ECTs
- PhD candidates of the Graduate School of Life Sciences have to follow 20 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) of education.
- The 20 ECTS load is for the standard 4 years PhD program. PhD candidates that follow a different track can count 5 ECTS/year.
- The minimum number of PhD years is two, which means that during this two years trajectory 10 ECTS need to be acquired.
- A minimum of 40% should be spent on courses organized by the CTO program (inlcuding courses affiliated OOA/R'dam-Leiden) and a maximum of 20% on attendance of congresses and symposia. See tables below for examples.
Generic courses organized by PhD Course Centre GSLS: Link PhD Course Centre GSLS
European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) point tables
General information on the graduate school system, PhD programs and useful links can be found on www.umcutrecht.nl/research/student/phd
| 4 years | 3 years | 2 years | ||
| 20 ECTS | 15 ECTS | 10 ECTS | ||
| Courses/activities CTO including courses affiliated OOA/R'dam-Leiden | 40% | 8 ECTS | 6 ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| Generic courses | 20% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Symposia/conferences | 20% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Courses outside CTO program | 20% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Example 4 years/min. 20 ECTS
| Category | Course | # days | # times/4 yr | Total ECTS |
| CTO | Introduction course | 3 | 1 | 1,5 |
| Clinical Trial Development Course | 3 | 1 | 1,5 | |
| Tumor type course | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| PhD retreat | 1 | 4 | 1,2 | |
| Peer to Peer | 5x1 hour | 1 | 0,3 | |
| Advanced Molecular Pathology Course | 3 | 1 | 1,5 | |
| Journal clubs (JC) | 30 JC = 1 ECTS | |||
| “Refereer” evenings | 10x = 1 ECTS | |||
| Oncology seminars | 30x = 1ECTS | |||
| Total CTO | 10,8 | |||
| Generic courses | see link PhD Course Centre | 4 | ||
| Other | Basic Oncology course (NvvO) | 5 | 1 | 2 |
|
Attending International Oncology Symposia (0.3 ECTS/day) |
3 | 2 | 2 max | |
| Courses organized by other PhD programs | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 21,0 |
Example 2 years/min. 10 ECTS
NB: in this example the total number of ECTS points is more than 10, which means that one can skip some courses. When you are following a 3 years PhD program, you can use this table as well but ensure that your generic courses make a total of 3 ECTS.
| Category | Course | # days | # times/2 yr | Total ECTS |
| CTO | Introduction course | 3 | 1 | 1,5 |
| Clinical Trial Development Course | 3 | 1 | 1,5 | |
| Tumor type course | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| PhD retreat | 1 | 2 | 0,6 | |
| Peer to Peer | 5x1 hour | 1 | 0,3 | |
| Advanced Molecular Pathology | 3 | 1 | 1,5 | |
| Journal clubs (JC) | 15 JC = 0.5 ECTS | |||
| “Refereer” evenings | 5 = 0.5 ECTS | |||
| Oncology seminars | 15x = 0.5 ECTS | |||
| Total CTO | 7,8 | |||
| Generic courses | see link PhD Course Centre | 2 | ||
| Other | Basic Oncology course (NvvO) | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Attending International Oncology Symposia (0.3 ECTS/day) | 3 | 1 | 1 max | |
| Courses organized by other PhD programs | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 13,9 |
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