Concerning conference participation, up to 3-4 ECTS points can be granted for the 30 ECTS study program. This decision is motivated by the fact that conference attendance, including presentation of one’s research results, is a natural part of a PhD and serves to fulfill the compulsory research dissemination as stipulated in the Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme for the Universities.
To earn ECTS, you must make an overview of the hours spent on the activity. This includes the actual time spent at the sessions (talks and poster and related events) at the meeting and possible preparation of a poster or a talk. In addition, after the conference, you MUST provide some knowledge-sharing. This can be an oral presentation at a group meeting where you present what you learned at the conference: Exciting talks, new techniques, and ideas for your own research project inspired by talks and/or discussion with conference participants. Alternatively, the knowledge-sharing can be a written report made available for the supervisor and possibly also for the group.
To be eligible for ECTS credits, a description of the hours spent on the conference activity must be approved (preferably in advance) by the main supervisor and the Head of the chemistry PhD program (Henrik Stapelfeldt).
After the conference and subsequent knowledge sharing is over, you should upload the document with the description on the GSNS planner as documentation for the ECTS earned.
Assume that 1 ECTS amounts to 25-27 hours.