Complementary courses

— incl. Transversal skills training offers —

Please see here for our website listing e-learning activities and how they can be validated.

Please note that courses listed below have varying modes of registration:

• Courses marked * : direct you to a self-enrollment website. Register and send the course certificate to the LNDS coordinator. Please note that the UNIL language courses are often only accessible for UNIL students.
• Courses marked + : are organized by UNIGE and often only accessible for UNIGE students. Please directly contact the course organizer to enroll. In case of problems, ask the LNDS coordinator for help.
• Courses unmarked : Send an e-mail to the LNDS coordinator at least 2 weeks before course start.

Scientific topics	ECTS	When?
Neurobiology of Decision Making (Lausanne)	1	Feb 23 April 24, 2024
Désir, plaisir et dépendance, une histoire moderne de l’addiction: aspects théoriques (Lausanne)	1	April 19 – May 24, 2024
Translational Research in Psychiatric Neuroscience : from Animal Model to Humans (Lausanne)	1	April 26 – May 24, 2024
Désir, plaisir et dépendance, une histoire moderne de l’addiction : aspects cliniques (Lausanne)	1	Autumn semester
* Animal experimentation and statistics courses of the RESAL Lemanic Network in Geneva and Lausanne		Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science
* Workshops of the UNIL Cellular Imaging Facility		various
* Courses of the UNIL Electron Microscope Facility		various
* Courses of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)		various
Course program of the FBM-UNIL Life Science PhD program		various
Course program of the UNIGE Life Science PhD program		various

Transversal Skills and Career Development Help	ECTS	When?
Innosuisse Startup Training	3	Geneva and Lausanne
Workshop: Stop procrastinating. Start working.(4 half-days online; register before September 20)	1	upon request
Public Dissemination Skills (Lausanne; register before February 16)	1	March 4 -13, 2024
Communication et médias (en français; Geneva)	0.5	tba
+ UNIGE Scientific writing and communication	2	Autumn semester
+ UNIGE library courses (e.g. Data management plan; bibliographic search and referencing)		various
+ UNIGE courses on complementary skills offered by the Teaching Division		various
* UNIL Graduate Campus Workshops		various
* UNIL Skills for Scientists workshops and events		various
* UNIL Academic writing skills for doctoral students	2	various
* UNIL: Presenting Research in English	1	2-day course in January and June
* UNIL: Communicating in English in an Academic Context for Master and PhD students	2	5-day course in January and June
* UNIL: Preparing a 3 Minute Thesis Presentation in English for Doctoral Students	0.5	tbd
* UNIL /CHUV workshops on data management, bibliographic search and referencing and more …		various
Course program of the UNIGE Life Science Doctoral program		various
Course program of the FBM-UNIL Life Science PhD program		various
REGARD: Le programme d’ateliers pour la relève féminine		various
Course offers by the CUSO program		various