Lectures & Courses
PhD graduates are required to
- join the seminar series / journal clubs of their working group (2 or 3 ECTS, please talk to your supervisor)
- join the VDSEE seminar series (2 ECTS)
- do the public presentation (FÖP) within the first six months of their PhD and no later than one year after they started.
- sign the doctoral thesis agreement and the "Code of Good Practice" subsequent to their public presentation.
- submit a progress & TAC report annually.
- In agreement with ones supervisor(s), one can select lectures, seminars, etc. to fulfill the ECTS requirements from the course directory:
We encourage all VDSEE PhD graduates to obtain at least 30 ECTS in total.
According to the curricula, students have to obtain at least:- 30 ECTS in Biology and in Molecular Biology
- 12 ECTS in Environmental Sciences
- 24 ECTS in Earth Sciences
- oral or poster presentations at conferences. Please forward a proof of attendance and book of abstracts to docschool.vdsee@univie.ac.at.
- transferrable skills: courses/workshops offered by the Center for Doctoral Studies, such as Research Data Management & Good Scientific Practic; Writing, presenting and communicating in Englis; Analyzing Data, or Current research information system u:cris for PHD students (2022W)