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

prague@campusfrance.org+420 221 401 050

Romain Garbage (to 31/10/14) Clément Diot (from 01/11/14)romain.garbage@ifp.cz clement.diot@ifp.cz +420 221 401 003 +420 221 401 003