Programme doctoral Biologie: Practical

How to get ECTS credit points

By attending activities organized by the Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution (DPEE) => see the list of activities

By attending other activities related to your thesis organized in Switzerland or abroad (national/international congresses, symposium, meetings, specific courses and workshops, seminars series...).

How to validate your credits

Send a COPY of the attestation of participation to the doctoral program coordinator (ecologie-evolution(at)cuso(dot)ch).

If the number of European Credit Transfer and accumulation System (ECTS) is not mentioned on the attestation of participation, please attach the program of the activity along the attestation of participation.

If you have no attestation of participation, fill out thecourse or congress participation form, attach the program and send everything to the doctoral program coordinator.

DPEE final attestation

Inform the doctoral program coordinator (ecologie-evolution(at)cuso(dot)ch) that you are finishing your PhD thesis.

If all therequirements are fulfilled, you will receive a certificate of completion of the DPEE with the number of ECTS credits and a list of all the activities you attended in a delay of maximum three weeks.

Reimbursement

DPEE doctoral students attending an activity organized (or recognized) by the DPEE (see the list) are eligible for reimbursement. See details and specific conditions here.

Evaluation of PhD students

Each doctoral student is evaluated for each activity by the main organizer (usually a professor) of the activity in order to assign credits. If the evaluation is positive, the doctoral student receives a certificate of attendance including the number of ECTS obtained at the end of the activity.

Evaluation of courses

To help us to improve the quality and the offer of activities, please fill out theevaluation form and send it to the doctoral program coordinator. The evaluation form is also distributed by the main organizer at the end of each activity.

Participation

Activities are primarily for PhD students belonging to the DPEE. If there are places available, master students and postdocs from CUSO universities may attend for free but traveling/accommodation expenses cannot be reimbursed. If there are places available, academics from non-CUSO universities may attend but will have to pay registration fees.

Registration

On-line registration (mandatory) is available under each individual course description => go to courses.