Skills-related courses
UiO offers a variety of courses and programmes to improve the transferrable skills of its researchers. Have a look at our events page to look though current offers or contact us if have ideas for new ones.
The European University Alliance Circle U offers online training sessions on transversal issues which are open to for early-career researchers at UiO.
LINK, UiOs Centre for Learning, Innovation & Academic Development, offers courses on teaching at university level and pedagogical development. Note that most courses require active teaching duties to be admitted.
Career development templates
All PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers must be offered the opportunity to develop a career plan and have access to career guidance throughout their research period. UiO offers career plan templates. You can find more information and download the templates here: Career plan
Career weeks
Several faculties at UiO offer career weeks for early career researchers which offer skill
courses and are open to all.
CV check and application support
Need advice on how to write a cover letter or update your CV for an academic/non-academic job or a grant application? We offer one-on-one consultations. Contact: career-hf@hf.uio.no
Language Courses
UiO offers several Norwegian language courses for employees and visiting researchers. Spouses of UiO employees and researchers are also welcome to take the classes.
Useful resources
- Career guidance for early career researchers
- HFs career pages
- Vitae: Researcher careers
- Euraxcess: Career Development
- Imagine PHD: Career exploration and planning tool
- Karriereveiledning.no (Norwegian)
- Karriere Oslo (Norwegian)