PhD Info Day: Meet & Discover
Start your doctorate well informed and well connected.
Exchange ideas with fellow doctoral candidates, gain valuable insights into doctoral studies, and learn about the wide range of support, advisory, and professional development opportunities available at the University of Lucerne.
We are delighted to invite you to the PhD Info Day on 21 September 2026.
This central information event is designed for all doctoral candidates who started their PhD at the University of Lucerne in the Spring or Autumn Semester 2026. Regardless of your discipline or stage of doctoral studies, you will receive important information for a successful start, get to know key support and service units, and have the opportunity to build valuable connections within the research community.
- Insights into doctoral studies: Find out more about the procedure, requirements, and prospects of pursuing a PhD at your faculty.
- Introduction to central services: Get to know the Graduate Academy, the Teaching Center, the Mid-Level Faculty Organization (MOL), Open Science specialists and the Office for Equal Opportunities – and find out how these institutions can support you throughout your doctoral journey.
- Personal consultation: Talk directly with representatives from research, advisory services, and university administration.
- Exchange & networking: Take the opportunity to connect with other doctoral candidates – in an open and collegial atmosphere.
- Doctoral candidates in the early stages of their PhD
- Advanced PhD students looking for new impulses and contacts
- Interested professionals from research and teaching
- Date: Monday, 21 September 2026
- Time: 1:15 - approx. 3:00 pm
- Location: 3.A05
- Language: German/English
- Registration: by 16 September 2025
1:15 p.m.
Welcome by the Vice President for Research and Introduction to the Graduate Academy
1:30 p.m.
Short Presentations:
- Mid-Level Organisation (MOL)
- Office of Equal Opportunity
- Open Science
- Teaching Development Centre
approx. 2:00 p.m.
Parallel Panels: Introduction of the Faculties
- Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Psychology: Room 3.B06
- Faculty of Economics and Management: Room 4.B56
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine: Room 3.A05
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Room 3.B55
- Faculty of Law: Room 3.B52
- Faculty of Theology: Room 3.B47
from around 2:30 p.m. onwards
• Coffee Break & Informal Networking in the Foyer
