Curriculum

The PSC PhD Program in Plant Sciences requires completion of 12 ECTS (ETHZ & UZH, credit points) and 18 ECTS (UNIBAS) from courses organized or accredited by the PSC. This includes: PSC courses, Life Science Zurich Graduate School (LSZGS) courses, and official university courses. You can register for PSC courses here, after selecting "Plant Sciences" course category.

For your curriculum choose courses from the table below. The table is taken from PhD Program Plant Sciences guidelines (PDF, 739 KB):

Activities

ECTS

Compulsory Activity

Colloquium "Challenges in Plant Sciences"
Research Integrity
Students enrolled at ETHZ: 1 ECTS through visiting a course on Research Integrity in your department. Register in MyStudies.
Students enrolled at UZH and UNIBAS: have to attend the LSZGS “Introductory Lecture to Good Scientific Practice (GSP) and Scientific Integrity” (0 ECTS).

2 (UZH & UNIBAS)

3 (ETHZ)

Core Elective Activity

Research &Technical Skill Courses in all areas of Plant Sciences: Intensive workshops on skills, methods and techniques used in plant science research.
Digital Skills & Statistics Courses
Transferable Skill Courses (Communicating and Disseminating Science / Professional Conduct in Research / Research Management / Professional and Career Development / Finance, funding and resources etc)
Official course lists (e.g., ETHZ, UZH or UNIBAS)
Workshops from the specialized PSC PhD Program in Science and Policy can be credited

min. 4

Other Elective Activity

Participation in international scientific symposium with own scientific contribution (oral or poster presentation) (max. 1 ECTS)
Engagement in Green Labs (only UZH, max. 2 ECTS)
Organization of PSC PhD Symposium (2 ECTS)

max

6 | 12*

TOTAL

12 | 18*

* For students enrolled at UNIBAS, as a total of 18 ECTS are requested.

Accreditation of other courses (ECTS)

Participation in other courses (national/international) needs prior agreement of your PhD supervisor.

All ECTS acquired outside of ETHZ, UZH or UNIBAS and associated PhD Programs need a confirmed accreditation through the PSC office: fill the form in the submenu Procedures → Accreditation of external courses.

PSC offers courses in collaboration with Life Science Zurich Graduate School, ETHZ, UZH and UNIBAS. Students have to make sure to follow accreditation procedures for all other courses.

Note

The PhD program in Plant Sciences is offering the course Ethics and Scientific Integrity for Doctoral Students (D-USYS) in spring term, however all research integrity courses hosted by your department are also accepted.

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Weiterführende Informationen

Guidelines Plant Sciences