UPtransition

Qualification program for more diversity & career orientation opportunities

Many students experience disadvantages or discrimination. UPtransition is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion at the University of Potsdam. To this end, UPtransition offers students a qualification program for professional orientation and creates new jobs for student assistants (WHKs).

The program is explicitly aimed at all:

• first-generation students,
• BiPoC,
• students with a history of migration,
• refugees,
• LGBTQIA* students,
• international students,
• students with health restrictions (physical and mental),
• students with care responsibilities or children
• and all other students who face challenges.

Participation in the UPtransition program includes workshops on career-related topics, individual consultations and networking events for joint reflection. We also create new jobs for research assistants within the university. These are offered by participating chairs and university institutions and are only accessible to program participants (see student jobs (WHK)).

We value diversity - which is why we want to listen carefully and take every individual challenge seriously.

UPtransition is aimed at all students who experience disadvantages and/or have experienced discrimination/racism and who are confronted with special challenges that make studying or a part-time job even more difficult. If you are the first person in your family to study, have a history of migration or if you are a refugee, if you identify as a Person of Color, as non-binary or queer, if you have health restrictions, care for relatives, have children or have come to the University of Potsdam as an international student, we cordially invite you to participate in our qualification program.

We are aware that we have not covered all dimensions of possible discrimination or disadvantage here, so we refer you to the Anti-discrimination Guidelines of the University of Potsdam and are always open to individual discussions. For more information on diversity and anti-discrimination measures at the University of Potsdam, please visit the website A University Free of Discrimination.

Do you have an idea for an innovative project with students in your field? But you don't have the necessary resources for a student assistant (WHK) to implement it? Do you want to promote equal opportunities and diversityat the University of Potsdam and give students an insight into working in a scientific or science-related professional field? Then join the UPtransition qualification program as an institution or chair.

The project "UPtransition - Qualification Program for a Successful Transition from Bachelor to Master or Career in the State of Brandenburg" is funded by the European Union and the state of Brandenburg.