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The course program is specifically addressed to all doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel. It supports researchers during their dissertation period as well as during their postdoc phase and prepares them for a professional career inside or outside of academia. The courses are free of charge for doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel and promote creative and interdisciplinary exchange.

Scientific Tools

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Target Group/ Comments
Course

Coaching Skills for Supervising Bachelor and Master Theses

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

15 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

16 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

29 September 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Career Funding for PhDs - Overview and Services

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

18 September 2025
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

Course

Python Crash Course (for Beginners)

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

22 September 2025
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

23 September 2025
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

29 September 2025
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

30 September 2025
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course
Course Instructor
Date

23 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

24 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

Course

Career Funding for Postdocs - Overview and Services

Course Description & Registration

Date

25 September 2025

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course
Course Instructor
Date

26 September 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

3 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

10 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

17 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Teaching Transformational Sustainability Science Teaching

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Marc Frick

Antonietta Di Giulio

Rico Defila

Annika Sohre

Date

2 October 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

16 October 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

6 November 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

13 November 2025

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

14 November 2025

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

4 Dezember 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

18 Dezember 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Introduction to Machine Learning (with Python)

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

8 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

9 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

15 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

16 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Opening Higher Education - How to Strengthen University Teaching with Open Educational Resources

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

13 October 2025

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Informationsdesign – verständliche und ansprechende Gestaltung von Print- und digitalen Medien

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Martina Schradi

Date

21 October 2025

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

28 October 2025

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

18 November 2025

2h in small groups

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course
Course Instructor
Date

4 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

11 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Exploring AI for Science Communication

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

5 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

7 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Navigating the World of Open Access Publishing

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

13 November 2025

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Ihr Werkzeugkoffer für die digitale Lehre an der Universität Basel

Course Description & Registration

Date

14 November 2025

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

“Digitally fit” – how and why to integrate digital literacy development into academic teaching

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

1 December 2025

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Useful Tools for Reference Management and Plagiarism Detection

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

3 December 2025

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

10 Dezember 2025

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

The Impact of AI on Scientific Literature: Navigating Emerging Challenges in the Scientific Information Landscape

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

11 December 2025

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Good Scientific Practice and Its Pitfalls in Every-Day Research

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Helga Nolte

(Member of the Team Good Scientific Practice)

Date

21 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

22 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Writing & Publishing

Course
Course instructor
Date
Target Group/ Comments
Course

Successful Grant Writing – How to Do It Right

Course Description & Registration

Course instructor
Date

17 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

22 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Writing to Be Published

Course Description & Registration

Course instructor
Date

22 September 2025

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

29 September 2025

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

6 October 2025

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

Course

Effizient wissenschaftlich schreiben - Der Weg zum Text

Course Description & Registration

Course instructor
Date

15 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

SciLib Forum 2025 – AI Meets Scientific Writing

Course Description & Registration

Date

16 October 2025

3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

How to use generative AI for academic writing: basics, ethics, procedures, and hacks

Course Description & Registration

Date

11 November 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

18 November 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

25 November 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

2 December 2025

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Writing Productivity - Tools and Techniques

Course Description & Registration

Course instructor

Philipp Mayer

(Science-Textflow)

Date

13 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

Communication

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Target Group/ Comments
Course

Out of the Box! Visualize Your Science

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Evelyn Huber-Trutmann

(Evelyn Trutmann Illustration, behance)

Date

19 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

26 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Presentation Training

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

30 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

3 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Communicate Effectively – Collaborate Constructively

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

30 September 2025

9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

7 October 2025

9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

21 October 2025

9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Storytelling for Researchers

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

8 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

3D-Presentation Skills: Creating Contact, Relevance & Importance

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

17 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

18 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Increase Your Wordpower

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

18 November 2025

8:30 AM - 11:50 AM

25 November 2025

8:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Raus mit der Sprache!

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Katharina Padleschat

(Raus mit der Sprache)

Date

24 November 2025

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

25 November 2025

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

12 December 2025

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Professional Self-Competence

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Target Group/ Comments
Course

SCRUM Framework – Agile Method

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

3 September -

9 September 2025

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Cultural Sensibility in Reseach

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

23 September 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

14 October 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

21 October 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

28 October 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

2 ECTS credits automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Negotiating Playfully to a Win-Win-Result

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

1 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

2 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Self-Branding and Self-Promotion

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Petra Wüst

(Wüst Consulting)

Date

13 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

14 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Recharge Your Research! Building a Focused, Energized, and Effective Workflow

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

15 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

29 October 2025

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

12 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Project Management – A Toolbox for Scientists

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Sina Saladin

(Manage Science)

Date

16 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

17 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Learning How to Lead and to Build a Successful Work Environment

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Carl Emerson

(InsideOutSolutions)

Date

21 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

22 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Power Games and Micropolitical Competence

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

10 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

11 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Advanced Doctoral Candidates

Course

How to Survive Your First International Conference

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

17 November 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

19 November 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Better Small Talk and Effective Networking

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

19 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Stress Management in Performance Situations

Course Description & Registration

Date

1 December 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Konstruktive Konfliktlösung

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

4 December 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

5 Dezember 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Project Management in Research

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

5 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

6 January 2026

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

“Bounce Back”: Practical Tools to Boost Your Resilience

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

8 January 2025

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

15 January 2025

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Startklar fürs Doktorat

Course Description & Registration

Date

13 January 2026

9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

20 January 2026

Groupwork

27 January 2026

9:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Doctoral Candidates at the Beginning of Their Doctorate (1 Year)

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Wen-Do: Selbstbehauptung und Empowerment

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

22 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course
Course Instructor
Date

29 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

30 January 2026

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Career & Innovation

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Target Group/ Comments
Course

Writing Attractive CVs and Cover Letters

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Riana Paola

(Sprachenzentrum, Universität Basel)

Date

26 September 2025

9:00 AM - 2:45 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Finding a Post-Academic Career

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

10 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

24 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

 

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

IP and patent rights: a tool to turn research discoveries into impactful innovations

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Wolfgang Henggeler

Patrick Sticher

(unitectra)

Alice Freton

(Innovation Office)

Date

23 October 2025

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

From PhD to Innovator: Introduction to Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

23 October 2025

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

24 October 2025

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

Starting Your Career Outside Academia

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Heidi Störr

(Push Your Career)

Date

28 October 2025

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

29 October 2025

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

4 November 2025

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

5 November 2025

1:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Practice in small groups (one session only):

4 November 2025

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

5 November 2025

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM or 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Target Group/ Comments

Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Course

What's Next After the PhD?

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

24 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

1 December 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates

Course

Ready for Assessment Centers

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

8 December 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Target Group/ Comments

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

Courses for Doctoral Candidates of the Faculty of Science

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Comments
Course

How to Give a Persuasive Presentation in the Natural and Life Sciences – offline and online

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

6 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

14 October

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Writing Process in Natural Sciences: From Research to Publication

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

13 October 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

27 October 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

10 November 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

24 November 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Engage, Inform, Inspire - Bring Your Natural and Life Science Talk to the Next Level

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

21 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

30 October 2025

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Writing Workflow: Forming Your Next Article in the Natural and Life Sciences

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Philipp Mayer

(Science-Textflow)

Date

29 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

12 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

26 November 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

10 December 2025

1:1 Coaching Session

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Storytelling, Message Distilling and Presentation Design for Natural and Life Scientists

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor

Daniel Angerhausen

Amran Salleh

(Explainables Science Communication)

Date

3 December 2025

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

4 December

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Project Management in Research for Natural and Life Scientists

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

7 January 2025

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

8 January 2025

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Courses for Doctoral Candidates of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Theology

Course
Course Instructor
Date
Comments
Course

Everything Everywhere, All at Once: The Interconnectedness of (Epistemic) Objects

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

2 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

9 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

16 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

23 October 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Effective Interdisciplinary Academic Communication

Course Description & Registration

Course Instructor
Date

21 October 2025

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Comments
Course

How to Plan Your Postdoc, and How to Develop Your Academic Career

Course Description & Registration

Date

4 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

21 November 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Course

Research Data Management in Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology

Course Description & Registration

Date

6 November 2025

9:15 AM - 5:15 PM

20 November 2025

9:15 AM - 5:15 PM

Comments

1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester

Disclaimer

The program is subject to change. Please check the website for changes and read the course descriptions as well as the conditions carefully.

Questions? Please contact us!

  • Transferable Skills

    Gebäude, Petersgraben 35, Basel
    University of Basel GRACE - Graduate Center Transferable Skills Petersgraben 35, Postfach
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