Non-Academic Career Paths & Options in Hamburg : Hamburg Research Academy

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As a science city with a wide range of partnerships, Hamburg offers excellent career opportunities. After completing your doctorate, besides pursuing an academic career, you can explore various pathways in different fields, both within the metropolitan region and beyond. The HRA showcases this variety, provides support with planning, and thus strengthens your professional perspectives.

Careers beyond academia

Career paths outside academia open up a wide range of opportunities: In new professional fields or also in research-related areas. We act as intermediaries, opening doors and building bridges between academia and the professional world. Our events and training programs help you translate your skills, further develop your professional profile, and build new networks of your own.

Additional career options

This section provides an insight into further career opportunities in Hamburg, including HRA member universities, partner institutions, and other organizations within the city's research landscape.

Go-2-Prof:in

HAW Hamburg specifically promotes the recruitment and support of professors at universities of applied sciences in the region.

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PIER PLUS

PIER PLUS strengthens cooperation between universities and non-university research institutions in the Hamburg metropolitan region.

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Research Management

Through a certificate qualification program, members of UHH can develop research and higher education management skills.

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Entrepreneurship

Startup Port bundles offers and connects founders at ten universities and research institutions in Hamburg.

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