Research Training

• No steps need to be taken before the start of the academic year. A list of laboratories will be provided to students in October, and pre-registration for 3 research groups in order of preference will be made online. Allocations will be determined by the Section.

• Research training form (16 ECTS) : This form, once completed and signed by the supervisor of your research training, must be returned to the student secretariat of the Biology Section by email in PDF format.

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PROCEDURE

Equivalent duration of 320 hours/40 days (to be carried out between November and the end of May)

 The objectives of the research training are:

• Discover a research topic
• Become familiar with a research environment
• Discover or deepen technical knowledge
• Apply the notions of communication in science (written and oral, as taught in the Sci-Comm course)
• Students are not expected to have their own project, but must work on a single topic
• Evaluation on 3 aspects (each of which must be validated):

- practical research internship, evaluated by the supervisor + co-juror of the laboratory

- written report, evaluated by the supervisor + laboratory co-juror

- oral defense, evaluated by the supervisor + an PI responsible for one of the Master orientations + the Master project supervisor (not mandatory but recommended). IN ENGLISH

- If the practical training fails -> new research training the following year

- If the report fails and/or the defense mid-June -> 2nd attempt at the end of June

Detailed evaluation criteria on the document

Planning

• June 2: Deadline for evaluation of the practical training
• June 5 (before 6pm): Deadline for submission of the written report to the jury
• Mid-June: Oral defenses
• End of June: 2nd attempt