Welcome to all new PhD candidates from all over the world who start their doctoral research in Luxembourg!
Want to know more about the research landscape in Luxembourg? Network with doctoral candidates and organisers of doctoral training? Get the tool kit for a successful PhD?
Come join us! You will exchange and have fun with fellow young researchers. Registration will open in September.
The National PhD Welcome Day 2019 is organised under the lead of Luxembourg Institute of Health, in partnership with the University of Luxembourg, LISER, LIST, MPI, LuxDoc, EURAXESS and FNR.
Programme
14.00 – 15.00
Registration and welcome coffee
15.00 – 15.20
Welcome speech and icebreaker (LIH)
15.20 – 15.35
Luxembourg’s research landscape and the National Quality Framework for Doctoral Training (FNR)
15.35 – 15.50
Doctoral education at the University of Luxembourg (UL)
15.50 – 17.20
Tool kit session: “All you need for your PhD” (including group picture and coffee break)
17.20 – 18.00
Inspirational keynote by Dr Robert Mann, Luxembourg’s first professional Badminton player
18.00 – 19.00
Fun quiz by LuxDoc
19.00 – 20.00
Buffet
20.00 – 22.00
Pop-Rock music with band “Les Roosters”