Teaching and Training
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 |
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I. Ethics Part1 and Part2 |
1 |
Part 1 Scientific Integrity: 13 November 2025 Part 2, Option a: 3R and Ethics of Animal Research, 1-3 October 2025 Part 2, Option b: Ethical Issues in Human Genetics and Genomics, (not scheduled yet) Part 2, Option c: The impact of ethics on doing science: 29 August and 5 September 2025 (full days, in-person on site) |
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II. Scientific Writing |
1 |
BIO661 (early 2026, dates tba) |
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| 1 | online course (Spring 2026 semester, dates tba) | ||
III. Retreat |
1 |
On site retreat 2026 (not scheduled yet) |
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IV. 1st Year Presentation |
1 |
20 & 27 August, 3 September semester (afternoons, some sessions in-person, some online) |
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Core Elective Modules |
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I. Tutorials |
1 |
continuously |
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II. Chair/Facilitator in 1st Year Presentation |
1 |
18, 20 & 27 August, 3 September (afternoons, some sessions in-person, some online) |
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III. Voluntary Program Work |
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IV. Others |
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a. BIO 675 Life Sciences: Transcriptomics RNA-seq course |
2 |
8-12 December 2025 |
registration link |
b. BIO680 DNA Next Generation Sequencing – from theory to practice |
2 |
dates tba |
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Miscellaneous |
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I. Transferable Skills Courses |
Depends on the course |
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