Every PhD student at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences has to follow courses to collect the minimum amount of credits necessary to complete their PhD training program.

The minimum amount of credits to be obtained is 200. Of these 200, 120 credits can be allocated to:

  • 40 for visiting seminars, symposia, congress, etc.
  • 40 for supervisory activities
  • 40 for project and department related meetings

The remaining 80 credits should be obtained by following general and research school specific courses.

General Courses

An overview of the general courses for academic training at FHML can be found at the UM website.

All GROW PhD students must follow the three courses within the section "Communication in scientific English":

  • Schrijfvaardigheid Engels, deel 1
  • Schrijfvaardigheid Engels, deel 2
  • Voordrachten Engels

GROW Courses

An overview of the research school specific courses for academic training at FHML can be found at the UM website.

Within GROW the following specific courses are (or will soon be) available:

  1. Epigenetics
    Next course date: March, 2011 (specific date still unknown)
    More information on the Epigenetics course 2011 follows in due time.
  • Advanced Microscopy and Vital Imaging
    Next course date: June 1st - June 4th, 2010

    Registration: The practical part of the program is already fully booked, but you can still register for the theoretical part of the program. Please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   stating your name, department, telephone number and email address.

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  • Fetal and Perinatal Physiology
    Next course date: 26th March and 14th April, 2011

    Target group:
    PhD and Master Students in the Life Sciences, Residents in Pediatrics and Obstetrics, Perinatologists

    Aim:
    The aim of this two-day course is to introduce and discuss several aspects of developmental physiology during the fetal and the neonatal period with special emphasis on the physiological basis for the therapies that are currently used in the clinical setting.

    Coordinator:
    Dr. Eduardo Villamor. Department of Pediatrics Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, University of Maastricht. P. Debyelaan 25. P.O. Box 5800. 6202 AZ Maastricht. The Netherlands. Phone +31 43-3877246, fax +31 43-3875246 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Pizza meetings

Apart from the above mentioned GROW PhD courses, GROW organizes Pizza meetings on a monthly basis. All GROW PhD students must attend these meetings. If a PhD student did at least attend 25 Pizza meetings, 10 credits may be added to the total course credit balance.

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