Doctoral schools

The role of doctoral schools:

In accordance with the decree of May 25, 2016 setting the national framework for training and the procedures leading to the award of the national doctoral degree, doctoral schools :

•     1° Implement a policy for the admission of doctoral students to them, based on explicit and public criteria, inform students about the conditions of access, the skills required, the funding that can be obtained, the nature, quality and rates of professional activity after obtaining the doctorate. They participate in the search for funding and propose its allocation in order to allow doctoral students to prepare and defend their thesis in the best possible conditions;
•     2° Organize and coordinate doctoral training;
•     3° Organize scientific exchanges between doctoral students and with the scientific community; offer doctoral students training activities that promote interdisciplinarity and the acquisition of a broader scientific culture, including knowledge of the international research framework;
•     4° Ensure that each doctoral student receives training in research ethics and scientific integrity;
•     5° Make doctoral students aware of the challenges of open science and the dissemination of research work in society in order to strengthen the relationship between scientists and citizens;
•     6° Ensure a quality approach to training by setting up individual monitoring committees for doctoral students and offer thesis directors, co-directors and all persons supervising or participating in the work of doctoral students specific training or support aimed at preventing all forms of discrimination and violence;
•     7° Define and implement support mechanisms for the pursuit of professional careers after obtaining a doctorate in the public and private sectors and organize, in conjunction with the services of the institutions concerned, the monitoring of the professional careers of the doctorates trained. They participate in national surveys organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, as well as in the preparation of the report mentioned in 11° of article L. 712-2 of the Education Code, and disseminate the results of their scope publicly and in open access;
•     8° Contribute to European and international openness, within the framework of cooperation actions conducted with foreign higher education institutions or research centers;
•     9° Formulate an opinion on requests for the attachment of research units or teams.