Transferable Skills
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.
Fall Semester 2025
Online registration for the fall semester 2025 will open on Wednesday August, 2025, at 9 am. Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.
Course Times
Please note that some courses take place on the same days. Please check the course dates and times and only register for courses that do not overlap.
Course Format
A part of the courses in the fall semester 2025 will take place on-site, a part will be held online. More detailed information can be found in the respective course descriptions.
Conditions of Participation
By registering, you agree to our conditions of participation. Please take a moment to read the individual paragraphs and watch the explanatory video, which summarizes the most important points.
We also explain the individual steps involved in obtaining ECTS credits.
Course Department of Educational Development
The course Meine erste Lehrveranstaltung, with a scope of 1 ECTS credit, can be credited as transferable skills. This course for doctoral candidates and postdocs is offered by the Department of Educational Development and is free of charge. You can register for the course at fortbildung.unibas.ch.
Scientific Tools
Coaching Skills for Supervising Bachelor and Master Theses
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Career Funding for PhDs - Overview and Services
18 September 2025
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates
Python Crash Course (for Beginners)
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Basic Statistics
23 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
24 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates
Career Funding for Postdocs - Overview and Services
25 September 2025
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Ethics of Science
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Teaching Transformational Sustainability Science Teaching
Marc Frick
Antonietta Di Giulio
Rico Defila
Annika Sohre
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
All Doctoral Candidates
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Introduction to Machine Learning (with Python)
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Opening Higher Education - How to Strengthen University Teaching with Open Educational Resources
13 October 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Informationsdesign – verständliche und ansprechende Gestaltung von Print- und digitalen Medien
Martina Schradi
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
LaTeX Crash Course
4 November 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11 November 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Exploring AI for Science Communication
5 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
7 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Navigating the World of Open Access Publishing
13 November 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Ihr Werkzeugkoffer für die digitale Lehre an der Universität Basel
14 November 2025
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
“Digitally fit” – how and why to integrate digital literacy development into academic teaching
1 December 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Useful Tools for Reference Management and Plagiarism Detection
3 December 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10 Dezember 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
The Impact of AI on Scientific Literature: Navigating Emerging Challenges in the Scientific Information Landscape
11 December 2025
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Good Scientific Practice and Its Pitfalls in Every-Day Research
Helga Nolte
(Member of the Team Good Scientific Practice)
21 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
22 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Writing & Publishing
Successful Grant Writing – How to Do It Right
17 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
22 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Writing to Be Published
Paul Skandera
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
All Doctoral Candidates
Effizient wissenschaftlich schreiben - Der Weg zum Text
15 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
SciLib Forum 2025 – AI Meets Scientific Writing
16 October 2025
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
How to use generative AI for academic writing: basics, ethics, procedures, and hacks
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Writing Productivity - Tools and Techniques
Philipp Mayer
13 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates
Communication
Out of the Box! Visualize Your Science
Evelyn Huber-Trutmann
19 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
26 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Presentation Training
30 September 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
3 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Communicate Effectively – Collaborate Constructively
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Storytelling for Researchers
8 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
3D-Presentation Skills: Creating Contact, Relevance & Importance
17 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
18 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Increase Your Wordpower
Paul Skandera
18 November 2025
8:30 AM - 11:50 AM
25 November 2025
8:30 AM - 11:50 AM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Raus mit der Sprache!
Katharina Padleschat
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Professional Self-Competence
SCRUM Framework – Agile Method
3 September -
9 September 2025
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Cultural Sensibility in Reseach
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
2 ECTS credits automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Negotiating Playfully to a Win-Win-Result
1 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
2 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Self-Branding and Self-Promotion
Petra Wüst
13 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
14 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Recharge Your Research! Building a Focused, Energized, and Effective Workflow
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
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Project Management – A Toolbox for Scientists
Sina Saladin
16 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
17 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Learning How to Lead and to Build a Successful Work Environment
Carl Emerson
21 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
22 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Power Games and Micropolitical Competence
10 November 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
11 November 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Advanced Doctoral Candidates
How to Survive Your First International Conference
17 November 2025
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
19 November 2025
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Better Small Talk and Effective Networking
19 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Stress Management in Performance Situations
1 December 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Konstruktive Konfliktlösung
4 December 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
5 Dezember 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Project Management in Research
5 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
6 January 2026
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
“Bounce Back”: Practical Tools to Boost Your Resilience
8 January 2025
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
15 January 2025
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Startklar fürs Doktorat
13 January 2026
9:15 AM - 5:00 PM
20 January 2026
Groupwork
27 January 2026
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Doctoral Candidates at the Beginning of Their Doctorate (1 Year)
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Wen-Do: Selbstbehauptung und Empowerment
22 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Time Management
29 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
30 January 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Career & Innovation
Writing Attractive CVs and Cover Letters
(Sprachenzentrum, Universität Basel)
26 September 2025
9:00 AM - 2:45 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Finding a Post-Academic Career
10 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
24 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
IP and patent rights: a tool to turn research discoveries into impactful innovations
23 October 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
From PhD to Innovator: Introduction to Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship
23 October 2025
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
24 October 2025
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Starting Your Career Outside Academia
Heidi Störr
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
Advanced Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
What's Next After the PhD?
24 November 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
1 December 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates
Ready for Assessment Centers
8 December 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Courses for Doctoral Candidates of the Faculty of Science
How to Give a Persuasive Presentation in the Natural and Life Sciences – offline and online
6 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
14 October
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Writing Process in Natural Sciences: From Research to Publication
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
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Engage, Inform, Inspire - Bring Your Natural and Life Science Talk to the Next Level
21 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
30 October 2025
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Writing Workflow: Forming Your Next Article in the Natural and Life Sciences
Philipp Mayer
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
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Storytelling, Message Distilling and Presentation Design for Natural and Life Scientists
3 December 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
4 December
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Project Management in Research for Natural and Life Scientists
7 January 2025
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
8 January 2025
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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
Everything Everywhere, All at Once: The Interconnectedness of (Epistemic) Objects
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
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Effective Interdisciplinary Academic Communication
21 October 2025
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
How to Plan Your Postdoc, and How to Develop Your Academic Career
4 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
21 November 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1 ECTS credit automatically transferred towards the end of the semester
Research Data Management in Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology
6 November 2025
9:15 AM - 5:15 PM
20 November 2025
9:15 AM - 5:15 PM
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.
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Transferable Skills
