Soft skills for PhD students
Scientific research and today's highly specialised job market require not only the subject-specific skills typically taught during a three-year doctoral programme, but also technical and interpersonal skills.
The University of Milan offers a wide range of soft-skills courses, from stand-alone modules to cycles of lectures. These courses are designed to enhance understanding of research results exploitation mechanisms, intellectual property protection, and the ethical implications of research. Additionally, they aim to facilitate participation in European funding programmes. Soft-skills courses are common to all doctoral programmes and offer a valuable chance to develop versatile skills applicable to diverse professional settings, ranging from research and teaching to the third sector.
Doctoral students are required to complete 72 hours of soft skills courses within three years. Soft skills courses are open to doctoral students from all disciplines. The course catalogue includes courses offered by the 4EU+ Alliance.
Starting in 2024, a Skills Week has been implemented, allowing participants to complete the recommended number of hours per year (approximately 24 hours) in just one week. Every year, the University organises three Skills Weeks. Students are required to attend only one Skills Week per year.
The Skills Week organised in June/July is held in English.
All the information regarding soft skills courses taught in 2025 will be published here in the coming weeks. The first Skills Week is scheduled for the end of February.
The first Skills Week will start on 24 February 2025.
Each participant can only register for one Skills Week per year (max. 180 PhD students per Skills Week).
The course catalogue includes asynchronous and synchronous courses (online or in class).
Asynchronous courses (video-classes and the end-of-course test) will remain accessible on MyAriel until 6 July 2025, in the section "Asynchronous Courses".
Synchronous courses will be delivered in class or via Teams over three sessions: February/March; June/July (courses taught in English); September.
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PhD cycle |
February |
March |
June |
July |
September |
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39th |
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03/03 – 08/03 |
09/06 – 13/06 |
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22/09 – 27/09 |
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40th |
24/02 – 28/02 |
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30/06 – 05/07 |
22/09 – 27/09 |
How to register for courses
Please note that these rules apply only to PhD students of the 40th and 39th cycle. Information for PhD students enrolled in other cycles will be published in the coming days.
In the section "Synchronous Courses" on MyAriel:
- check the calendar and syllabus of the courses offered
- select one of the three Skills Weeks by 12 February (40th cycle), by 17 February (39th cycle)
- register for the courses you would like to attend (registrations open 10 days before the start of each Skills Week).
All instructions and the links to MyAriel will be sent to you via email. For further details, please write a message via InformaStudenti.
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