PhD

Compulsory:

1) Matriculation as a PhD student

https://www.unil.ch/immat/en/home/menuinst/futurs-doctorants.html

You have to do it max. one year after your arrival. Pay attention to the deadlines, it is only possible twice a year.

 

2) Choose a study program and apply to it (i.e. Quantitative Biology (join here), Life Sciences, Neurosciences, Cancer and Immunology, …)

https://www.unil.ch/ecoledoctoralefbm/home/menuinst/doctorate/study-programs-ects.html

It has to be done in parallel to the matriculation process.

 

Optional:

3) It is recommended to register to a CUSO doctoral program. You have 4 choices, see: https://biologie.cuso.ch/accueil/

 

End of thesis:

4) End of thesis procedures (PDF)

 

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Presentation

A PhD at the CIG: at the cutting edge of modern biology

We are in the midst of a revolution in the biological sciences. A wealth of genome sequences, from bacteria to humans, provides a basis for understanding the common properties of living organisms and the variations that contribute to their diversity. This flood of information has come hand-in-hand with a spectacular development of technologies that now allow investigation of biological systems at the genomic, proteomic, cellular and organismal levels. 
The Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) at the University of Lausanne was established to take advantage of this revolution and offers an outstanding intellectual and integrative environment for PhD studies. The CIG is currently home to about 40 PhD students and 50 postdoctoral fellows coming from all over the world. These junior scientists are central to the life and research of the CIG.

Mentorship of PhD students

PhD students benefit from the supervision of a thesis committee, in addition to their research supervisor. The CIG has also organized a support program, in which each PhD student selects a second member of the CIG Faculty as an academic mentor. This mentor provides support and advice during the PhD studies, and can act as a reference later. In principle, the academic mentor works on a different topic than the one the PhD student is working on, as this should help to provide different points of view and broaden horizons and connections.