Building 14
13:00 – 15:00Navigating University Life in Germany for Internationalsonline
15:30 – 17:00Central Building TourForum, Central Building

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

9:00 – 10:30“Academic Integrity and Good Scientific Research Practices 
in the Age of AI”
online
14:14 – 15:45“Group Work and Collaborative Writing”online
14:00 – 15:30Welcome for Internationals (International Center)Building 14
C14.021
15:30 – 16:30Self-Guided Campus Tour via Actionbound AppCampus
16:30 – 17:30Self-Guided Campus Tour via Actionbound AppCampus

Thursday, 9 October 2025

9:00 – 10:00Allocation of Campus CardsForum, Central Building
10:00 – 10:15Intro Academic Discourse
Research>>Cooperation
Audimax, Central Building
10:15 – 13:00Workshop Research>>CooperationBuilding 14, seminar rooms
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break 
14:00 – 16:30Official Welcoming | Vice President Prof. Simone Abels
Opening Academic Discourse
Research>>Cooperation
Forum, Central Building
16:30 – 17:30Get-Together with drinksForum, Central Building

Friday, 10 October 2025

09:00 – 10:00Mutual Breakfast (Bring Your Own Breakfast)Building 14, seminar rooms
10:00 – 13:00Workshop: Teambuilding and Reflection             Building 14, seminar rooms
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break 
14:00 – 16:00Meeting with Student RepresentativesBuilding 14, seminar rooms
16:00 – 17:00“Find Your Graduate Student Society”Building 14, Gallery
ab ca. 21:00AStA PartyForum, Central Building

Programme Overview Doctorate

Here you can find the programme of this year's Graduate School Opening Days for doctoral candidates.

Thursday, 2 October 2025

10:00 – 12:00Graduate School OPEN DOORS & 
“Get Your Leuphana Bag”
Building 14
13:00 – 15:00Navigating University Life in Germany for Internationalsonline
15:30 – 17:00Central Building TourForum, Central Building

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

9:00 – 10:30“Academic Integrity and Good Scientific Research Practices 
in the Age of AI”
online
14:14 – 15:45“Group Work and Collaborative Writing”online
14:00 – 15:30Welcome for Internationals (International Center)Building 14
C14.021
15:30 – 16:30Self-Guided Campus Tour via Actionbound AppCampus
16:30 – 17:30Self-Guided Campus Tour via Actionbound AppCampus

Thursday, 9 October 2025

9:00 – 10:00Allocation of Campus CardsForum, Central Building
10:00 – 10:15Intro Academic Discourse
Research>>Cooperation
Audimax, Central Building
10:15 – 13:00Workshop Research>>CooperationBuilding 14, seminar rooms
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break 
14:00 – 16:30Official Welcoming | Vice President Prof. Simone Abels
Opening Academic Discourse
Research>>Cooperation
Forum, Central Building
16:30 – 17:30Get-Together with drinksForum, Central Building

Friday, 10 October 2025

09:00 – 10:00Mutual Breakfast (Bring Your Own Breakfast)Building 14, seminar rooms
10:00 – 13:00Introductory Session for Doctoral StudentsBuilding 14, seminar rooms
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break 
14:00 – 16:00„Research Ethics“ Seminar (Doctoral Course)Building 14, seminar rooms
16:00 – 17:00“Find Your Graduate Student Society”Building 14, Gallery
17:00 – 18:00Time with Doctoral Student Representatives (FGV Promotion)Building 14, Gallery
ab ca. 21:00AStA PartyForum, Central Building

Central Campus – site plan

Map Central campus

Contact

Luisa Hilmer
Leuphana Graduate School
Graduate School Opening Days
Universitätsallee 1
21335 Lüneburg