As part of your doctoral studies you are expected to reflect on your competences and acquire skills included in the learning outcomes of your programme. Transferable skills can be acquired either by work experience or developed via training.
Both courses and training events are provided specifically for doctoral students. The bigger courses include several skills, some 6 ETC courses can be divided into smaller modules. Centres for Doctoral Studies and the Office of Academic Affairs provide shorter trainings for those interested in a quicker overview of a particular topic.
Doctoral students employed by the University of Tartu can explore the various options by the HR department in their in-service training calendar. More information and registration in the in-service calendar or by e-mail at raivo.valk@ut.ee. HR offers include leadership training, seminars, and a leadership programme (mostly in Estonian).
The counselling centre conducts seminars to acquire study skills, take care of your mental health and support the planning of work life.
Estonian Doctoral School events
While browsing your options, please make sure that you register to the courses and trainings that are mandatory in your doctoral programme. The programme requirements are listed on the homepage of your centre for doctoral studies.
The following list of training possibilites will be updated throughout the year. Doctoral students will receive the calls for events via the faculty-based mailing list.
The icons used after each course and training event indicate the intended target group.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities doctoral students |
Faculty of Social Sciences doctoral students |
Faculty of Science and Technology doctoral students |
Faculty of Medicine doctoral students |
mandatory course or training |
September | |
5 Sept Coordination of first-year PhD students 6 Sept Orientation session for the 1st year doctoral students in Humanities 12 Sept Research ethics training | |
October | |
10 - 11 Oct Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine 17 - 25 Oct Mental health first aid (Webinar) (UT in-service training) | |
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21 Jan Mental health event series: psychological resilience 30-31 Jan Pitfalls and Risks in Research. A Practical Guide to Research Ethics for Early-Career Scientists | |
Veebruar | |
11 Feb Career Conference | |
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