Activities

During the course of their graduate studies, QB students are required to accumulate 12 ECTS credits required by the Doctoral School. 

• 1 ECTS mandatory new tutorial “Reviews in Quantitative Biology”
• 1 ECTS from another tutorial (recommended ones are “Reasoning and Logic in Experimental and Computational Biology”
• For students with no biological background, tutorial “Basic Biology for Non-biologists” (not available until further notice)
• 5 ECTS credits from optional thematic courses/tutorials vetted by the program (see below)
• 5 ECTS through other courses, participation to conferences, etc. Consult the list provided by the FBM doctoral school.

Note that PhD students should secure 4 ECTS by the end of the first year (including the 2 ECTS from tutorials)

Lausanne computational biology meeting

PhD students of the program join the Lausanne Computational Biology Meeting series organized three times per year in conjunction with colleagues from UNIL, EPFL, and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

First-year retreat of the Quantitative Biology Doctoral School

First-year students participate in a 1-day retreat to facilitate their arrival in Lausanne, to get to know their peers, and to learn from more experienced students in the program.

Other meetings of interest

• Lausanne Omics Days in February
• D.Day