You can choose from a wide range of career opportunities after graduation: On average, 15 % of PhD graduates work in universities, 70% in enterprises and 12% work in the public sector. Therefore, GGG offers qualification for career paths in academia and science management within universities, as well as qualification for career paths in the business sector, in organizations, administration, NGOs and many more.

a) Science Management
Science support activities, e.g., as a faculty advisor, coordinator of a research group, in the International Office, while supporting doctoral students, and much more, have become highly professionalized in recent years and offer an attractive field of work for doctoral graduates as well. To help you make an informed decision about whether Science Management could offer you career prospects, the following options are available to you:

• Half-day trial workshop “Science management – is it right for me?” (en German) to provide initial guidance for doctoral candidates and postdocs
  
• Various Science Management options to provide an overview for doctoral candidates and postdocs
  
• Matrix chat channel Focus on Science Management for employees of the University of Göttingen (home server: chat.uni-goettingen.de | search: #Fokus_Wissenschaftsmanagement:uni-goettingen.de)
  
• Continuing education measures in Human Resources Development for employees and also for doctoral students (after approval), including in Science Management

b) Focus on Enterprises and Entrepreneurship (Cooperation und Innovation)

• Events Young Entrepreneuers in Science
• Learning platform „Startupkit“ of the University of Göttingen
• Start-up support
  
• Start-up Competition

c) further Career Paths outside Academia

• Downloads and Learningmodules for your path from university to profession presented by the Career Service at Goettingen University
• Training for professional competencies at the faculties, e.g.at the Internship and Job Service at the Faculty of Social Sciences.