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Zurich PhD Program in Molecular Life Sciences

Teaching and Training

Credit Requirements and its breakdown

Credit requirements and its breakdown

A PhD student must acquire a minimum of 12 credit points to complete the PhD. The awarding of credit points complies with UZH/ETH regulations. In summary, the 12 requested credit points have to be acquired according to the above scheme.

Courses and Registration

 

Modules

Credit Points

Tentative Dates

Links/Email to register

Compulsory Modules

 

 

 

I. Ethics Part1 and Part2

1

Part 1 Scientific Integrity: 19 June 2025 (13 November 2025)

Part 2, Option a: 3R and Ethics of Animal Research, not scheduled yet

Part 2, Option b: Ethical Issues in Human Genetics and Genomics, Spring semester 2026 (2 full days)

Part 2, Option c: The impact of ethics on doing science: fall 2025 (full days, in-person on site)

 

 

 

registration link

 

 

II. Scientific Writing

1

afternoons of  7, 12, 14 and 19 August 2025 (BIO661)

registration link

 

  1 afternoons of 06 & 20 May, 3 and 17 June 2025 (online course)  

III. Retreat

1

On site retreat 2025: 13-15 August 2025 in Schruns, Austria

email

IV. 1st Year Presentation

1

Fall 2025 semester (some sessions in-person, some online)

email

Core Elective Modules

 

 

 

I. Tutorials

1

continuously

registration link

II. Chair/Facilitator in 1st Year Presentation

1

Fall semester 2025 (some sessions in-person, some online)

email

III. Voluntary Program Work                                 

1

 

email

IV. Others

 

 

 

a. BIO 675 Life Sciences: Transcriptomics RNA-seq course

2

10-14 March 2025

registration link

b. BIO680 DNA Next Generation Sequencing – from theory to practice

2

16-20 June 2025

registration link

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

I. Transferable Skills Courses

Depends on the course

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