Introductory Workshop for Newly Admitted PhD Students at Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
Introduktionskurs för nyantagna doktorander vid LTH

GEM056F, 2 credits

Valid from: Autumn 2013
Decided by: FN1/Anders Gustafsson, FN2/Eva Nordberg Karlsson , FN3/Per Tunestål
Date of establishment: 2013-05-28

General Information

Division: Doctoral Research Training
Course type: Third-cycle course
Teaching language: English

Aim

The course aims to welcome all newly admitted PhD students to LTH, and to contribute to a smooth start of the participants PhD programme.

Goals

Knowledge and Understanding

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• be aware of the local context of PhD training, and the national intended learning outcomes of PhD education in Sweden
• be aware of the uses and meanings of the individual and general PhD study plans
• know where to turn in case of problems related to their PhD training
• be aware of the structures of international student mobility.

Competences and Skills

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• be aware of how to communicate mutual expectations on their PhD training together with their supervisors
• be aware of how to suggest useful contents to be added to their individual study plan
• be aware of how to navigate in the LTH’s range of PhD courses, and know which courses to take early on.

Judgement and Approach

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• be aware of how to show a critical approach to academic conduct and norms in research
• be aware of how to explain their science in outreach activities.

Course Contents

The course includes brief sessions on the LTH organisation, objectives of PhD training, general and individual study plans, student - supervisor mutual expectation questionnaire/interviews, PhD courses at LTH, the supervision process, scientific information management – first aid, procedures – rights – support - obligations in PhD training at LTH, presentation of student representatives, international mobility, academic conduct in research, introduction to outreach activities.

Course Literature

Reading will be available on a separate course website.

Instruction Details

Types of instruction: Lectures, exercises. The course consists of three threequarter-day workshop sessions one week apart. Study tasks have to be prepared prior to session 2 and 3.

Examination Details

Examination format: Written assignments. For a Pass on the course, the participant must have attended all of the scheduled activities and completed and passed all assignments in the course.
Grading scale: Failed, pass
Examiner:

Admission Details

Admission requirements: To be admitted to the course applicants have to be newly (within one year) admitted to a PhD programme at LTH.
Selection criteria: All eligible applicants are accepted to the next available course.

Further Information

Lunch is catered during the meetings (working lunch sessions).

Course Occasion Information

Contact and Other Information

Course coordinator: Anders Ahlberg <anders.ahlberg@lth.lu.se>
Web page: https://www.lth.se/english/cee/doctoral-education-support/faculty-wide-phd-courses/