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E A R C H
RES
IN
FRANCE
> THE DOCTORATE,
STEP BY STEP
D O CTO R A L
TR AIN ING
F R A N C E
IN
Doctoral candidates in France are trained within a research team
or unit (known as a UR) that is attached to a doctoral school or
department (ED). The department is led by a director who also
supervises candidates’ research. Training takes place over 3 years
and culminates in the defense of a dissertation.
> DOCTORAL SCHOOLS
In 2019, there were 265 doctoral departments across France.
They are housed within universities or other approved
institutions.
> HOW DOCTORAL SCHOOLS
ARE ORGANIZED
Doctoral schools are accredited by the French government and
assessed every 5 years by Hcéres, France’s high council for
the evaluation of research and higher education. Each doctoral
school is accredited in specific scientific fields.
Doctoral schools are led by a director, who is assisted by a
council.
• The director serves as the link between doctoral candidates,
the host institution, and the laboratory.
• Half of the members of the council are representatives of the
participating educational institutions and their research units
and teams. 20% of the members are doctoral candidates
within the department and are elected by their peers.
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> UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH
SCHOOLS
Established on the graduate school
model, the “university research schools”
(écoles universitaires de recherche, EUR)
bring universities, free-standing schools,
research organizations, and laboratories
together in a community that awards
degrees at the master and doctoral level.
The EURs receive additional financial
resources from the French government to
enable them to carry out their activities.
Two call for proposals issued in 2017
and 2019 by France’s Ministry of Higher
Education,Research, and Innovation
resulted in the formation of 53 EURs.
The EURs have the advantage of
offering a research context recognized
for excellence. Their purpose is to train
students to do research from the master’s
level and to support students’ career
development (source: https://anr.fr/
fileadmin/aap/2018/aap-iaeur-2018.pdf).
Students participating in a EUR project
France’s doctoral schools (known as EDs) are collections of are assured of an exceptional research
research units and laboratories. They oversee the recruitment of environment for their graduate work.
doctoral candidates, monitor the quality of their research, and help
them launch their careers. They also participate in the activities of
List of the EURs
international scientific cooperation of their host university.
www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
Directory of doctoral schools: https://doctorat.campusfrance.org
> Stratégie > Stratégie transversale
> Investissements d’avenir
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H E E S S E N T I A LS
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C T O R A L OF
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> SUBMISSION OF DISSERTATIONS
Institutions authorized to confer doctoral
degrees are required to report all dissertations
Unfolding over a period of 3 years (or, that are successfully defended. Candidates
must submit their dissertation to the degree-
exceptionally, as many as 6), doctoral training
granting institution. This official submission
consists of performing research within a research serves to archive the dissertation.
unit under the supervision of a dissertation
National dissertation database: www.theses.fr
director. It culminates in the preparation and
defense of a dissertation that describes the
scientific work performed and makes it available
to the scientific community.
In addition to his or her independent research
work, the candidate undergoes approximately
160 hours of coursework offered by the
doctoral school. A portion of that coursework
is required by the school; the rest consists
of electives chosen by the candidate. Topics
include research methods; French language;
business and innovation; disciplinary courses;
D E G R E E S
teaching; and presenting science
to lay audiences.
Y
STUD
IN
FRANCE
DOCTORAL
STUDIES IN FRANCE Candidates must also meet
the department’s requirements
After earning a European Master or equivalent degree, aspiring scho-
lars and researchers join a doctoral program, where they will under-
go 3 years of training in and through research with a research team
that will support them in their scholarly or scientific development.
KEY FIGURES
267 doctoral schools (2018) and
10 scientific fields
> INSIGHT
related to publications and
Following a successful defense of their dissertation candidates are 14,565 Doctorates awarded in 2016
awarded the Doctorate. 42% of foreign doctoral candidates
Each doctoral department is affiliated with a university or other higher
The dissertation director is a key figure. He or
education or research institution. The doctoral school houses a set
of research teams that assume responsibility for training doctoral IN BRIEF
participation in seminars.
candidates and preparing them for a future in Research. Doctoral program provides training in and
through research as well as professional re-
search experience.
FRANCE’S > Research activities (laboratory, research
she is responsible for the development and
DOCTORAL DEPARTMENTS center);
Each PhD student joins a research team or projects.Successful candidates enroll in the > Preparation and defense of a dissertation
unit affiliated to a specific Doctoral school. educational institution with which the school leading to award of the Doctorate;
Candidates are guided and supervised by a is affiliated. > Appoximately 160 hours of complementary
For more information:
thesis advisor. The director of the doctoral project is a key training approved by the doctoral school,
The Doctoral Schools at each higher education a portion of which is mandated by the
evolution of the doctoral plan over the 3-year
figure. He or she is responsible for developing
institution represent multiple research teams the project and for recruiting candidates department, with the rest being selected
from one or more institutions. Each school is to carry it out. For three years, as the direct by the candidate (French language study;
organized around a specific theme. supervisor of the successful candidate’s business and innovation; courses in
The schools are responsible not only for laboratory work, the director oversees the the candidate’s discipline; teaching and
training doctoral students but also for preparing progress of the research project, co-signing popularizing science; etc.)
“Doctoral studies in France”
them for research careers by offering them a the dissertation plan. The PhD advisor
training period and is the candidate’s direct
scholarly setting in which to work and learn. must possess the academic qualification
Through instruction, seminars, and internships, known as the HDR (Habilitation à Diriger
ADMISSION
APPLYING FOR
students are introduced to a range of career des Recherches, or qualification to direct
opportunities in various settings, including research).
academia, government, and industry.
Doctoral departments may pool their efforts TO DOCTORAL STUDIES
The doctoral schools fulfill an essential
within a COMUE, a community of universities Doctoral schools are the linchpin of doctoral
coordinating role, ensuring the scientific
www.campusfrance.org supervisor in the lab. To supervise doctoral
and other postsecondary institutions. In such studies in France. Students begin doctoral
coherence of candidates’ research projects.
cases, doctorates earned by candidates studies by applying for admission to a Doctoral
Every Doctoral school is affiliated with a working in the member institutions are
university or other higher education host school.
awarded by the COMUE.
institution accredited to deliver Doctoral How to apply:
In order to improve supervision of doctoral
Degree (called support or principal Aspiring candidates must hold a degree
> Resources center
candidates and disseminate research
institution) in the field represented by the equivalent to a European Master (5 years of
opportunities more effectively, the doctoral
research, individuals must have earned a
school. The school, while formally affiliated Higher Education).
schools affiliated with a given institution often
with a single institution, may coordinate
join together in a “doctoral college,” which then Applicants should contact a Doctoral school
the work of research teams at several “co-
becomes the nerve center of the institution’s to inquire about the procedure for submitting
accredited” or “associated” institutions. Co-
doctoral community. a research or consulting department’s
> Higher Education and Research in
accredited institutions grant Doctoral Degree
research proposals.
independently. Associated institutions may Doctoral Departments are accredited by
grant Doctoral Degree only in conjunction France’s Ministry of higher Education, The Doctoral school will refer the candidate to
specific qualification known as Habilitation à
with the Doctoral school’s host institution. Research and Innovation. a PhD advisor and review with the candidate
the options for financing the candidate’s
Proposals for doctoral projects are drawn
The thesis contract represents the agreement of the doctoral studies.
France
up by the school’s research teams. The doctoral candidate, the department, and the research
school reviews and approves the teams’ Once the candidate is accepted by the
center, team, or laboratory that will host the candidate.
proposals and supervises the recruitment The contract helps ensure quality by setting forth the
Doctoral school and PhD advisor, he or she
of doctoral candidates to carry out the rights and responsibilities of each party. signs a thesis contract.
> Degrees Diriger des Recherches (HDR).
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> BEST PRACTICES:
GOOD ADVICE FROM ANDES
ANDES, France’s national association of
doctoral recipients, publishes descriptions
of best practices for planning and executing
a doctoral research project.
https://andes.asso.fr/loupe/
> WANT TO DO
YOUR DOCTORATE
IN ENGLISH?
roficiency in French is not required to
P
pursue a French doctorate in the exact
sciences, including engineering and
biology.
> Meetings with the dissertation director
are conducted in English.
>Courses in French language are offered
during the candidate’s time in France.
> The dissertation is written and defended
in English.
> A summary of the dissertation must be
provided in French.
rench proficiency (usually level
F
B1 or B2 of the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages)
is required to begin a doctorate in
the humanities or social sciences
(anthropology, geography, history,
linguistics, philosophy, psychology).
equirements vary for the following
R
disciplines: business, marketing, political
science, communications, law.
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M I S S I O N
A D
D O CTO R A L P R O G R A M
TO A
Admission to a doctoral program is a selective
process.
Candidates must:
> hold a European master or the equivalent (5 years of
postsecondary study; 300 ECTS credits )
> demonstrate that they possess financial means > TUITION
of at least a thousand euros per month for 3 years, The annual tuition for French doctoral programs is
except in the humanities and social sciences €391.
> possess a certain level of proficiency in English
and/or French > VISA
Each doctoral department has its own admission The type of visa required depends on how the period
requirements and processes. of doctoral study will be organized.
•L
ong-stay visa (VLS) marked «passeport
> ADMISSION talent-chercheur» (researcher-talent passport)
Admission decisions are based on a research
proposal that will be supervised by the department’s This visa is issued to foreign doctoral candidates
dissertation director. who hold a master’s degree or the equivalent and
Because of the financial support so often required have entered into a host agreement (and formal
as a condition for admission, research topics are doctoral contract) with a research entity in France.
often proposed by training entities (doctoral schools; •L
ong-stay visa and residency permit (VLS-TS) /
research laboratories; corporations; and national, multiyear residency permit (CSP)
European, and international research programs) as a This visa is issued to issued to doctoral candidates
function of the funding available. who will not receive a salary under a doctoral
In the exact sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematics, contract but who have demonstrated that they
biology, engineering), where demonstrated financial possess sufficient means of support to cover their
support is a condition for admission, prospective period of study in France. The multiyear residency
candidates may apply directly for topics proposed permit is issued after the first year of study in
by a dissertation director. Those topics often carry France and is valid for 2–4 years, depending on the
funding. candidate’s program.
In the humanities and social sciences (history, law,
political science, philosophy, and geography, among
others), where financial support is not necessarily For more information:
required, it is always possible to propose a topic to a https://france-visas.gouv.fr
dissertation director, who will submit it to the doctoral www.campusfrance.org
department for approval. > Getting organised > Visas
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ECTS is the European Credit Transfer System.
Credits are cumulative and transferable within Europe. An academic year generally represents 60 ECTS credits.
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> APPLYING,
STEP
BY STEP
Identify the scientific fields and
specializations most closely related to
your master’s work
Identify the doctoral departments and
research organizations active in those
areas
Visit their websites to apply for posted
dissertation projects or to propose a
topic of your own
Contact the dissertation director
Verify that your topic carries funding, or
find funding on your own
After reaching agreement on a topic
with a dissertation director, apply for
admission to the doctoral department
Upon notification of acceptance from
the doctoral school and dissertation
director, sign the dissertation
agreement (charte des thèses)
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TYPES > DOCTORATE FOR RESEARCH PERFORMED
IN A CORPORATE SETTING
O F O CTO R AT E
The CIFRE mechanism (the acronym stands for
industrial agreements for training through research),
D managed by ANRT, the French national agency for
research and technology, offers financial incentives to
French corporations that employ doctoral candidates
in a program of collaborative research with a publicly
funded laboratory. The period of employment lasts
> TRADITIONAL DOCTORATE 3 years and ends with a dissertation defense.
1 research unit, 1 dissertation director; enrollment The firm proposes a research goal that becomes the
in a French institution accredited to grant doctoral subject of the dissertation of the employed doctoral
degrees; dissertation defense at that institution; award candidate.
of French doctorate. The research lab oversees the research work of the
doctoral candidate, who is enrolled in the doctoral
> JOINTLY SUPERVISED DOCTORATE department with which the lab is affiliated.
2 research units, at least one of which is French (or 1 lab Some offers of employment may pertain to specific
with 2 different dissertation directors); 2 dissertation countries (e.g., India, Morocco) or to specific programs
directors; enrollment in 1 university, defense in that (such as CIFRE EITDigital).
university or another (if another is involved); award of www.anrt.asso.fr/fr/cifre-7843
French doctorate. > DOCTORATE AWARDED FOR ACQUIRED
EXPERIENCE
> JOINTLY AWARDED
D E G R E E S
It is possible to be awarded a doctorate on the basis
STUD
Y
IN INTERNATIONAL DOCTORATE
FRANCE
DUAL DEGREE PhD of one’s prior experience. Interested candidates should
(COTUTELLE) 1 research unit in France and 1 abroad, approach an appropriate doctoral school to discuss the
Doctoral programs are
periods of work and
example, Doctorat en littérature française
2 dissertation directors; enrollment in possibility. www.vae.gouv.fr
2 universities under agreement setting
creativity that offer and PhD in French literature).
young researchers real • The candidate may receive 2 separate
professional experience. degrees, 1 from each institution. In this
case, each diploma will bear the name
Candidates learn the of the degree issued by that institution,
forth conditions of joint award; defense
craft of research while will mention that the PhD has been jointly
supervised and will specify the name of the
actually researching in partner university.
an international context.
NEW
In both cases, the PhD is defended in just
The irreversible internationalization of higher education programs has
in 1 of the 2 universities; 1 doctorate
1 of the institutions participating in the
joint supervision agreement, as determined
spurred France’s doctoral schools—and their parallel structures abroad—
by the 2 research advisers.
to develop programs for the joint supervision of doctoral research and
dissertations. Such programs carry the advantages of bilateral scientific How does one enroll?
Prerequisite degree: Master’s Grade
awarded jointly by the two institutions
cooperation—and the participation of 2 expert advisers to shape and (300 ECTS credits) or equivalent.
Doctorates are now entered into France’s national
guide the original work of doctoral candidates. > Specify the subject of the thesis with
The Dual Degree PhD operates under the terms of a formal agreement the agreement of the two dissertation
advisers
governing all facets of a candidate’s doctoral program, from admission
(joint diploma) or 2 separate degrees
> Candidates must apply for admission to
and enrollment to the defense and the dissertation and the award of the a French doctoral school and a partner
register of occupational qualifications (RNCP), thus
Doctoral Degrees. institution abroad.
> They must have a PhD adviser at each
institution prepare 2 copies of a joint
International What degree does
EARN MORE
(double diploma).
supervision agreement. The agreement
Dual degree PhD the graduate receive? may be a preexisting agreement between
FRENCH DEGREES This scheme, called “Cotutelle” in French, is Cotutelle operates under the terms of an the 2 institutions or a new agreement
facilitating recognition of the competencies that
a mechanism that promotes mobility among agreement between 2 institutions, 1 of reached specifically for the applicant’s
ESOURCES CENTER. doctoral candidates while encouraging which must be French. The rules and dissertation.
scientific cooperation between French and procedures are the same as those of > They must enroll in the 2 universities:
foreign research teams. Candidates conduct French doctoral programs and doctoral The agreement exempts the candidate
their research under the oversight of, and programs within the foreign university. from the payment of tuition in 1 of the 2
doctoral students acquire while performing their
with guidance from, a PhD adviser from each The 2 universities recognize the validity institutions upon presentation of a receipt
of the 2 countries involved in the program. of the joint supervision and of the degree for payment of tuition and fees at the
Working jointly, both advisers provide a full awarded to successful candidates—a other university for the year in question.
measure of supervision for the candidate. doctoral degree from the French The agreement also specifies the terms
institution and an equivalent degree from of the candidate’s insurance coverage in
The candidate conducts his research in
the foreign university. the 2 countries.
research. www.certificationprofessionnelle.fr
the 2 countries under the terms of the
Resources agreement governing the program. This There are 2 possibilities for the granting In France, applications are examined the
Center agreement may introduce more flexibility of the degree: director of the Doctoral school.
in the definition of these terms and allows • The successful candidate may receive a Lists of French doctoral schools, research
to adapt the general framework for each single Doctoral Degree conferred jointly centers and laboratories are available on
student therefore improving the proper by the 2 institutions. The diploma will carry the CampusFrance website:
ampusfrance.org progress of the doctoral studies. the name of the degree in 2 languages. (For https://doctorat.campusfrance.org
>Resources center
nal and research programs
Degree descriptions
> THE DOCTORAL CONTRACT
October 2018
recognizing the professionalization of doctoral training
For more information: “International dual degree
The possibility of entering into a doctoral contract is open
PhD (cotutelle)”
to all doctoral candidates. Contracts are for a period of 3
www.campusfrance.org >Resources center > Higher years. They offer a guaranteed minimum monthly salary of
Education and Research in France > Degrees €1,758 (gross) and all of the benefits of a formal employment
contract. The terms are identical across all institutions of
higher education and research. Issued and managed by
the doctoral departments, doctoral contracts reinforce the
professional aspect of the research endeavor.
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> FINDING A DISSERTATION TOPIC,
A DOCTORAL DEPARTMENT, AND FUNDING
THE RESEARCH PORTAL
A one-stop shop to plan your research project
guide to European and international funding
A
Directory of doctoral schools: use the search programs.
engine to quickly identify the doctoral departments Information and contacts for research
and laboratories most closely related to your organizations and laboratories
research topic and obtain the information you
News about research in France
need: contacts, links, research priorities and
directions, admission requirements, international Campus France profiles
student support services, funding opportunities, > doctoral departments, including a description
international cooperative activities, affiliated of the school, contact information, associated
research laboratories, and more. laboratories, practical advice on preparing a
A compilation of current doctoral and dissertation
postdoctoral research offers (financed or not), as > degrees, including international joint doctorates
well as master-level internships, currently posted > research fields in France, with information on
on the sites of France’s doctoral departments, how they are organized and their current areas
research organizations, and other research actors. of focus
http://doctorat.campusfrance.org/en/phd/offers
Users may elect to receive alerts whenever a topic www.campusfrance.org
that matches their criteria is posted. > Researchers; or > Resources center
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> FINDING A DISSERTATION TOPIC,
A DOCTORAL DEPARTMENT, AND FUNDING
> PROPOSED DISSERTATION
TOPICS
Proposed dissertation topics are posted on
various websites:
On the sites of individual doctoral schools
and research organizations
On the site of the French national
agency for research and technology, for
opportunities to pursue a doctorate while
working in a corporate lab:
www.anrt.asso.fr/fr/cifre-7843
On the site of the network of doctoral
schools, which publishes calls for
proposals and applications for funded
research topics: www.adum.fr
On https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu for the
funding programs of the European Union
At the Campus France research portal, a
one-stop shop for international students
considering a period of research in
France:
www.campusfrance.org >Researchers
INSIGHT
ABG, the Bernard Gregory Association, supports the career
development of doctoral recipients. In addition to offering
training for both candidates and recent PhDs, it posts on
its website job openings, funded research topics at the
doctoral and master level, and a CV library for doctoral
candidates in all scientific fields.
www.abg.asso.fr/fr www.mydocpro.org/fr
10FUNDING
Because earning a doctorate is recognized as a professional
research experience, most French doctoral candidates are covered
by an employment contract; most candidates must be funded.
> SEVERAL FUNDING OPTIONS
ARE POSSIBLE > EIFFEL
1. Funding from the host institution. Each year, French doctoral
departments, laboratories, research organizations, and firms publicize
EXCELLENCE
on their websites dissertation topics that they are willing to fund. GRANTS
> Doctoral contract: The doctoral school draws on its own budget (DOCTORAL
to fund the topic agreed on with the applicant, either entirely or
in the amount needed to supplement the candidate’s own funds. COMPONENT)
> Contract with a research organization (CNES, CNRS, CEA, etc.):
The topic is funded by the research organization. Developed and financed by France’s Ministry
2. Funding from the candidate’s government. Some countries of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Eiffel
provide funds for overseas doctoral study by their nationals. Scholarship Program of Excellence supports
Candidates may obtain information from the French embassy in the international recruiting efforts of French
their country. institutions of higher education. Institutions
3. The European Joint Doctorate. that sponsor candidates for grants agree
http://ec.europa.eu to admit those candidates should they win
4. Corporate financing under a CIFRE contract. an Eiffel. The program covers four broad
www.anrt.asso.fr/fr/cifre-7843 fields of study: sciences, economics and
5. Personal funds. Prospective candidates may state in their management, law, and political science.
application that they intend to meet their living expenses from their Scholarships support a 10-month period
own funds. of mobility in the course of a joint doctoral
program (preferably during the second or
USEFUL LINKS third year of doctoral study). The program
Doctoral contracts: is designed to help French institutions
www.etudiant.gouv.fr/cid96370/contrats-doctoraux.html attract the very best international doctoral
Funding guide published by ANDES, the national candidates.
association of doctoral recipients: https://www.campusfrance.org/en/eiffel-scholarship-
http://financements.andes.asso.fr/guide-des-financements program-of-excellence
Campus France research portal:
www.campusfrance.org >Researchers
11THE
POSTDOC > OBTAINING
A POSTDOCTORAL CONTRACT
Once they have earned their doctorate, many All of France’s research organizations, university
consider a postdoctoral contract in France to gain laboratories, and corporate R&D departments
real professional research experience and get announce opportunities for postdoctoral contracts
on their website.
their career started.
Many sites collect, compile, and republish such
Fixed-term postdoctoral contracts are designed announcements, often in specific fields or for
to permit holders of a doctorate (typically those certain geographical areas.
who earned their degree within the past 10 years)
to spend a short period of time in France (usually
between 12 and 24 months) engaged in a research
activity. FRANCE
During their stay, the postdoc works as a full- > Association
Bernard Gregory (ABG)
www.abg.asso.fr
time researcher in a laboratory and participates
> Indeed,
an employment search platform
fully in all research-related activities: publishing www.indeed.fr >post-docs
articles, attending seminars, participating in > Opération Postes, a job-search platform run by
conferences. research faculty in mathematics:
http://postes.smai.emath.fr/postdoc/(Mathématiques)
> The Campus France research portal
> SHORT-TERM www.campusfrance.org >Researchers
RESEARCH MOBILITY EUROPE
>A
cademic Positions, the job portal for academic
Short periods of mobility are an important
and research positions in northern and central
part of the research enterprise, whether they Europe:
involve spending a few months performing http://academicpositions.fr
research in a foreign lab, traveling in > Research Science Jobs and Postdocs in Europe :
connection with a cooperative work project, www.eurosciencejobs.com/job_search
or attending lectures or summer sessions.
WORLD
Often short absences are financed by the
EURAXESS, a European initiative to support
researcher’s home lab, but there are other
mobile researchers, has developed a platform
possibilities as well.
called EURAXESS Jobs that publishes position
• Country-specific mobility grants: for openings and funding opportunities around the
information, contact the French embassy world: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs
• IFRE grants from joint international units of www.lifescience.net
the CNRS: www.ifre.fr/bourses http://jobs.sciencecareers.org
• AUF grants within the French-speaking
world: www.auf.org
12H
RESEARC
PROGRAMS AND
PARTNERSHIPS www.campusfrance.org/fr/phc
HUBERT CURIEN
Europe
M O B IL IT Y
Germany - [ Procope ]
Austria - [ Amadeus ]
Belgium - [ Tournesol (Sunflower) ]
Bulgaria - [ Rila ]
Croatia - [ Cogito ]
Czech Republic - [ Barrande ]
Estonia - [ Parrot ]
Hungary - [ Balaton ]
Ireland - [ Ulysses ]
Iceland - [ Jules Verne ]
Italy - [ Galileo ]
Latvia - [ Osmosis ]
Lithuania - [ Gilibert ]
Netherlands - [ Van Gogh ]
Norway - [ Aurora ]
Poland - [ Polonium ]
Portugal - [ Pessoa ]
> THE HUBERT CURIEN
Romania - [ Brancusi ]
Russia - [ Kolmogorov ] Asia
North Serbia - [ Pavel Savitch ] China - [ Cai Yuanpei ]
America Slovakia - [ Stefanik ] China - [Xu Guangqi ]
Slovenia - [ Proteus ]
Canada China - [China Discovery]
Switzerland - [ Germaine de Staël ]
Hong Kong - [ Procore ]
United States - Turkey - [ Bosphorus]
PARTNERSHIPS (PHC),
India
[Jefferson] Ukraine - [ Dnieper ]
United Kingdom [Alliance] Indonesia - [ Nusantara ]
Japan - [ Sakura ]
Korea, Republic of - [ Star ]
Regional Malaysia - [ Hibiscus ]
program Pakistan - [ Peridot ]
A FRENCH INITIATIVE
[PHC Danube ] Taiwan - [ Orchid ]
Middle East Thailand - [ Siam ]
Austria, Czech Republic
Vietnam - [ Hoa Sen Lotus ]
Serbia, Slovakia Iran - [ Gundishapur ] Singapore - [ Merlion ]
Israel - [ Maimonides ]
Lebanon - [ Cedar ]
Palestine - [ Al Maqdisi ]
Programs managed by Campus France
South America
Brazil - [ Cofecub ]
Cuba - [ Carlos J. Finlay ]
Africa
Algeria - [ Tassili ]
Egypt - [ Imhotep ]
TO SUPPORT
THE MOBILITY
Kenya - [ Pamoja ]
Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC)
Regional Morocco - [ Toubkal ]
Equivalent program ptograms South Africa - [ Protea ]
Sudan - [ Napata ]
Regional program [ECOS North] [ ICT SouthAm and Tunisia - [ Utique ]
Colombia, Mexico MATH SouthAm]
OF INTERNATIONAL
Programs not managed by Campus France Venezuela Regional
Argentina, Brazil,
The names of the Hubert Curien Partnerships appearing in Chile, Colombia, program
sargologo @ free.fr
brackets next to country names reflect scientific, historic,
[ECOS South ]
Ecuador, Paraguay,
Oceania
[ PHC North Africa]
geographic, or cultural aspects of the partner country. Argentina, Chile Peru, Uruguay, Australia - [ Fasic ]
Uruguay Venezuela Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia New Zealand - [ Dumont d’Urville ]
September 2019
RESEARCHERS
Financed in equal parts by France and a
foreign partner and managed by Campus
France, PHCs reinforce scientific and
technological exchanges of excellence.
Funds are allocated to research teams to
enable them to fund mobility (travel and
living expenses) by members of the team.
These programs act as a springboard for
development of research projects—and
sometimes even for the initiation of new
projects. They are designed for public or
private labs, academic or corporate, in all
fields of science.
The allocations are made for a period of
two years.
Campus France also manages other
research mobility programs targeted on
specific geographic areas, such as Brazil
(COFECUB Brésil) or Asia (STIC-Asie).
For more information:
www.campusfrance.org
> Researchers > Research programs
13SOURCES
· French Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation,
www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
· Decree of 25 May 2016 setting forth the training framework and modalities for the delivery of the
doctorate, a national diploma, www.legifrance.gouv.fr
· Conference of University Presidents, www.cpu.fr
· Websites of research organizations, universities, associations, and nonprofit organizations
· Media centers of CNRS and INRA
> PRE-DOCS
In many places (e.g., UK, Belgium, Norway), pre-doctoral preparation
sessions called “doctoral training” or “PhD training” seem to have
taken hold. These short research experiences enable future doctoral
candidates to get a sense of what research is all about. They also
allow research directors to put future candidates to the test.
Although pre-docs are not yet common in France, a few programs
have nevertheless begun to surface.
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• The Mathematical Sciences Foundation of Paris is a federation
of 14 mathematics labs employing 1,800 researchers, including
5 Fields medal winners. Alongside its doctoral and postdoctoral
programs, the foundation offers predoctoral sessions.
www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/en/the-foundations-research-chair-244.htm
• FIER, French international experience in research:
www.nplusi.com/public/fr/le-programme-predoctoral-fier-doc
> SUMMER SESSIONS
Short thematic sessions organized annually—often in summer—by research organizations,
universities, and laboratories are designed to promote interdisciplinary thinking around
FRANCE EXCELLENCE
pressing scientific questions. They provide opportunities for researchers to transmit
ER
SUMM fundamental knowledge and exchange ideas.
S
SCHOOL The sessions generally feature guest lecturers from France or abroad.
CNRS offers more than a hundred such sessions each year.
Details are available on the CNRS site. www.cnrs.fr
YOUR GATEWAY Campus France: France Excellence summer sessions. Contact: phdsummerschool@campusfrance.org
TO A PHD
IN FRANCE! Other examples:
CNES, France’s national space studies center: www.cnes.fr >Nous rejoindre> École d ‘été d’Alpbach 2020
EHESS (school for advanced study in the social sciences) summer session:
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This picture shows a fractal, a concept introduced by the French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot
www.ehess.fr/fr
Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Fourrier: www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr >activités scientifiques
14E S E A R C H
R
THE
E U R O P E A N WAY >H
ORIZON 2020 AND PCRI:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG
RESEARCHERS
The European Union is extremely active in Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research
research. It supports numerous programs and innovation program for 2014–2020, funded
designed to promote international research interdisciplinary projects around 3 priorities:
mobility. Several programs are described below. scientific excellence, industrial primacy, and social
challenges.
> EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL The EU’s next multiyear financing framework,
The European Research Council is an EU entity which will cover the period 2021–2027, is being
responsible for coordinating the research efforts of negotiated by the member countries. It will revolve
EU member states. It is the leading pan-European around three projects: (i) open science, (ii) global
funding agency. challenges and industrial competitiveness, and (iii)
open innovation.
> THE MARIE SKŁODOSWKA-CURIE
ACTIONS >E
XAMPLES OF OTHER
The European Union’s framework program for PROGRAMS
research and innovation includes the MSCA, a set FUTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (FET)
of excellence initiatives designed to promote career The FET program is part of the “Scientific
development among researchers from Europe and Excellence” component of Horizon 2020. It aims to
elsewhere in the world. Several actions support make Europe the globe’s most attractive place for
international mobility for researchers at the doctoral collaborative and interdisciplinary research.
and postdoctoral levels. EURATOM
http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions
The component of the European nuclear research
program on fission, fusion, and radiation safety
> RESEARCH covers various subjects, including doctoral training.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The development of excellent research facilities is
one of the goals of Horizon 2020. The overarching
objective is to generate advanced knowledge and to For more information:
attract talent from all partner countries. • European Commission:
http://ec.europa.eu
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders
• French portal for the European research and innovation
program: www.horizon2020.gouv.fr
15RESEARCH IN FRANCE IN FIGURES
74,000
doctoral candidates
in France
2 nd
in the world
in Fields medals received
€ 49,8
in R & D investment
billion
3 rd
2 nd in international
42%
of postsecondary
students
are international
4 th
in Nobel
prizes awarded
in Europe
in applications filed at
the European Patent Office
doctoral
candidates
(OECD)
CAMPUS FRANCE IN FIGURES
220 260+ 56 370+
events staged
by Campus France
each year
staff educational intitutions
in France Campus France and reserach bodies
30,000
offices in
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paticipating in the
125+ countries Campus France
around
the world
mobile students and
scholars under management Forum
720,000
80 visitors 8 European
projects managed 20+
websites
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million publications
followers agency
32 languages
300,000
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20 million on social
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networks
visits/year alumni in the
France Alumni
85 international agreements million in fund social network
with foreign institutions and governments under management
December 2019
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