Empowering academic careers
The #1 E-Learning Specialist for Academics
Unlock Potential, Strengthen Skills - with the world’s largest online course portfolio for academic careers.
Our Offer for Academic Institutions
Tailored professional development for academia – practice-oriented, impactful, and designed to meet the challenges of modern research.
Learning Formats
Through a mix of synchronous and asynchronous learning formats, we provide diverse access to key topics and essential skills in academia.
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Platform
We combine an extensive self-paced learning portfolio—featuring over 50 e-learning courses—with weekly moderated live sessions.
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Content
Our offering is specifically designed for early-career researchers, addressing their unique professional development needs.
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Community
Our courses connect PhDs and postdocs from different institutions and disciplines, fostering peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.
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Security
We uphold the highest standards of data protection and security, fully complying with all European regulations.
Book a DemoThis is why researchers love us
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I highly recommend this eLearning platform for scientists; as it offers many comprehensive modules with complementary valuable resources that can help you thrive in your career (in- or outside of science).”
Jessica Coenen
Research Assistant, Paderborn University, Germany
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Top content, clearly structured resource and efficient learning! Thanks to TwentyOne Skils I was able to gain important skills for science communication.”
Hannah Pfeffer
Master of Applied Research in Engineering Sciences, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Entertaining videos, interactive formats, concrete tips. The wide range of courses allows me to learn new research-based strategies to use my time more productively.”
Kai Krautter
PhD Student, Harvard Business School, USA
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The variety of courses available online is very impressive. I highly recommend this platform as it helped me to improve and grow my academic tools.”
Alona Dehtiarova
PhD Student, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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This platform is like a treasure trove of amazing features designed to make learning not only efficient but also super fun. I'm a very happy customer.”
Marie Nissanka, PhD
Senior Consultant, Allen + Clarke, New Zealand
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This platform is amazing. It offers tailor-made, incredible courses. I genuinely relish learning daily and aspire to revisit these valuable courses.”
Prajwal R. Basavaraju
PhD Student, Leipzig University, Germany
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The e-learning and the live sessions are so great for early career researchers.”
Angelina Frank
Technical Product Manager, Horizon Quantum Computing, Singapore
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I am very happy with the courses. The content and visual presentation is inspiring. And the niche contents helped me to navigate the course very easily.”
Aman Maharjan
PhD Student, Max-Planck-Society, Germany
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I highly recommend this eLearning platform for scientists; as it offers many comprehensive modules with complementary valuable resources that can help you thrive in your career (in- or outside of science).”
Jessica Coenen
Research Assistant, Paderborn University, Germany
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Entertaining videos, interactive formats, concrete tips. The wide range of courses allows me to learn new research-based strategies to use my time more productively.”
Kai Krautter
PhD Student, Harvard Business School, USA
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This platform is like a treasure trove of amazing features designed to make learning not only efficient but also super fun. I'm a very happy customer.”
Marie Nissanka, PhD
Senior Consultant, Allen + Clarke, New Zealand
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The e-learning and the live sessions are so great for early career researchers.”
Angelina Frank
Technical Product Manager, Horizon Quantum Computing, Singapore
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I highly recommend this eLearning platform for scientists; as it offers many comprehensive modules with complementary valuable resources that can help you thrive in your career (in- or outside of science).”
Jessica Coenen
Research Assistant, Paderborn University, Germany
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Entertaining videos, interactive formats, concrete tips. The wide range of courses allows me to learn new research-based strategies to use my time more productively.”
Kai Krautter
PhD Student, Harvard Business School, USA
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This platform is like a treasure trove of amazing features designed to make learning not only efficient but also super fun. I'm a very happy customer.”
Marie Nissanka, PhD
Senior Consultant, Allen + Clarke, New Zealand
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The e-learning and the live sessions are so great for early career researchers.”
Angelina Frank
Technical Product Manager, Horizon Quantum Computing, Singapore
“
I highly recommend this eLearning platform for scientists; as it offers many comprehensive modules with complementary valuable resources that can help you thrive in your career (in- or outside of science).”
Jessica Coenen
Research Assistant, Paderborn University, Germany
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Entertaining videos, interactive formats, concrete tips. The wide range of courses allows me to learn new research-based strategies to use my time more productively.”
Kai Krautter
PhD Student, Harvard Business School, USA
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This platform is like a treasure trove of amazing features designed to make learning not only efficient but also super fun. I'm a very happy customer.”
Marie Nissanka, PhD
Senior Consultant, Allen + Clarke, New Zealand
“
The e-learning and the live sessions are so great for early career researchers.”
Angelina Frank
Technical Product Manager, Horizon Quantum Computing, Singapore
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Top content, clearly structured resource and efficient learning! Thanks to TwentyOne Skils I was able to gain important skills for science communication.”
Hannah Pfeffer
Master of Applied Research in Engineering Sciences, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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The variety of courses available online is very impressive. I highly recommend this platform as it helped me to improve and grow my academic tools.”
Alona Dehtiarova
PhD Student, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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This platform is amazing. It offers tailor-made, incredible courses. I genuinely relish learning daily and aspire to revisit these valuable courses.”
Prajwal R. Basavaraju
PhD Student, Leipzig University, Germany
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I am very happy with the courses. The content and visual presentation is inspiring. And the niche contents helped me to navigate the course very easily.”
Aman Maharjan
PhD Student, Max-Planck-Society, Germany
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Top content, clearly structured resource and efficient learning! Thanks to TwentyOne Skils I was able to gain important skills for science communication.”
Hannah Pfeffer
Master of Applied Research in Engineering Sciences, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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The variety of courses available online is very impressive. I highly recommend this platform as it helped me to improve and grow my academic tools.”
Alona Dehtiarova
PhD Student, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
“
This platform is amazing. It offers tailor-made, incredible courses. I genuinely relish learning daily and aspire to revisit these valuable courses.”
Prajwal R. Basavaraju
PhD Student, Leipzig University, Germany
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I am very happy with the courses. The content and visual presentation is inspiring. And the niche contents helped me to navigate the course very easily.”
Aman Maharjan
PhD Student, Max-Planck-Society, Germany
“
Top content, clearly structured resource and efficient learning! Thanks to TwentyOne Skils I was able to gain important skills for science communication.”
Hannah Pfeffer
Master of Applied Research in Engineering Sciences, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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The variety of courses available online is very impressive. I highly recommend this platform as it helped me to improve and grow my academic tools.”
Alona Dehtiarova
PhD Student, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
“
This platform is amazing. It offers tailor-made, incredible courses. I genuinely relish learning daily and aspire to revisit these valuable courses.”
Prajwal R. Basavaraju
PhD Student, Leipzig University, Germany
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I am very happy with the courses. The content and visual presentation is inspiring. And the niche contents helped me to navigate the course very easily.”
Aman Maharjan
PhD Student, Max-Planck-Society, Germany
Learning made easy
Maximum Flexibility for Your Institution
Our online courses can be seamlessly integrated into your Learning Management System or accessed flexibly via our platform—quick, secure, and tailored to your needs.
Curious? Book a free demo session—we’ll answer your questions and show you how academic institutions successfully implement our programs.
Targeted and needs-based qualification
Key competences for each career level
Each phase of a doctoral career has its own challenges and requires different competences to address them more or less intensively.
This is why our courses are designed to meet the specific needs and challenges of the different stages of an academic career.
With our course portfolio we support you in offering a holistic competence model for your target groups, which provides needs-oriented and targeted support where it is necessary.
Learn. Connect. Grow. Our seminars and workshops bring people together and strengthen key skills.
Live-online or in person — our seminars are interactive, high-quality learning experiences led by experts from academia and research. Our topics are highly relevant and specifically tailored to the unique challenges and goals of researchers.
Forward-thinking innovators in science whose institution we support
Dr. Uta Brunner
Program Coordination Postdoc Program, Heinrich- Heine-University Düsseldorf
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The e-learning offer of TOS complements our own program with a very important component - flexibility. Continuing education independent of "space and time" is a great benefit for our young scientists in addition to all the tasks they have to cope with. The extremely high-quality and variously formatted inputs make them want to learn more and also contribute directly to their personal development.”
Dr. Uta Brunner
Program Coordination Postdoc Program, Heinrich- Heine-University Düsseldorf
Dr. Michael Schöner
Head of Graduate Academy and University Didactics, University Greifswald
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The e-learning offer of TwentyOne Skills is an excellent addition to the offers of the Graduate Academy of the University of Greifswald. After we have supplemented our analog offerings with digital and blended workshops in recent years, it is now a logical consequence to also create the temporal flexibility for further education through the e-learning offering. The online courses from TwentyOne Skills are not only a practical alternative for people who can no longer get a place in workshops with limited participation, but also complement our formats in terms of content, especially in the area of "New Work". And above all, the varied and high-quality courses are great fun!”
Dr. Michael Schöner
Head of Graduate Academy and University Didactics, University Greifswald
Alexandra Dalek
Speaker of the Graduate, Graduate Center of the TU Ilmenau
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"I would have totally loved to take part in that course, but unfortunately I have teaching at that time." One hears such or similar sentences again and again as a coordinator of a qualification program for doctoral students. This is regrettable, because the offers do not reach a certain group within the doctoral student body, which, however, is also interested in furthering their education, working on their own strengths and challenges. In order for us to provide a diverse range of offerings for this target group, the Twenty One Skills e-learning platform is ideal. Attending a course on mental health, career planning or leadership when and where I want brings the desired flexibility and independence for doctoral students who are very time-constrained due to their numerous tasks in addition to their dissertation. The choice between Deep Dive and Learning Nugget further promotes this. With the e-learning offer, we were able to reach doctoral students who were not able to attend a course before, be it for time, personal or language reasons. The e-learning is not a substitute for our workshops, but a profitable addition in the area of qualification of young scientists.”
Alexandra Dalek
Speaker of the Graduate, Graduate Center of the TU Ilmenau
Désirée Dietrich
Consultant for the training program GRADE - The (Post-) Graduate Academy of the Goethe University, Goethe University
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The always uncomplicated cooperation with Marius Kursawe and Robert Kötter is characterized by high effectiveness, friendliness and flexibility, not least due to a large international pool of young trainers. The asynchronous eLearning offer of 21Skills now also offers participants the possibility to work on a topic independent of time and location. Short-term meetings in the working group or teaching obligations do not interfere with the participation in full-day courses, as they can be completed, stopped or repeated again flexibly. Certainly, asynchronous offerings can never replace the exchange in a group. But this is also compensated for by live sessions within the framework of the eLearning platform, in which one can not only exchange ideas with other participants, but trainers are also available in Q&A sessions. In addition, the range of courses on offer is constantly being expanded to include current topics in consultation with customers. It remains exciting to see which courses will be published in the near future.”
Désirée Dietrich
Consultant for the training program GRADE - The (Post-) Graduate Academy of the Goethe University, Goethe University
Sabrina Lehner
Team Leader Personnel Development/Training, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
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We have been searching for a long time for e-learnings that not only fit thematically, but are also tailored to the needs and target group of our scientists. With TOS, we have found didactically very good e-learnings that can be easily integrated into the everyday life of our scientists and represent an important addition to our own offering.”
Sabrina Lehner
Team Leader Personnel Development/Training, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Andrea Boston
Career Counseling & Coaching Career, Center & Postdoc Office, Jülich Research Center
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Since 2018, Twenty One Skills has repeatedly accompanied us on our way in career counseling for young scientists. I appreciate the very good feeling for presenting important topics for PhD students and postdocs in a modern and appealing way. We appreciate this very much in various trainings and e-learnings of Twenty One Skills. In addition, we benefit greatly from various networking events through TOS, which bring together other university and non-university research institutions at a low threshold.”
Andrea Boston
Career Counseling & Coaching Career, Center & Postdoc Office, Jülich Research Center
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Make the most of your professional development budget
A perfect complement to existing course offerings
Reach more participants and reduce dropout rates
Create accessible and inclusive learning opportunities
Expand your seminar schedule flexibly with digital formats
Use it flexibly: as a platform solution or integrated into your LMS
Connect PhDs: provide access to a global peer network
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