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Doctoral Studies in France. Romain 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)
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Doctoral Studies in France Romain 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 Pragueprague@campusfrance.org +420 221 401 050 Romain Garbage (to 31/10/14) Clément Diot (from 01/11/14)romain.garbage@ifp.czclement.diot@ifp.cz +420 221 401 003 +420 221 401 003