At the invitation of Mr. Eric BERTON, President of Aix-Marseille Université, and academic partners (Sciences Po-Aix, Ecole de l'Air, Ecole des Officiers de la Gendarmerie Nationale et Centrale Marseille), the 1st council of the doctoral program "Defense and Homeland Security" was held at the university's headquarters. An initiative launched for the decade from 2020 to 2030.
Monday, September 28, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Jardin du Pharo, 58 Boulevard Charles Livon, 13007 Marseille
The new "Defence and Homeland Security" Doctoral Program aims to provide doctoral students with additional training to complement their doctoral thesis project, opening the door to successful careers in the defence and security sectors, both national and international.
The initiative is located in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône thanks to interministerial cooperation between entities under the Ministry of Research and Higher Education and regalian ministries, in particular the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Armed Forces. This innovative doctoral programme, supported by the Defence Innovation Agency (AID), the Pôle Judiciaire de la Gendarmerie Nationale (PJGN) and the Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint Louis (ISL), asserts France's ambition to make the Aix-Marseille Universite (AMU) a major centre for university research in defence and internal security and for the academic training of senior executives and experts in Europe.
Some areas of career development:
- Applied Defence Technologies
- Weapons systems and devices, carriers, ships and associated vehicles
- Cyber defence
- Electricity network security
- Mechatronics
- Optronics
- Aeronautics and Space
- Bioterrorism
- Biotechnologies
- Sociology
- Economy
- Organizational Sciences
- Political and legal sciences
- Military History
- Strategic defence issues
Who is the Doctoral Program for?
- The Defence and Homeland Security Doctoral Program is particularly aimed at :
- Masters students motivated by Defence and Homeland Security themes
- Foreign students who have validated a master's degree, within the framework of cooperation agreements
- Military personnel destined to pursue a career in the forces
- Staff of the Ministry of the Interior
Institutions associated with the training :
- Institute of Higher National Defence Studies - IHEDN
- The Centre for Advanced Studies of the Ministry of the Interior - CHEMI
- Air Show School - EA
- Sciences Po Aix
- National Gendarmerie Officers School - EOGN
- Ecole Centrale Marseille - ECM
- National Gendarmerie Judicial Police Headquarters - PJGN
- Saint Louis Institute - ISL
How many people in 2020-2021?
15 places open for doctoral students receiving a research allowance or enrolled in continuing education or VAE, whose thesis subjects fall within defence and security themes.
Information and applications :
https://phd-ds.univ-amu.fr/fr
This event is subject to the health rules in force: Wearing a mask is compulsory and respect for social distancing.