Courses

Program 2020-2021

Programme & schedules are currently being updated.
Registration for the tutorials and courses of period 1 is postponed to September 7th-16th 2020.

Courses organized by the Doctoral School - On-line registration

Taking place during period 1 : October & November

Sessions taking place in November will be organized on-line

Introduction to Matlab programming on-line

Scientific writing and publishing Autumn Session

On-line registration for period 1 : 07-16.09.20

Taking place during period 2 : December, January & February

Scientific writing and publishing Winter Session

On-line registration for period 2 : 9-18.11.20

Taking place during period 3 : March, April & May

Bioinformatics Algorithms - Exam will take place in June/July 2021 with Msc students during the official exam period. No other special examination date will be accepted.

Inborn Diseases of Metabolism Affecting Brain Development

Introduction to Clinical Research Methods

Hands-on introduction to machine learning for biomedical data New

Scientific writing and publishing Spring Session

Statistical methods: theory and applications:
Possibility to take part to 1 or more modules.
Modules 1 & 2 (or courses considered to be equivalent) are mandatory before registering for 3 & 4.

-Module 1: Introduction to R (in EN)

-Module 2: Multiple linear regression (in EN)

-Module 3: Analyse de survie (exceptionally in French)

-Module 4: Statistics for Genomic Data Analysis (in EN)

On-line registration for period 3 : 03-14.02.21

Taking place during period 4 : June & July

Ethics, scientific integrity & plagiarism - New

Introduction to computer-aided drug design

Modern magnetic resonance imaging applications in biology and medicine

On-line registration for period 4 : 8-18.05.21

Other Courses & Organizers - Registration directly via the organizers (see the conditions on their websites)

Business & project management

CTI Business Concept Training - 4 ECTS

Digital skills

EPFL Extension School - Courses might be validated under request- Modules will be recognized for a maximum of 4 ECTS in your doctoral program.

English in academia (recognized if the entry level of the PhD student is B2)

Academic writing skills for doctoral students (B2/C1) - Cours block- 2 ECTS

Academic writing skills for doctoral students (B2/C1) - 2 ECTS

Communicating in English in an academic context for Master and PhD students - 1 ECTS

Coaching for Communicating in English in an Academic Context - 1 ECTS

Presenting Research in English (for Doctoral Students & Researchers) - 1 ECTS

Science

Radiophysique médicale : physique de la radiothérapie - Detailed program - starting in March 9th

Science/Life Science - Refresher course/Mise à niveau
0 ECTS in the PhD in Life Sciences

Fundamentals in Molecular Biology

Techniques

Introduction to fluorescence imaging for the analysis of living cells

Thesis from A to Z, spice up your research

Courses: a minimal duration of 8 hours is required.
PhD thesis consultations/career orientation activities are not accreditable.

Open access, project management for researchers and more...

Continuing vocational training
Modules will be recognized for 4 ECTS maximum in your PhD program in Life Sciences ; on the 12 ECTS, 6 ECTS max can be obtained in the "transversal skills" category.

Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) Work+Health

Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Toxicology (Registration 31st August 18)

Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Health Economics and Management

And others - Evaluations are done under request.

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