Seminars

Seminar activities and scientific conferences

As a doctoral student, you are expected to actively participate in seminars that are relevant to the research project and of a general educational nature, in order to strengthen your subject expertise and your ability to present and discuss your own and others' research.

If you are admitted as a PhD student after 1 January 2019, it is mandatory to participate in at least 18 seminars during your education in the subject Medical sciences. Please note that your participation must be spread over time. Three years or more must have passed between the first and last seminar in which you participate and periods of study breaks cannot be counted.

As a doctoral student you should also participate in national and international conferences, and present your own results through posters or lectures.

Seminars are primarily scientific presentations, within for example the framework of seminar series, but also doctoral dissertations, half-time reviews or the like. Journal clubs, as well as meetings and seminars with a scientific focus within the individual research group where the doctoral student presents and/or discusses the others’ research, may be included but not constitute the majority of the seminars. The seminars to be included in the programme are specified in the individual study plan and based on the achievement of the degree objectives. Participation is reported in the course Generic knowledge and skills.

Table of seminar documentation (pdf 140kb, new tab)

Those admitted to a licentiate programme are required to participate in at least nine seminars during 1 ½ years in the subject of medical science.

For all doctoral students admitted after 1 January 2021, participation in the seminar "Writing the thesis summary" is mandatory - strongly recommended to all PhD students.