Graduate Academy
The Graduate Academy is open to all doctoral and postdoctoral students at the University of Lucerne and serves as a central point of contact for early career researchers at the university.
Doctoral training and the academic supervision of postdoctoral researchers are managed by the faculties. The Graduate Academy collaborates closely with faculty-based doctoral programmes, such as the Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (GSL). The Graduate Academy's programme is designed as a complementary offering that supports (post)doctoral students on the path to their doctorate or academic and non-academic career. The wide range of specialist and interdisciplinary events aims to help (post)doctoral researchers develop additional skills for both academic and non-academic job markets. These offerings include transferable skills courses to enhance their research, as well as opportunities to network and exchange ideas with fellow early-career researchers.
The Graduate Academy also seeks to foster collaboration with partner institutions in Switzerland, particularly through the Lucerne Campus, which connects Lucerne’s universities, and internationally, such as with the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
For details on admission requirements and doctoral regulations for specific programmes, please refer to the website of the relevant faculty.
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Mastering RDM - Advanced
Möchtest du deine Skills im Forschungsdatenmanagement ausbauen? Dann sind die Module «Mastering RDM – Advanced» perfekt für dich. Durch Vorträge, Erfahrungsberichte von anderen Forschenden und Diskussionen erhält man wertvolle Einblicke in dieses Thema.
Beim Modul zu quantitativen Forschungsdaten (21.11.2024, 9:00-12:30 Uhr) liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Schreiben von Readme-Dateien, der Veröffentlichung und Wiederverwendung von Forschungsdaten und Code sowie der Verwendung von Git/GitHub zur Versionskontrolle.
Im Modul zu qualitativen Forschungsdaten (28.11.2024, 9:00-12:30 Uhr) werden Ethikanträge, die Arbeit von Ethikkommissionen, eine hinreichende Anonymisierung und Einwilligungserklärungen thematisiert.
Man kann eines oder beide Module belegen. Die Module werden über den Campus Luzern angeboten.
Are you looking to enhance your research data management skills? The «Mastering RDM – Advanced» modules are the ideal choice for you. Through lectures, experiences shared by other researchers, and discussions, participants will gain valuable insights into this topic.
The module on quantitative research data (21.11.2024, 9:00-12:30) focuses on writing README files, publishing and reusing research data and code, as well as using Git/GitHub for version control.
The module on qualitative research data (28.11.2024, 9:00-12:30) addresses the work of and applications to ethics committees, sufficient anonymization, and informed consent.
Participants can enroll in one or both modules. The modules are offered via Campus Luzern.
PhD InfoDay: Meet & Discover
We invite all new and current PhD researchers to join us for the first PhD InfoDay on:
16 September 2024 from 1pm – 4pm at the University of Lucerne.
This event is a unique opportunity to network and gather crucial insights for your PhD experience. (Registration closed)
Detailed Program:
| Introduction 1.00 – 2.00 pm @ HS 5 | Faculty Information | Coffee & Networking |
Welcome by the Vice President for Research, Prof. Alexander Trechsel Presentation of the Graduate Academy Presentation of the Teaching and Faculty Development Centre Presentation of current initiatives of the Mid-Level Organisation (MOL). | Information about the most important rules and regulations for your doctoral studies. Cultural and Social Sciences @ HS 2 Theology @ HS 4 Law @ HS 5 Health Sciences and Medicine @ HS 12 | Meet fellow PhD researchers and key contacts across the university, from the Grants Office to our Open Science specialists and beyond. |
The location of rooms is shown in this building plan.
We look forward to seeing you on 16 September!
Introducing the Graduate Academy
The Graduate Academy is open to all (post-) doctoral students at the University of Lucerne and is currently being built up as a contact point for our University’s junior researchers.
It sees itself primarily as an institution to support networking and offering a wide variety of courses and services (currently being conceptualized) to doctoral and postdoctoral students. The selection and the academic as well as administrative supervision remain with the faculties. More concretely, all details regarding admission, PhD regulations, and anything else related to obtaining a doctoral degree or completing a post-doc can be found on the websites of the University’s faculties.
Offers by the Graduate Academy, such as the Transferable Skills course program, provide an additional framework for training and support (post-) doctoral students on their way to a future career - be it in academia or outside. All offers are open to - and free of charge for - all researchers, post-docs and doctoral students at the University of Lucerne and its partner institutions.
Once fully operative, the Graduate Academy will serve as a digital entry point making visible all major cooperations the University of Lucerne has with external partner institutions as well as cooperations set up by individual faculties.
