Introduction to the physics department (organisation, education, research), introduction to the management of personnel matters (holidays, illness, leave, etc.), introduction to doctoral studies in physics (general syllabus, individual study plan, courses, procedures, etc.), active work on the individual study plan (in particular the learning outcomes), introduction to career planning, international perspectives in the doctoral education, equal treatment, sustainable development in doctoral education, doctoral student perspective, information search, reference management, open access publishing, research portal/LUCRIS, introduction to oral and written communication, introduction to the theory of science and research methodology, introduction to teaching at the department.