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Introductory Workshop for Newly Admitted PhD Students at LTH

The introductory workshop welcomes all newly admitted PhD students to LTH and aims to aid a smooth start of the participants’ doctoral studies.

It is compulsory for all research students enrolled at LTH and should be taken during the first year of PhD studies to avoid pitfalls in the beginning of the PhD study programmes. Contents encompass a wide range of knowledge. Themes include the LTH organisation, objectives of doctoral education, general and individual study plans, student-supervisor mutual expectation interviews, PhD courses, the supervision process, scientific information management, procedures-rights-support-obligations in PhD training, presentation of student representatives, international mobility, and academic conduct and ethics in research, and much more.

Course structure

The course (workshop) consists of an introductory half-day physical classroom session, self-service Canvas contents, and a final physical in-class half-day meeting where participants share outcomes of prepared course tasks. For a Pass on the course, participants must have attended all scheduled activities and passed all tasks. The course corresponds to 2 credits in third-cycle studies at LTH (with Pass and Fail as available grades).

The course is held in English.

Admission

To be admitted to the course applicants have to be newly (within one year) admitted to a PhD programme at LTH.

Scope

The course corresponds to about 1 week of full-time work and to 2 credits in third-cycle (PhD) studies (with Pass and Fail as available grades), if this is in line with the individual study plan.

Syllabus

Syllabus (website for Third-Cycle courses LTH)

Course leaders

Öivind Andersson

Professor and Academic developer at Combustion Engines and CEE
oivind [dot] andersson [at] energy [dot] lth [dot] se (oivind[dot]andersson[at]energy[dot]lth[dot]se)

Michael Cimbritz

Senior lecturer and Academic developer at Chemical Engineering and CEE
michael [dot] cimbritz [at] chemeng [dot] lth [dot] se (michael[dot]cimbritz[at]chemeng[dot]lth[dot]se) 

Registration

The registration for the spring course is now closed.

Next course will run autumn 2026.

Register via our external registration form

The start up meeting for all participants takes place:

  • 3 November 13:15-16:00

Then you attend one of three alternative meetings:

  • 23 November 13:15-16:00
  • 1 Decemberl 13:15-16:00
  • or 2 December 13:15-16.00

All meetings on site at Campus LTH.

Information

Information about the course is given by the course leaders.

For questions about course registration, confirmation or other administrative matters – please contact Åsa Ahnfelt, asa [dot] ahnfelt [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (asa[dot]ahnfelt[at]lth[dot]lu[dot]se).

Last updated: 5 Aug 2026 | asa [dot] ahnfelt [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se