Since 2009, the Graduate School Science, Medicine and Technology (OLTECH) offers doctoral candidates the opportunity for subject-specific and interdisciplinary qualification to strengthen important key competences alongside their doctorate. 

Doctoral candidates in OLTECH benefit from a variety of offers.

Members have the opportunity to follow a structured curriculum, have the achievements recognized in the form of credit points (ECTS) and thus acquire an internationally comparable qualification. As a doctoral candidate, you don't always have a clear picture of what skills you have acquired during the doctoral phase. Based on the EU competence areas (The European Competence Framework for Researchers), we work together to identify the skills acquired during the doctorate and present them as part of the OLTECH certificate.

Alternatively, you can take advantage of individual courses offered by the Graduate School and have your achievements recognized or not.

Overview of OLTECH offers and benefits:

• Individual curriculum, certificate
• Wide range of courses
• Advice, counselling
• Career counselling and Mentoring
• Travel grants
• National and international networks
• Involvement in UOL committees
• Alumni network/LinkedIn
• Active participation, contribution
• Competence developement