ERIM PhD Reference Guide

More details about each course can be found on the Student Information
Network, SIN‐Online: http://rsm.sin‐online.nl/channel (log in with your ERNA ID).
Depending on your background, you may apply for exemption from one of these
two courses, which allows you to replace 5 ECTS with a more advanced course.
You should communicate your choice to ERIM at least one month before the start
of the course.
3.3 Skills Training Courses (6 ECTS, compulsory)
In this part of the programme, PhD candidates’ writing, presenting, and research
skills are trained. The following three courses are obligatory:
Teaching, Presenting, and Writing in English (BERMSKL001, 4 ECTS)
Publishing Strategy (BERMSKL003, 1 ECTS)
Scientific Integrity (BERMSKL009, 1 ECTS)
ERIM also offers a number of non‐compulsory skills courses (see section 3.7).
3.4 Advanced Courses (24 ECTS)
The main part of the ERIM PhD programme will consist of specialisation courses.
Each PhD candidate will compose an individual programme of the courses that
he/she plans to follow. These courses will be in the field in which the PhD
candidate is conducting his/her research and they further specialised knowledge
and research skills. The ERIM fellows are involved in teaching of these
specialisation courses. However, PhD candidates can also choose to take courses
outside ERIM. Several national and international networks and programmes
provide high‐quality specialised courses. Examples of these networks are
provided below.
PhD candidates can also take courses in doctoral programmes of other (foreign
and Dutch) universities and research schools. Section 3.4.2 below gives you some
examples of other Dutch research schools where some of our PhD candidates
have followed courses in the past. For your information, a list of courses taken by
ERIM PhDs in the past is provided in annex A.2.
All specialisation courses have to be approved in advance by the Director of
Doctoral Education. Courses are targeted at PhD candidates (or advanced master
students). As a rule, workshops, symposia, colloquia and tutorials will not be
approved as part of the course programme. Study loads of external courses are
determined by the Director of Doctoral Education, after consulting the course
contents and requirements.
Please note that there’s a limitation to courses taken outside ERIM (please see
ERIM Support Programme no.2). If a PhD candidate wants to take an additional
course abroad, the request to take the course has to be accompanied by letter of
motivation from the candidate’s supervisor and if approved by ERIM, the costs
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