Courses

In the academic year 2019-2020 the GIGA Doctoral School for Health Sciences offers a course catalogue containing specialized biomedical courses, courses dedicated to essential methodologies and transferable skills.  If you are interested to participate –  the subscription is open! The subscription to the courses can be done via the online forms (unless indicated otherwise) per each course. Please read the registration requirements below the list of the courses before filling the online forms.

Registration to the courses is required.  It is not possible to attend courses without prior registration!

Academic year 2019-2020

For whom?

Courses of the GIGA Doctoral School are open for PhD candidates from the University of Liège. Please contact the GIGA Doctoral School if you are from a different University but would like to attend a course. PhD candidates (with the exception of those for whom the educational curriculum is compulsory) can freely choose courses from the list relevant for the development of their research and their career.

Credits

PhD candidates can include courses organised by the GIGA Doctoral School in their doctoral training. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance with the duration of the course indicated. The amount of credits (ECTS) will be assigned to each course by the corresponding faculty.

Registration

To register for course(s) please fill in the online form and indicate the course(s) you would like to attend. You may register to a course up to one week before the starting date of the course. The confirmation of your participation in the course will be send to you not later than one week prior to the course.

Registration for courses organised by the Doctoral School is free of charge. The groups will be formed on a “first come, first served” basis up to a maximum amount of participants defined for each course.

Please be aware that if you have registered for a course you are obliged to follow it. If you would like to cancel the registration for a course you have to notify the GIGA Doctoral School not later than 72 hours prior to start of the course. In the case of a later notification or a no show without a serious reason (“an important experiment” would not be considered as such) you loose priority in the next courses of the GIGA Doctoral School and a notifying email will be send to your supervisor.

Prerequisites

Please note that all courses are instructed in English, therefore a good working knowledge of English is a must. Most courses require use of a laptop. Some courses have additional prerequisites; please read programs carefully.

Feedback

After each course you will receive a feedback form. We value a lot your opinion and possible suggestions for a course. It helps us to improve courses and the curriculum.

For additional questions please contract the GIGA Doctoral School : giga.doctoralschool@uliege.be

Academic year 2018/2019

 Courses from the partner Janssen Pharmaceutica

Academic year 2017/2018

1. Improving Your Presentation Skills
2. Reading and understanding scientific literature and presentations