Training activities
Transferable skills
IUSS annually defines and organizes numerous interdisciplinary courses to enable Ph.D. students both to develop basic linguistic/communication and technological skills and transferable and soft skills that allow them to acquire competencies beyond the specialized notions of the individual Ph.D. course, while also offering the possibility of creating spaces for interdisciplinary comparison among Ph.D. students from different areas.
The planning of cross-curricular educational activities takes place annually, usually by January, following the definition of the budget dedicated to them.
Courses are mainly taught in English.
Trasnferable skills areas
Transferable training activites are divided into three areas:
Cognitive, Interpersonal and Communication
Digital and Research
Enterprise and Career development
Training activities 2026 - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The following educational offer has been planned for 2026:
(for courses already scheduled, you can click on the course name for information, programme, dates and times)
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Educational Program |
Period |
Final Test |
Delivery Method |
Credits |
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Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research: Methodologies, Applications, and Tools |
January - March | Yes | In-person |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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EU Project Management: Training and Coaching Course for Designing Horizon Europe Clusters - Basic course (Modules 1-5) |
January - February | Yes | Online |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
| March - July | Yes |
Online (only Module 7 in-person) |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Communication skills for researchers |
February |
Yes |
Online |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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February |
Yes |
Online |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Academic English |
March - April |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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English - B1 |
March - April |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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English - B2 |
March - April |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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English - C1 |
March - April |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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PhD Career management Module 2 - 2nd year |
May |
Yes |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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PhD Career management Module 3 - 3rd year |
May |
Yes |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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PhD Career management - Skills and motivation checkpoint workshop (2nd and 3rd year) |
June |
No |
2 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Ethics and research integrity |
May -June |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Terza missione e impatto sociale |
October - November |
Yes |
5 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Communication skills for researchers |
November - December |
Yes |
Online |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Communication skills for researchers |
November - December |
Yes |
Online |
3 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Communication skills for researchers |
November |
Yes |
Online |
2 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Informatica avanzata e linguaggio !R Modulo base |
November |
Yes |
In-person |
4 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Informatica avanzata e linguaggio !R Modulo SCITEC E SVISA |
November - December |
Yes |
In-person |
2 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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Informatica avanzata e linguaggio !R Modulo EGUS |
November - December |
Yes |
In-person |
2 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |
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English for STEM |
November - December |
Yes |
4 Minimum attendance: 50% + Passing the test |