Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Transversal Training

The doctoral student's main activity is quality scientific research. To carry this out, they must acquire both basic and specific skills and competences in their area of study, as well as interdisciplinary competences that will help them develop their research and join the labour market of the knowledge-based society. For this reason, the doctoral student must undertake two types of training:

  • Specific training or training specific to your field of research, which is designed according to the needs of each doctoral program.
  • Transversal training, common to all doctoral programs

The need for transversal training is a consequence of the improvement of training associated with new doctoral programs in the European framework, where importance is not only given to development in academic research, but also to preparing doctoral students so that they can join the labor market with guarantees of success, which is increasingly competitive and in constant change.

In this regard, the Interdisciplinary Training Programme (ITP) of the URV's Doctoral School responds to the training needs of future doctors by facilitating their acquisition of skills in 10 areas.

Each of the 10 areas of competence acquisition forms a training block with different themes, which constitute the lines of action of the area. By clicking inside the circle of each of the areas on the color wheel, the training lines of action appear. The objectives of the areas and their lines of action can be found in the link of the Interdisciplinary Training Programme (ITP).

1 – Institutional knowledge
2 – Professional development
3 – Teaching
4 – Business and Entrepreneurship
5 – Cognitive skills
6 – Communication skills
7 – Research
8 – Technological and digital resources
9 – Interpersonal and collaborative relationships
10 – Health and Wellbeing

TABLE OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR 

In the Recipients column, it is indicated whether the training activity is offered to all doctoral students (DOCTORANDS) or if it is only offered to doctoral students with a URV contract (PIF).

In the Recommended curricular itinerary column, it is indicated in which time frame of the development of the doctoral thesis it is advisable to do the activity.

The links that you will find in the Training unit column will redirect you to the website pages of the different training units, where you will find information about the activity and how you can register.

In the Observations column, the activities that meet the mandatory training requirements for students of the Industrial Doctorate of the Generalitat are indicated.

The offer will be updated throughout the academic year and, therefore, it is recommended to review the table periodically.

You can generate your own training plan table, selecting the activities that interest you in the boxes that you will find in front of the Area column and clicking on "Download the table", which you will find at the end of the table.


Area Lines of action Activity name Training unit Mode of delivery LENGuage Duration (hours) Curriculum itinerary (recommended) Date Recipients Observations
Institutional Knowledge Welcome activities Acte Benvinguda ED nous estudiants doctorat Escola Doctorat Face-to-face CAT 2 1 pendent DOCTORANDS  
Institutional Knowledge Welcome activities Acte Benvinguda ED nous estudiants doctorat Escola Doctorat Face-to-face ENG 2 1 pendent DOCTORANDS  
Institutional Knowledgel Welcome activities Acte Benvinguda ICenter ICenter Face-to-face ENG 2 1 pendent DOCTORANDS  
Institutional Knowledge Welcome activities Acte Benvinguda ICenter ICenter Face-to-face ESP 2 1 pendent DOCTORANDS  
Professional development Development and professional skills Taller de Fotografia bàsica ICE/CRAI Face-to-face CAT 3 2 11/12/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Teaching inovation Creació i publicació de videotutorials amb eines institucionals ICE/CRAI Blended CAT 10   From November 03 to 28, 2025 DOCTORANDS  
Comunication skills Acadèmic writing Disseny d'un pòster acadèmic ICE/CRAI On line CAT 10 1 From March  02 to 29, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Open Science Gestió de dades de recerca en accés obert i pla de gestió de dades ICE/CRAI Self-learning CAT 6 2 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Open Science Gestión de datos de investigación en acceso abierto y plan de gestión de datos ICE/CRAI Self-learning ESP 6 2 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Open Science Open research data management and data management plan ICE/CRAI Self-learning ENG 6 2 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Open Science T'ajudem a publicar en accés obert, elaborar el PGD i publicar les dades de recerca en accés obert ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 2 22/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Research Open Science Te ayudamos a publicar en acceso abierto, elaborar plan de gestión de datos y publicar los datos de investigación en acceso abierto ICE/CRAI On line ESP 1,5 2 25/05/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing Herramientas para elegir la revista más adecuada donde publicar tu artículo ICE/CRAI On line ESP 2 2 04/03/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing Eines per triar la revista més adequada on publicar el teu article ICE/CRAI On line CAT 2 2 18/03/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing Identificadores y perfiles de los investigadores: ORCID, Scopus Author ID, WEb of Science Researcher ID i Google Scholar ICE/CRAI On line ESP 1,5 1 14/05/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing Identificadors i perfils dels investigadors: ORCID, Scopus Author ID, WEb of Science Researcher ID i Google Scholar ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 1 12/05/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing in open access Open Acces Publishing ICE/CRAI Self-learning ENG 4 2 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing in open access Publicar en Accés Obert ICE/CRAI Self-learning CAT 4 1 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Publishing in open access Publicar en Acceso Abierto ICE/CRAI Self-learning ESP 4 1 From October 20, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Research Use and management of bibliography Aconsegueix el document que busques ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1   (1) 05/11/2025; (2) 12/02/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Artificial intelligence tools IA i Humanitats: Redefinint la Recerca Bibliogràfica ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5   (1) 20/11/2025; (2) 27/03/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Artificial intelligence tools IA i Infermeria: Redefinint la Recerca Bibliogràfica ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5   (1) 19/11/2025; (2) 26/03/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Bibliographic resources and citation managers Fonts d'informació de la Unió Europea ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 2 05/05/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Bibliographic resources and citation managers Informació especialitzada en la Unió Europea: base de dades EUROSTAT ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 1 06/05/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Bibliographic resources and citation managers Informació especialitzada en la Unió Europea: EUR-Lex i Curia ICE/CRAI On line ENG 1,5 1 07/05/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Bibliographic resources and citation managers Informació especialitzada en la Unió Europea: Oficina de Publicacions UE ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 1 13/05/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Bibliographic resources and citation managers Sources of information from The European Union ICE/CRAI On line ENG 1,5 2 12/05/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Teaching resources Prevenció del plagi amb les eines d'ajut en l'elaboració de citacions i referències bibliogràfiques ICE/CRAI On line CAT 1,5 2 23/03/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Teaching resources Prevención del plagio con las herramientas de ayuda para la elboración de citas y referències bibliogáficas ICE/CRAI On line ESP 1,5 2 13/04/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Començo el meu doctorat: què em cal saber sobre els recursos d'informació del CRAI? i sobre gestió de la producció científica? ICE/CRAI Self-learning CAT 4 1 From November 15, 2025 to June 15, 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Recursos de información en el ámbito de la Geografía y la Arquitectura ICE/CRAI On line ESP 3 1 1/2/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Recursos de información para la investigación en economía y empresa ICE/CRAI On line ESP 1,5 1 20/01/2026 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Technological and digital resources Realitat Virtual i Realitat Augmentada ICE/CRAI Blended CAT 10 2 From 04 to 29 May 2026 DOCTORANDS  
Business and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Els errors jurídics comuns a l'iniciar un negoci. Càtedra Emprenedoria URV Face-to-face CAT 3   16/09/2025 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Technological and digital resources Teaching resources Transforma la teva aula virtual: Idees per a un disseny visualment atractiu ICE Blended CAT 3 (Face-to-faces)   From  6 to 31 October 2026 (session Face-to-face October14, 3h) PIF  
Research Research funding Seminari sobre l'ajut MSCA-Doctoral Networks (matí) ICE On line CAT 1,5   7/10/2025 PIF  
Research Research funding Seminari sobre l'ajut MSCA-Doctoral Fellowship (tarda) ICE On line CAT 1,5   8/10/2025 PIF  
Teaching Programming and assessment of learning Privadesa de dades en la docència i l'avaluació ICE On line CAT 1   16/10/2025 PIF  
Technological and digital resources Teaching resources Ludificació al Campus Virtual. Mostra una experiència ICE On line CAT 1   08/11/2025 PIF  
Technological and digital resources Teaching resources Experimenta amb les activitats interactives H5P al Moodle ICE Blended CAT 3 (Face-to-faces)   From 1 to 22 December 2025 (session Face-to-face 8 December,  from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) PIF  
Cognitive skills Abstraction and creativity Com potenciar la teva creativitat amb la IA Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   09/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Professional development

Searching and applying for jobs 

Els camins per trobar feina: Canals de recerca de feina Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   14/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Professional development Searching and applying for jobs Millora el teu Currículum amb la IA Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   21/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Communication skills Assertiveness L’assertivitat, l’art d’evitar el conflicte Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   06/11/2025 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Professional development Searching and applying for jobs Supera amb èxit la teva entrevista de feina Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   11/11/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Interpersonal and collaboraive relaionships leadership and teamwork Autolideratge i lideratge femení en acció Ocupació-Alumni Face-to-face CAT 2   20/11/2025 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Cognitive skills Self-knowledge Reprograma la por: Posa nom al que et frena Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   16/1272025 DOCTORANDS  
Professional development Professional skills Treu tot el profit a Linkedin: La xarxa social professional Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   03/02/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Web of Science Research Assistant ICE On line ENG 1   20/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Intel·ligència artificial generativa: aplicacions a la recerca ICE On line CAT 3   22/10/2025 DOCTORANDS  
Business and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Hackathon FURV-URV Emprèn 2025 C.Emprenedoria Face-to-face ENG 12   October 17 and 18 DOCTORANDS  
Business and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship La teva idea és brillant o només una suposició? C.Emprenedoria Face-to-face CAT 3   23/10/2025 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Cognitive skills Critical thinking and problem solving Resol problemes com un@ pro: estratègies de pensament crític Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   19/03/2026 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Communication skills Oral presentations Presentacions en públic: Comunica per impactar! Ocupació-Alumni On line CAT 1,5   09/04/0226 DOCTORANDS Industrial Doctorate
Communication skills Social media Digital Society Research Aurora-1 On line ENG     From 27 October to 12 Desember 2025 DOCTORANDS  
Communication skills Academic communication Spring School on Transferable Skills Aurora-2 On line ENG     30-31 October 2025 DOCTORANDS  
Technological and digital resources Research resources Web of Science database face-to-face training CRAI Face-to-face ENG 2   28/10/2025 DOCTORANDS