The expectations graduate schools have to lift up to are high. In order to be successful in the long run, they have to combine basic units’ entrepreneurship with the promotion of excellence in research and continuous quality control at the same...
In Romania, a PhD can expect to earn 15% more than her fellows without this kind of qualification if she decides to work in a public sector institution. This and more can be learned in Mircea Miclea’s presentation. He gives a short overview of...
The Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) is commonly referred to as one of the most prestigious institutes in the field of biomedical and pharmaceutical research. In this presentation, Susan Gasser outlines the mission and the operating principles...
Promotionsabschlüsse werden nicht an jedermann verliehen. Bevor man einen Titel führen darf, muss man eine lange Liste von Qualifikationen beherrschen. Diese Liste der Qualifikationen zu kontrollieren, kritisch zu überdenken und gegebenenfalls zu...
This book, the second in the projected three-volume Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide series sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Graduate Education (CIRGE) at the University of Washington, invites readers to listen in as...
Inter- and multidisciplinarity is a key feature of postgraduate training at the Imperial College in London. In addition, the importance of regular and intensive skills training has been accentuated since the decision to establish a Graduate...
What is it like to study at the Ruhr-University Research School? In the context of the Conference »Form Follows Function - Comparing Forms of Doctoral Training in Europe and North America« Roland Fischer and Thomas Koch gave an answer to that...
Whatever you would like to know about the doctoral education at the The International Max Planck Research School, Erwin Neher and Steffen Burkhardt will be able to tell you. At the HRK conference on doctoral training in Europe and North America...
Following the logic of the Bologna structure, the PhD system – or doctorate training – is considered as the third cycle in of the Dutch higher education system, like it is in most European countries. This means that PhD training is following...
