Institut de formation doctorale 1 Doctoral Training Institute Director: Jean-Dominique Polack Doctoral studies at Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris

Doctorate at UPMC  3,400 Doctoral Candidates (DC) registered at UPMC 1/3 international DC  19 Doctoral Schools (DS)  16 DS with UPMC carrying the principal accreditation  3 DS with co-accreditation  distributed into the 4 research poles of UPMC:  750 Diplomas of Doctorate awarded / year (12 % sci. theses in France)  > 200 co-tutelles 1.Modeling & engineering 2.Energy, Matter & Universe 3.Living Earth & Environment 4.Life & Health Sciences

toward Sorbonne University …  3 universities, and more:  Panthéon-Assas Law, Economics and Management  Paris-Sorbonne Literature and Humanities  UPMCScience and Medicine  Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle  …  students, 7000 doctoral candidates  5000 teachers and researchers  33 DS, 1230 doctors per year

The Doctoral Training Institute  Missions  Implement the doctoral policy of the university  Coordinate and mutualize the Doctoral Schools’ means and actions  More specifically:  Train doctoral researchers and supervisors on the professional issues of the Doctorate: transferable skills, job market, project management  Produce indicators on the Doctorate (funding, time completion, supervision rates, etc.) and the doctors’ careers development  Inform Master students on the Doctorate  European and international development

Doctoral Schools Training & Careers Department Département Formation & Carrières (DFC) Information & Registration Office Bureau d’accueil des doctorants Doctoral complementary activities Centre de Coordination des Missions Doctorales (CCMD) Management & administration

Doctoral Schools - Modeling & engineering - Information Technology, Telecommunications & Electronics - Mathematical Sciences - Process Engineering & Advanced Technologies - Mechanics, Acoustics, Electronics & Robotics - Energy, Matter & Universe - Physical and Analytical Chemistry - Physics, from Particles to Condensed Matter - Materials Physics and Chemistry - Molecular Chemistry - Physics - Astronomy & Astrophysics - Elementary Components & Cosmos

Doctoral Schools - Living Earth & Environment - Environmental Sciences - Diversity of Living Organisms - Geosciences &Natural Resources - Life & Health Sciences - Brain, Cognition, Behavior - Interdisciplinary Approach to Living Organisms - Public Health: Epidemiology & Biomedical Information Sci. - Physiology & Physiopathology - Life Science Complexity

Roles of Doctoral Schools  Beginning of the Doctorate  Call for Doctoral Research Projects from labs  Doctoral Researchers Recruitment  Integration of new Doctoral Researchers  During the Doctorate  Life of DS (website, meetings, workshops…)  Follow-up of Doctoral Research Projects (follow-up committees)  Follow-up of the Individual Training Plan of each Doctoral Researcher  Problems and conflicts management  Authorization to extend beyond 3 years  At the end of the Doctorate  Preparation of the thesis defense  PhD’s careers tracking

Charter of doctorate  states the doctoral policy of the university: financing, length of thesis 3 years’ contract with salary possibility for teaching missions, etc. prolongation beyond 3 years only with financing supervision regular meetings with thesis supervisor maximum of 2 new PhD candidates per supervisor per year regular follow up by the doctoral school doctoral project implementation doctoral project is full-time job PhD candidate accepts laboratory bylaws laboratory provides necessary ressources 9

Charter of doctorate continuing education and individual training plan (ITP) ITP is defined at the start of doctoral project regular up-dates with supervisor and doctoral schools engagement to follow courses when registered thesis defence requires authorisation from Thesis Approval Commission (TAP – within faculty) 2 external reviewers appointed by doctoral school defence committee of 3 to 8 members (peer review) 10

selecting candidates  call for projects, with/without selection  selection : executive or advisory board, pedagogical team  classification in higher priority and lower priority topics  candidates proposed by research teams  preselecting on application folder (board)  interviews: unique or multiple juries  boards, pedagogical team, representatives from research teams  main list, and rank-ordered supplementary list 11

Institut de formation doctorale Thank you for your attention Graduation Ceremony Chatelet 2012