Faculté des sciences Faculté des sciences

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

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

 The objectives of the practical 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 training, evaluated by the supervisor + co-juror of the laboratory

- written report, in English, evaluated by the supervisor + laboratory co-juror. The report follows the structure of the master's thesis, with a maximum of 10 pages for sections 4 to 8.

- 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

 

  • Evaluation on 3 aspects (each of which must be validated):

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

- written report, in English, evaluated by the supervisor + laboratory co-juror. The report follows the structure of the master's thesis, with a maximum of 10 pages for sections 4 to 8.

- 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

 

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