Training Program Molecular Biosciences (A 794 620 490)

Duration: 3 years
Number of ECTS required: 30

 

1. Curriculum

Please regsiter via u:find* (each semester) to receive ECTS:

  • Priming your PhD (please sign up during the first semester after your university registration is complete) – 6 ECTS | mandatory in your first semster
  • Interdisciplinary (= Monday) Seminar  – 1 ECTS | mandatory each semester
  • Journal Club & Work in Progress  – 1 ECTS  | mandatory each semester
  • Career development plan & mentoring meetings (also "Career development plan" on ufind) – 1 ECTS | mandatory annually
  • VBC/RISE Lectures – 0.5 ECTS
  • How do you do it? – 1 ECTS (per year)

*If you’re asked to distribute 1000 points across your chosen courses, assign them as you like. The points usually indicate priority for limited spots, but our courses have no participant limits, so it won’t affect your registration.

 

ECTS assigned automatically, no registration necessary:

  • Expert groups – 2 ECTS
  • PhD Retreat – 1 ECTS
  • Modern Concepts in Structural Biology – 1 ECTS
  • VBC RNA Club: Research Report in RNA Biology - 2 ECTS

 

Additional documentation needed for ECTS assignement:

  • Attendance at international workshops/congresses - 1 ECTS
  • Presentations (talks or posters) at international conferences - 2 ECTS
  • Attendence of core facilitiy training on campus – 1 ECTS

To receive those ECTS, please send a scan of attendance letters and detailed conference schedule incl. abstract (if applicable) or a confirmation of attendance (core facility training) to theresa.huegel@univie.ac.at.

 

 

 

Mentoring Meetings

The mentoring meetings are designed to establish a trust-based and productive student-mentor relationship, to clarify mutual expectations and working relationships, to guide the PhD students through their professional development, and to assess the overall status and direction of the project.

Yearly mentoring meetings are a mandatory requirement and the PhD program recommends that they occur more frequently at the start of the PhD. For students employed by the University of Vienna, the annual staff appraisal (Jahresgespräch) can serve as a substitute.

This guide contains discussion points and questions that aim at helping students to independently review their project progress and overall professional development in preparation for the mentoring meeting