GRANAT Advanced Training Courses
The advanced training courses offered by the GRANAT graduate school are intended to support junior researchers in the natural sciences. They are especially tailored towards the doctoral students and postdocs at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Hannover Medical School, but are often also open to students.
The courses give particular consideration to the specialist backgrounds and professional requirements of this group and impart transferable skills and additional professional and research-related competences as required by natural scientists. Doctoral students and junior scientists can thus supplement their actual research work with certified, structured advanced training courses which focus on customised, additional skills and enable them to explore future professional fields - including in the area of startups and entrepreneurship. GRANAT thus supplements the interdisciplinary advanced training programme offered by the Graduate Academy of Leibniz University Hannover.
Since May 2025, the GRANAT office is located in building 4105 room B023, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419 Hannover.
Current training courses – registration now being accepted for:
Click the title of the course that interests you to see the description of that particular course and to register for the course.
| Title | Date | Registration deadline |
|---|---|---|
| School Entrepreneurship: Unternehmerisches Denken und Handeln - Wege in die Selbstständigkeit GERMAN, summer school (40h total presence time, survey about the business idea, binding preliminary meeting plus 5 dates from morning to afternoon) | 21 Sep.- 25 Sep. 2026, preparatory meeting: 17 Sep. 2026, survey submission: 03 Sep. 2026 | cancelled for 2026 due to a lack of staff |
| Erfolgsmodell DU - Traumjobs werden häufiger geschaffen als gefunden! German, OnCampus-Workshop (12 hours, 2 dates) | 20 Nov. + 21 Nov.2026 | 09 Oct. 2026 |
| Patent Law in the Natural Sciences English, OnCampus seminar (Level B2/C1; 4 four half days each afternoon + online exam on a 5th date) | 09 Mar.-12 Mar. 2027 + 19 Mar. 2027 | Registration opens on 01 Oct. 2026 |
Registration now closed for:
| Title | Last date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Patent Law in the Natural Sciences English, OnCampus seminar (Level B2/C1; 4 four half days each afternoon + online exam on a 5th date) | 17 Mar. - 20 Mar. 2026 + 27 Mar. 2026 | next course in March 2027! Registration is not yet open |
| Meine Zukunft Existenzgründung?! German, OnCampus seminar (2 dates: twice half day, starting in the afternoon each) | 09 Jun. + 10 Jun. 2026 (Fully booked) | The availability in 2027 is currently being assessed. |
GMP-Kurs: Good Manufacturing Practice Until further notice, this German-language GMP course will be suspended in 2026. Until now, it has been held annually, alternating with the English-language GMP course (No. 80019). | 26 Feb. - 01 Mar. + 06 Mar. 2024 (Fully booked) | Only if there is strong demand in 2026 will we consider resuming this offer for 2028. If you are interested, please email GRANAT. |
| GMP Basic Course (EN): Good Manufacturing Practise English, online course (5 days plus final test for certificate). Until now, this English-language GMP course has been held annually, alternating with the German-language GMP course (No. 80015), and is under review for 2027. | 17 Feb. - 21 Feb. + 26 Feb. 2025 (Fully booked) | Only if there is strong demand in 2026 will we consider resuming this offer for 2027. If you are interested, please email GRANAT. |
| GLP-Intensivtraining: Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) German, Online-course (2 days and one online exam) Until now, this German-language GLP course has been offered every two years through GRANAT and is under review for 2027. | 10/11 May 2025 + 14 May 2025 (Fully booked) | Only if there is strong demand in 2026 will we consider resuming this offer for 2027. If you are interested, please email GRANAT. |
| Editing, Processing and Analysis of Scientific Images - for Academic Publications English, online workinar (3.5 days, including a Call4Help Session on day 4 in order to solve participant specific challenges in image analysis) | 04 Jul. - 07 Jul. 2023 | Only if there is strong demand in 2026 will we consider resuming this offer for 2027. If you are interested, please email GRANAT. |
