In addition to their scientific research, doctoral students taking part in the Medicine and Health Sciences PhD Programme must take part in courses falling under the following module themes and gather at total of at least 30 credit points.
Broadening and deepening of field-specific scientific knowledge
In these courses, students broaden and deepen their scientific knowledge in the context of their field of research and acquire the necessary skills to perform their research project. Students take an active part e.g. in colloquia, summer schools, lab visits abroad or courses on field-specific themes and research methods. At least 12 credit points must be accumulated in this area.
Communication and knowledge transfer
Students are given the opportunity to develop their communication and presentation skills, as well as their expertise in the transfer of knowledge, e.g. by presenting their research work at conferences or developing teaching skills in didactic courses or teaching activities. At least 6 credit points must be gathered in this area.
Interdisciplinary competencies
Students are invited to develop strategies and expertise for their scientific career through courses on e.g. good scientific practice, scientific writing and publishing, grant writing, data management and statistics, project management, as well as courses preparing for the job market. At least 6 credit points must be accumulated in this area.
An overview of the modules that fall under the three module themes of the Medicine and Health Sciences PhD Programme is available in the examination regulations of the OLTECH (pp. 27-28), that are also available in English on the OLTECH Regulations webpage. The overview also specifies how many credits are required to have courses count toward a module, how many can maximally be accumulated, as well which modules are mandatory.
In addition to research activities related to the students research project (research team or departmental research colloquium, research visit abroad, taking part in conferences, etc.), the doctoral students have access to a variety of courses offered by:
You can sign up for most of the courses on StudIP, which you can access with your university account information. You can also search for courses on StudIP by using the search option in the main tool bar and then choosing the directory search, which will give you an array of further search options.
An exemplary curriculum over the three-year programme can be found here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the programme coordinators!
