Transferable Skills Courses

For transferable skills training, the doctoral candidates can choose from a wide range of courses offered not only at BOKU but at any other university in Austria. BioToP offers dedicated transferable skills courses as well as workshops outside of the curriculum to doctoral candidates interested in strengthening specific skills. These courses are thus important additional trainings for doctoral candidates for their personal skills development and planning of their future career in science and/or industry.
Below is a selection of transferable skill courses that are offered regularely at BOKU and well received among BioToP students:

• Presentation Skills I + II (894.498 + 894.499, dedicated BioToP course)
• Scientific Writing (894.497, dedicated BioToP course)
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship – from science to market (735.401)
• Review, Revision & Resubmission for Doctoral Candidates (790.405)
• Data Visualization for Communication and Exploration (774.410)
• Clinical Studies (790.365)
• Scientific Skills: Posters, Talks, Manuscripts, Thesis and Grant Proposal (803.404)
• Project Management (915.327)
• Open Innovation Strategies (735.343)
• Patent Law and Strategic Patent Management (736.302)
• Organisational Behaviour and Gender Issues (733.321)
• Intercultural Communication (735.336)