Curriculum
The PSC PhD Program Science & Policy requires completion of 12 ECTS (credit points) in the specialized curriculum of the program.
Additional ECTS (behind the 12 ECTS) are not mandatory but can be obtained from Life Science Zurich Graduate School courses, and PSC and university courses in the area of transferable skills.
For your curriculum choose courses from the table below. The table is taken from PhD Program Science and Policy Guidelines (1MB) (PDF, 488 KB):
| Activities | ECTS |
Compulsory Activity:
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9-10 |
Elective Activities from the Science & Policy Program:
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Other Elective Activities:
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Accreditation for other courses (ECTS)
Participation in other courses (national/international) needs prior agreement of your PhD supervisor.
All ECTS acquired outside of Universities of Zurich and Basel, ETH Zurich 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, University of Zurich, University of Basel and ETH Zurich. Students have to make sure to follow accreditation procedures for all other courses.
Note
All PhD students who enrolled before 1.1.2022 have to participate in the LSZGS introduction event Scientific Integrity - An Introductory Course (2 hours, no ECTS). During this event students sign the declaration of “Good scientific practice” that becomes part of your DissGo documents.
Alternatively all PhD students who enrolled before 1.1.2022 have to visit a Workshop "Research Integrity" for PhD students at ETH Zurich (2-3 hours, 0 ECTS).
The PhD program in Plant Sciences is offering this course in spring term, however all research integrity courses hosted by your department are also accepted.
All PhD students who have or will participate in a course on “Research Integrity” or “Ethics” during their PhD program don’t need to visit the introduction class. To see all accredited training courses, check the scientific integrity training course catalogue. (PDF, 163 KB)
