The good scientific presentation: From attractive PowerPoints to inspiring talks
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Understand how use a powerpoint to present own research in a clear and concise fashion
2. Avoid most common presentation mistakes
3. Prioritise results and data to best fit the allotted time of an oral presentation or the space of a poster
4. Be introduced to basic presentation techniques
5. Optimize your figures, images and animations
Content
PhD students are expected to be able to present their own research and the research of others in a clear and understandable manner. Good presentation skills will benefit the researcher when teaching, presenting at scientific meetings, during an examination, or as a part of a job interview.
The course will focus on giving the student hands on experience with all stages of making a presentation.
Participants
The PhD course is intended for all students who would like to improve their presentation skills. Students are required to bring data or topics from own research areas that they want to work with during the course.
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
All graduate programmes
Language
English
Form
The course will feature introductory lectures, but will focus on facilitated workshops, where students will work with their own projects under supervision, and will be evaluated by fellow students
Course director
Claus Desler, associate professor, BMI, cdesler@sund.ku.dk
Teachers
Claus Desler, associate professor, BMI
Helena Borland Madsen, Post Doc, BMI
Dates
18 - 20 February 2026 (three days)
Course location
TBA
Registration
Please register before 26 January 2026
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.