Doctoral studies at Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris

Institut de formation doctorale

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Doctoral Training InstituteDirector: Jean-Dominique Polack

Doctoral studies at

Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityParis

Doctorate at UPMC 3,400 Doctoral Candidates (DC) registered at UPMC

1/3 international DC

19 Doctoral Schools (DS)

16 DS with UPMC carrying the principal accreditation

3 DS with co-accreditation

distributed into the 4 research poles of UPMC:

750 Diplomas of Doctorate awarded / year (12 % sci. theses in France)

> 200 co-tutelles

1. Modeling & engineering2. Energy, Matter & Universe3. Living Earth & Environment4. Life & Health Sciences

toward Sorbonne University … 3 universities, and more:

Panthéon-Assas Law, Economics and Management

Paris-Sorbonne Literature and Humanities

UPMC Science and Medicine

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

…

65000 students, 7000 doctoral candidates

5000 teachers and researchers

33 DS, 1230 doctors per year

The Doctoral Training Institute Missions

Implement the doctoral policy of the university Coordinate and mutualize the Doctoral Schools’ means

and actions More specifically:

Train doctoral researchers and supervisors on the professional issues of the Doctorate: transferable skills, job market, project management

Produce indicators on the Doctorate (funding, time completion, supervision rates, etc.) and the doctors’ careers development

Inform Master students on the Doctorate European and international development

Doctoral Schools

Training & Careers

Department

Département Formation &

Carrières (DFC)

Information & Registration Office

Bureau d’accueil des doctorants

Doctoral complementary

activities 

Centre de Coordination des Missions Doctorales

(CCMD)

Management & administration

Doctoral Schools- Modeling & engineering

- Information Technology, Telecommunications & Electronics

- Mathematical Sciences- Process Engineering & Advanced Technologies- Mechanics, Acoustics, Electronics & Robotics

- Energy, Matter & Universe- Physical and Analytical Chemistry- Physics, from Particles to Condensed Matter- Materials Physics and Chemistry- Molecular Chemistry- Physics- Astronomy & Astrophysics- Elementary Components & Cosmos

Doctoral Schools

- Living Earth & Environment- Environmental Sciences- Diversity of Living Organisms- Geosciences &Natural Resources

- Life & Health Sciences- Brain, Cognition, Behavior- Interdisciplinary Approach to Living Organisms- Public Health: Epidemiology & Biomedical Information Sci.- Physiology & Physiopathology- Life Science Complexity

Roles of Doctoral Schools

Beginning of the Doctorate Call for Doctoral Research Projects from labs Doctoral Researchers Recruitment Integration of new Doctoral Researchers

During the Doctorate Life of DS (website, meetings, workshops…) Follow-up of Doctoral Research Projects (follow-up committees) Follow-up of the Individual Training Plan of each Doctoral Researcher Problems and conflicts management Authorization to extend beyond 3 years

At the end of the Doctorate Preparation of the thesis defense PhD’s careers tracking

Charter of doctorate states the doctoral policy of the university:

• financing, length of thesis• 3 years’ contract with salary• possibility for teaching missions, etc.• prolongation beyond 3 years only with financing

• supervision• regular meetings with thesis supervisor• maximum of 2 new PhD candidates per supervisor per year• regular follow up by the doctoral school

• doctoral project implementation• doctoral project is full-time job• PhD candidate accepts laboratory bylaws• laboratory provides necessary ressources

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Charter of doctorate

• continuing education and individual training plan (ITP)• ITP is defined at the start of doctoral project• regular up-dates with supervisor and doctoral schools• engagement to follow courses when registered

• thesis defence• requires authorisation from Thesis Approval Commission (TAP – within faculty)• 2 external reviewers appointed by doctoral school• defence committee of 3 to 8 members (peer review)

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selecting candidates

call for projects, with/without selection selection : executive or advisory board, pedagogical team classification in higher priority and lower priority topics

candidates proposed by research teams preselecting on application folder (board)

interviews: unique or multiple juries boards, pedagogical team, representatives from research

teams main list, and rank-ordered supplementary list

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Institut de formation doctorale

Thank you for your attention

Graduation CeremonyChatelet 2012