Benefits with the program:

• A broadened training and new challenging experiences are provided to PhD students.
• A large number of courses offered regularly, giving students plenty of options to choose from.
• Short intense courses given are easily accommodated within the postgraduate curriculum.
• With participant number limited to 8 a high-quality tuition is given in research labs.
• Course leaders are appointed by a reference group and are specialists in their fields.
• Course leaders only have to  focus on their courses, application and admission is rationalized.
• A rapid spread of novel methods between research groups is facilitated.
• Both PhD students and course leaders make new contacts for collaboration.
• New contacts are established across research group and department boundaries.
• No fee is required for students at LU (LTH and N) and SLU (Alnarp) since the courses are financed by those faculties.