Generic courses 2012

 

 

PhD students at LIFE can participate in general or so-called generic PhD courses, i.e. courses that can support their PhD studies but that are not specified to the topic of their projects. Students will obtain ECTS credits for most of the courses.

 

Generic PhD courses offered by the Graduate School of Life Sciences

PhD students from the former Faculty of Life Sciences can participate for free in all courses. PhD students from the other faculties at University of Copenhagen can participate according to the agreement on internal market for generic courses at University of Copenhagen (i.e. for free or reduced price, contact your PhD School for further information). Participants may have to pay for room and board.

 

The following main types of generic courses are offered by the Graduate School of Life Sciences

 

• Personal development and career planning.
• Research ethics.
• Project leadership, quality assurance and entrepreneurship.
• Dissemination courses (scientific writing and presentation techniques).
• Didactic course for PhD students.
• Basic statistical methods.

 

Course catalogue / activity program 2012

All our activities are described in our activity program:

 

Course Catalogue 2012 (full overview in one file)

 

You can find course descriptions, dates and registration details in the program. Full course descriptions can be found in the PhD Course Database or requested from the course organizers (see Course Catalogue for details - not all activities are found in the PhD Course Database).

 

Other generic PhD courses offered by University of Copenhagen

Course fee may apply for LIFE's PhD students:

 

• IT course, IT Learning Centre, UC-LIFE
• Language Courses, CIP
• Library courses, UC-LIFE
• Course Catalogue, HR & Organisation (PUMA)
• UniGO - a PhD Course in University Governance (cancelled in 2011)

In the PUMA catalogue, you can find a variety of courses in relation to finances, project management, first aid, stress management etc.  

 

Generic PhD seminars

The Graduate School is also involved in setting-up seminars and workshops for PhD students, supervisors and other interested in PhD educational issues.

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Are we missing a course?

If you wish to suggest a topic for a new generic PhD course at LIFE, please contact that head of the Graduate School of Life Sciences Lise Arleth.