All PhD Candidates admitted to the Doctoral Program in Cognitive and Brain Sciences have to obtain the same number of compulsory training and research credits throughout their PhD.

• Ethics of research in neuroscience: human and animal track
• Code of conduct in science
• Time Management
• Making the most of your PhD
• Colloquia seminars from international researchers
• Academic writing
• Supervisor/Lab meetings
• Programming (Python or MATLAB)
• Third mission/Open science

In preparation for pursuing original research projects, students in the program are encouraged to also enroll in various elective courses during the first two years, including:

• Research Communication: Data visualization, Figures and posters, Conference presentations, Scientific writing, How to respond to reviewers, How to review a journal article
• Achieving Expertise: Animal Cognition and Comparative Neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Source connectivity with EEG/MEG signals
• Neuroimaging and neurostimulating methods: fMRI, MEG, EEG, TMS/TBS

Other activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Doctoral Student Day: 1-day event where PhD students showcase their research to their peers and to the scientific community at CIMeC
• Lectures and workshops on various "hot" topics
• Participation in the life of the scientific community: creating library resources, tours to the general public, organizing events
• Teaching assistance
• CIMeC seminar attendance and participation

Besides pursuing doctoral research and courses, students give a presentation at the end of each year to their Oversight Committee. Based on their performance in these three domains, PhD students are evaluated in order to be admitted to the following year.

All courses, assignments, activities and research thesis are in English.

For detailed descriptions of each activity and course check out the Student Handbook available in the Download box of the Introduction page of this website.