philGRAD Graduate Academy is a central facility of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. All doctoral researchers and postdocs can become members. Membership is voluntary and possible at any time. The profession-related Qualification Programme and other counselling services support the doctoral researchers and postdocs at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in each phase of their research studies. Fostering individual career development and networking amongst doctoral researchers are key features of philGRAD.

The Rules of Procedure govern philGRAD’s objectives and structures are binding.

philGRAD joined forces with the Medical Research School (medRSD) Graduate Academy of the Faculty of Medicine, iGRAD the Graduate Academy of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and JUNO, the Junior Scientist and international Researcher Center of Heinrich Heine University to form the Heine Research Academies (HeRA). For philGRAD members, this means that in addition to their own programme of events they have access to those workshops offered by iGRAD, medRSD and JUNO which are not restricted to the specific faculty.