Please read the individual course descriptions for registration modalities and access to course materials. Please note:
– Events with no dates or “tba” have no dates announced for the moment …
– PhD candidates are also strongly encouraged to participate in local journal clubs and seminar series
– Information on credit validation and more course offers can be found HERE
Beyond courses …
– Journal club series open to LNDS students
– Seminar series in the Lemanic area and online
EPFL-EDNE courses: LNDS PhD students can basically attend most courses of the EPFL PhD program in neuroscience (EDNE). To inquire about free spots in classes, please first write to the EDNE coordinator (edne@epfl.ch) from your work mail address (with the LN coordinator in copy). You will then receive a link towards the online registration platform of EPFL (have a scan of your PhD student card ready to attach if needed). Participation to EPFL courses is free for LNDS candidates.
Once you successfully finished a course, please send the EPFL credit transcript from IS-Academia (“Statement of results” > “Auditor plan” to the LNDS coordinator for credit validation.
EPFL Symposium “Global Stress & Resilience Meeting – February 3–5, 2027 (2 ECTS with assessment task)
The Global Stress & Resilience Meeting 2027 will bring together the worldwide stress and resilience research community for three days of exciting science. Participation will be possible both on-site in Lausanne and online.
LNDS students please do the following:
– Register HERE choosing “Doctoral school rate (UNIL/EPFL/UNIGE): CHF 50”
– Poster or short talk as you wish
– Upload your student card or LNDS acceptance letter
– Put in “Comment or Message” >>> “Fees will be paid by LNDS”
– Submit and send the conformation mail you will be receiving to the LNDS coordinator. Ignore the payment page.
Other EPFL PhD courses: Please contact the LNDS coordinator to ask for credit validation before choosing a given course, and to be re-directed to the EPFL program coordinator in charge. If your wish can be granted, please fill the “external auditor form” and send it to “cours-edoc@epfl.ch” together with a scan of your PhD student card.
The CUSO (Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale) offers a range of courses on research-related soft skills (e.g. scientific writing). Moreover, several doctoral programs provide courses on statistics, research and analysis methods, for example:
- Romandie Psychology program (with many statistics courses open to non-psychologists)
- Ecology and Evolution
- Microbiology
- StarOmics
Each LNDS student can participate to these courses, but you need to create a CUSO login for registration. Please provide the LNDS coordinator with your course certificate and a course link for credit validation.
Workshop and courses offers open to doctoral candidates from other programs; please contact LNDS coodinator. Several stats workshops …