The Doctoral School provides you with opportunities to develop your professional skills, both transferable and specialized.
Doctoral School offer
The Doctoral School’s Study Program is designed to help you develop a variety of academic skills and social competences. It is good to know that many of those skills and competences are highly appreciated by employers outside of Academia as well.
Other than specialized training in your own discipline, the standard courses at the Doctoral School include:
- Academic Writing
- Grant Applications
- Teaching at the Higher Education Level
- Presentation and Communication Skills
- Professional Ethics
- Protection of Intellectual Property
and more.
In addition to standard courses, a set of optional courses will allow you to develop more skills and knowledge in a range of subjects.
In addition, the Doctoral School organises summer schools where you can develop your knowledge and practical skills in the field of research methodology
External opportunities
You are encouraged to take care for your professional development by participating in a variety of activities of your own choice, such as:
- external courses, seminars and workshops
- summer schools
- research stays / internships
- conferences
- research teams
Such activities may be partly or wholly finaced by the Doctoral School or from a research grant.
Qualifications for non-academic jobs
Multiple reports show that the professional skills and competences which you will acquire during your doctoral education and which many non-academic employers seek for include:
- analytic skills
- problem-solving
- innovative thinking
- learning skills
- collecting data / information
- adaptability
- ability to work under pressure
- planning and time management
- project management
- networking and teamwork
- intercultural experience
- presentation and communication skills
- mentoring and supervision
