Credit Point System

To obtain your certificate, a total of 6 credit points (CP) must be earned during your PhD studies.

You can accumulate credit points through the following activities, each of which bring 1 CP:
  • attending a semester-long lecture course that is relevant to IMPRS-APS, confirmed by an appropriate document certifying that the course requirements have been fulfilled;
  • attending all the lectures in a week-long lecture block („Blockvorlesung“) organized by IMPRS-APS.
  • making an oral presentation at an international scientific meeting (such as a conference, symposium, workshop, or summer/winter school). You can earn a maximum of 1 CP per year of the doctoral program by giving such talks;
  • conducting tutorials for a lecture course related to advanced photon science.
Please note that at least 3 of the 6 credit points must be obtained from attending lectures. If you wish to enroll in a lecture course not listed on the IMPRS-APS website, please contact the scientific coordinator(s) of IMPRS-APS before the lecture starts, providing a course description and a brief explanation of how it aligns with your scientific goals.

Please note that you will not receive a credit point for soft skills courses; however, you will get a certificate for each soft skills course that you successfully complete.

To receive your credit points and certificate, please submit the relevant forms to Sibylle Graf. You can find the documents in our info centre

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