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Doctoral Training

Different types of training courses are offered to doctoral candidates. In these training courses, doctoral candidates can expect to:

Acquire in-depth knowledge in their field of expertise;
Receive training of scientific methods;
Improve scientific writing and communication skills;
Develop awareness of ethical issues in science;
Develop interdisciplinary competences;
Acquire skills, such as project management and presentation techniques.

Training takes place in small groups and allows for in-depth knowledge exchange.

Doctoral candidates will have the opportunity to engage in active exchange and receive support from their peers.

Doctoral education and training (DET) at the University of Luxembourg includes:

1. Transferable Skills Training, a set of common courses;

2. University of Luxembourg Incubator; and

3. Doctoral Programmes, specific research trainings.

1. Transferable Skills Training

What are transferable skills?

Skills that can be used during your Doctoral period, but are not directly related to your research;
Important for your future career;
Things you can learn for FREE at the University of Luxembourg!

Heads-up

Here is the programme of the Transferable Skills Courses of the Winter Semester 2020-2021 (PDF)

Here are the Transferable Skills courses offered this semester:

Cohérence et progression : écrire sa thèse de doctorat
Good Scientific Practice for natural & physical sciences
Reduce your stress & develop more focus (Sept-Nov)
Management of science & Innovation
Do's & Don’ts on GDPR & Info Security
Schreibwerkstatt für Doktoranden
Research Article Writing (K.Deroey)
Research Article Writing (J.Skipp)
"Advanced teaching skills leading towards the certification of associate fellowship (HEA Certification application) "
Preparing an effective research poster
Mediation for conflict resolution and prevention : a few tools
Building Skills for your wellbeing
Managing your relationship with your thesis director
Cross-border Workshop : PhD, what comes next?
Introduction to Project Management for Research
Managing my new intercultural environment
Good Scientific Practice - Group 1
Good Scientific Practice - Group 2
Science communication
Reduce your stress & develop more focus (Jan-Feb)

In the Flyer (PDF), you can see recommendations on which course to take when during your doctoral studies for this winter semester 2020-2021.

Eligible participants

Transferable skills training courses are open to all University of Luxembourg enrolled doctoral candidates.

Depending on the number of remaining seats, courses are also open to external doctoral candidates from LIST, LIH, LISER and MPI.

How to register

You can request an enrollment to a course one month prior to each course. Confirmation to the participants will be given per email as soon as the course is full.

You are a uni.lu doctoral candidate? register on Moodle
You are an external doctoral candidate? First, register at Uni.lu following the process for external doctoral candidates; then, register on Moodle.

Once you've chosen your course and filled out an enrollment request form, you will receive a confirmation per email if you are registered and be given access to the course on Moodle.

Contact person: Anne Bégué

2. University of Luxembourg Incubator

Gain entrepreneurial skills and learn more about creating your own start-up at incubator.uni.lu.

3. Doctoral Programmes

Doctoral Programmes organised within doctoral schools.

Every doctoral programme is tailored to disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and enables doctoral candidates to acquire advanced academic knowledge.

Doctoral Programmes are open to registered doctoral candidates who are members of a Doctoral School. Depending on the number of remaining seats, courses are also open to external doctoral candidates from LIST, LIH, LISER and MPI.