Registering for a PhD

Stage 1: Entry requirements for doctorates

Your qualifications

You must hold a Master 2

degree.

Article 11 of the decree of May 25, 2016 states that "to be enrolled in a Ph, candidates must hold a national Master's degree or another degree conferring the grade of Master, following a course of training or professional experience establishing their aptitude for research".

In the case of a foreign diploma from outside the European Union, the doctoral application must go through the doctoral school's Scientific Council, which will rule on the equivalence of the foreign diploma presented to request admission to the doctoral program. This equivalence will be requested automatically when the application is processed.

Although it is not a legal requirement, it is desirable to have done a research dissertation in Master 2 to apply for the PhD.

Step 2: Examination of your application by a potential thesis supervisor

You must have a thesis supervisor

After defining your research topic, you need to get in touch with a thesis director specializing in your field of research

To find a thesis director, you need:

to consult the supervisor specialties of the laboratory's researchers to help you make your choice.
contact, via their professional e-mail address, the professor(s) and lecturer(s) authorized to direct research who could supervise you by sending them a research project accompanied by the following documents:

a curriculum vitae,
a letter of motivation,
a copy of Master 1, Master 2 and dissertation transcripts,
a copy of the diploma if issued at the date of application.
a research project including a state of the art in the specialty (literature review), a proposed problem and positioning in relation to the literature, a proposed methodology and the most important bibliographical references,
your Master's thesis.

You can also consult the topics proposed by the laboratory's teaching staff on the ADUM website. If you are interested in one of them, you must contact the teacher-researcher who proposed the subject before initiating the registration procedure.
Do not apply directly on Adum before the subject has been validated by the doctoral commission or departmental authorities.