LTT-90106 Transferable Skills in Practice, 1-5 cr

Additional information

The student can include maximum 5 credits to his/her general scientific studies. The study attainments may include for example following items:
- Presenting orally PhD research in an international conference (1 ECTS per conference)
- Doing a survey of the progress of the research field by attending a major international conference in the given field and presenting the findings of the survey to his/her research group (1 ECTS per conference)
- Official supervision of a B.Sc. (1 ECTS) or a M.Sc thesis project (2 ECTS); MAX 4 ECTS
- Teaching: lecturing or giving exercises in a specified course (30 hours = 1 ECTS, MAX 2 ECTS)
- Organization of a scientific conference/workshop (as the chair/main organizer (2 ECTS), or as a member of the organization committee (1 ECTS))
- Membership of the administrative body of the university or the doctoral programme (academic board, doctoral education council, faculty council, the programme specific committee) (1 ECTS, MAX 1 ECTS)
- Acting as a reviewer in a peer-reviewed journal (3 reviewed manuscripts demonstrated by correspondence with the editor = 1 ECTS; MAX 1 ECTS)

The study attainments are approved by the head of doctoral programme upon endorsement by the supervisor of doctoral degree. When applying for the study attainment record, the student must demonstrate the completion of the attainment in writing, report the hours spent on it and provide a brief self-assessment on the attainment (what was good, what could be improved, what was difficult, how this experience will help you in the future working life etc.). The form "recognition/confirmation of studies passed outside TUT" is used in the process (POP>doctoral studies > forms) and the form is submitted to the academic coordinator of the programme.

Student has to give a course feedback in order to see credits in the transcript.

This course is meant for post-graduate students in the Faculty of Natural Sciences.


Suitable for postgraduate studies.

Person responsible

Jukka Rintala, Suvi Ikonen

Learning Outcomes

After completing the study attainment, the student is able to apply and use in practice the accumulated theoretical transferable skills (e.g. presentational skills, writing skills, meeting procedures, project management and coordination tasks, networking abilities) and is able to analyse his/her own conduct in an assignment.

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The course can consists for example: -Presenting orally PhD research in an international conference (1 ECTS per conference) -Doing a survey of the progress of the research field by attending a major international conference in the given field and presenting the findings of the survey to his/her research group (1 ECTS per conference) - Official supervision of a B.Sc. (1 ECTS) or a M.Sc thesis project (2 ECTS); MAX 4 ECTS - Teaching: lecturing or giving exercises in a specified course (30 hours = 1 ECTS, MAX 2 ECTS) - Organization of a scientific conference/workshop (as the chair/main organizer (2 ECTS), or as a member of the organization committee (1 ECTS)) - Membership of the administrative body of the university or the doctoral programme (academic board, doctoral education council, faculty council, the programme specific committee) (1 ECTS, MAX 1 ECTS) - Acting as a reviewer in a peer-reviewed journal (3 reviewed manuscripts demonstrated by correspondence with the editor = 1 ECTS; MAX 1 ECTS) - funded grant application (application is submitted to foundations/trusts) (1 ETCS, MAX 1 ECTS) - reporting research beyond the scientific community (outreach), for example in newspaper articles, speeches, presentations, 27 h work, 1 ECTS, MAX 1 ECTS - organisation/development of research project with an external partner (1 ECTS, MAX 1 ECTS)

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

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