Credit Points
In total, doctoral students are to accomplish 180 ECTS points. 120 points are awarded for the PhD project. The remaining 60 credit points are to be accrued through the study and project college (i.e. 38 points and 22 points, respectively). The table below exemplifies the distribution of credit points:
| College |
Class |
ECTS Points
|
Study college
|
Doctoral colloquium (2 ECTS/6 semesters) |
12 |
| Seminar I: Theoretical introduction (tailored classes focusing on the four fields of research) |
6 |
| Seminar II: Methodical introduction (Overview of several relevant methods designed to analyse trust and communication) |
6 |
| Seminar III: Didactic introduction |
|
| Part 1 (Theory): Block seminar focusing on the basics of university didactics |
2 |
| Part 2 (Practice): Doctorates are to plan and teach a class (Topic germane to the research programme in consultation with the respective department) |
8 |
| Part 3 (Reflection): Support and supervision of one’s own class by university didactics consultants, conclusive block seminar |
2 |
| Lecture series I (Researchers from within the Research Training Group) |
1 |
| Lecture series II (external speakers) |
1 |
| Sum of ECTS-Punkte accrued in study college |
38 |
| College |
Class |
ECTS Points
|
Project college
|
Seminars on key skills (e.g. publishing, career planning, time management, languages, etc.) |
3 |
| Attendance at conferences, workshops and summer schools |
2 |
| Conference presentation at relevant conferences, in particular those organised by national and international scientific societies (peer review) |
8 |
| Organisation of workshop, conference or summer school |
10 |
| Own publication in relevant journal or edited volume (peer review) |
10 |
| Engagement in the Research Training Group’s administration (e.g. seat on board, equal opportunity representative, representative for internationalisation, etc.) |
2 |
| Further events and seminars approved by the board. Credit points depend on the respective workload |
... |
| Sum of ECTS points accrued in project college |
22 |
