I. “Progress Reports”

To successfully fulfil one module of progress reports the student must attend 18 progress reports of other PhD students and held three own progress reports.

The progress reports will be held:
at the end of the first semester to present the project proposal,
at the end of the third semester to present the data of the research work,
at the end of the fifth semester to present the results of the statistical evaluation.

In the following series of colloquia and seminars PhD students present their progress reports:


  • P.AG.0001 PhD Colloquium Plants and Soils in Agriculture
  • P.AG.0002 Carl-Sprengel-Colloquium
  • P.AG.0003 Doctoral Seminar in agricultural economics and rural development
  • P.AG.0004 Ecology Seminar
  • P.AG.0005 Colloquium of Animal sciences
  • P.AG.0007 Plant Pathology and Plant Protection Seminar
  • P.AG.0008 Progress in Plant Breeding Research
  • P.AG.0009 Environmental Economics and Resource Economics
  • P.AG.0076 Soil biogeochemistry



Students may attend progress reports on subjects related to their own field of studies as well as progress reports related to other fields.

The proof of attendance of this module can be an excel sheet with a list of the attended Progress reports, with name of the student giving the progress report and title and date of the progress report. Your supervisor will sign this list.