Doctoral Studies in Doctoral Studies in France France Romain Garbage – French Institute in Romain Garbage – French Institute in Prague Prague
Doctoral Studies in FranceDoctoral Studies in France
Romain Garbage – French Institute in PragueRomain Garbage – French Institute in Prague
General organisation
Doctoral Schools (Écoles Doctorales/ED) Supervisor => Research Unit => Doctoral
School 3-year program Yearly registration to the University
~400€/year (~10 000Kč) Defence in front of a jury of specialists
Global figures
63 500 PhD students in 2012 12 000 new doctors in 2011 41% of foreign PhD students
284 Doctoral Schools 90 Institutions 2077 Research Units
Data: MESR
Access to doctoral studies
Master Degree (equivalent to Mgr or Ing) Supervisor with HDR (habilitation)
Particular requisites depend on Doctoral School
Very often, funding is compulsory
Funding types
MESR grants – Doctoral Schools Project grants – Supervisors CIFRE grants – Company funded Others (fundations, research institutions, local authorities…)
Where to find offers Doctoral School websites Laboratory websites ANRT website (CIFRE, http://www.anrt.asso.fr/) Network
Material conditions (doctoral contract)
~1300€/month (~36 000Kč) Possibility to teach (+300€/month) Work contract => participation in social
system (social security, unemployment)
Represents the majority of the cases Different for other sources of funding
(especially foreign)
Requirements of the Doctoral School (example based on my personal experience)
2 articles (1 submitted and 1 accepted) 6 credits (courses, teaching, scientific
communication, vulgarisation, stays in other labs/private sector)
one oral communication 750 pts at TOEIC test 2 meetings with an external profesor
Defence procedure (example based on my personal experience)
Writing of the manuscript (corrections) Confection of the jury list (2 referees =>
detailed report on manuscript) First Doctoral School Commission Sending of manuscript to referees Second Doctoral School Commission Defence in front of the jury
Co-supervised Doctoral Studies
Thèse en cotutelle 2 supervisors Agreement between 2 universities Conditions depends on each university Awarding of a diploma from each
university or a joint delivered diploma
The French Government Scholarship Program (BGF)
Mobility grant program Funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech citizens 2 subprograms: Cotutelle(DC)/Stage(ST) Covers all domains (Exact and Engineering Sciences, Life
and Earth Sciences – Medicine, Social Sciences and Humanities,
Economic and Law Sciences) 2014: 39 DC (7 new)/18 ST (30 months) Call for 2015: launch in October 2014
Cotutelle BGF
3 year program Involves 2 supervisors: 1 in Czech Republic
and 1 in France Agreement between Czech and French
universities (convention de cotutelle) Aimed at Mgr/Ing students 5 month stay in France per academic year Starts from 1st of October or 1st of November
Stage BGF
Short stay, from 1 to 3 months Aimed at PhD students or young doctors
(PhD obtention after 2013) Scientific project with a French researcher Necessary to define a clear objective of the
stay: learn new techniques, use of equipment, access to special ressources (bibliographical)…
BGF calendar
Deadline for submitting applications:13th of March 2015
Oral presentation 30th March/2nd April 2015 Results by May 2015
ST start from the 1st of June 2015 DC start from the 1st of October 2015
BGF practical info
Campus France Paris manages the technical aspect
767€/month for Cotutelle (~21 000 Kč) 795€/month for Stage (~22 000 Kč) No university fees Healthcare/insurance included CF can provide accommodation International travel costs not covered!
More information General:
Campus France websitewww.campusfrance.org
MESR websitewww.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
BGF program: French Institute website
www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DC (Cotutelle)www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-ST (Stage)
Contact: Campus France Prague
[email protected]+420 221 401 050
Romain Garbage (to 31/10/14) Clément Diot (from 01/11/14)[email protected] [email protected] +420 221 401 003 +420 221 401 003