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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 Summer Semester 2018-2019 (PDF)
Here are the Transferable Skills courses offered this summer semester:

Presentation Skills
PhD Dissertation writing workshop
Research article writing
Time & Priority Management
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Data visualisation and statistic graphics with Stata
Reduce your stress & develop more focus (Kirchberg)
Reduce your stress & develop more focus (Belval)
Public speaking skills
Science communication skills
Introduction: Developing Writing & Reading Skills at Doctorate Level
Advanced: Developing Writing Skills at Doctorate Level)
Good Scientific Practice
Conference skills
Preparing an effective research poster
Building skills for your well-being
Project Management for Research
Manage your bibliography and citations
Getting started in Teaching
Managing your relationship with your thesis director
Leadership Skills
Effective visual communication
Good Scientific Practice (Belval)
Good Scientific Practice (Kirchberg)
Leadership Skills for women
Grant proposal writing
Conflict Management
Good Scientific Practice

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.

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 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.