1. the CIFRE programme (Morocco/ France)
AECHE -April 2017

2. CIFRE programme in France (1/4)
CIFRE stands for Industrial Agreement of Training through Research.
CIFRE fellowships funded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research managed by the French National Association for Research and Technology (ANRT)
Since 1981 :
9000 companies
4 000 laboratories
PhD doctorants.

3. CIFRE programme in France (3/4)
Since 1981, the CIFRE plan makes it possible for the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to finance doctoral training conducted as a partnership of three years between :
an enterprise that recruits a doctoral student
and
an academic forum that supervises the research activity at the scholarly level

4. CIFRE programme in France (4/4):
The CIFRE programme is a good way: during 3 years, the doctoral student is employed in France by a company and realises his/her doctoral research under the supervision of an academic laboratory (in which works his/her thesis supervisor).

5. CIFRE programme in France :

6. CIFRE program Morocco/France (1/5):
In April 21st :
the French and Moroccan Ministries of Education and Research - the Moroccan National Center for Technical and Scientific Research - the French National Association for Research and Technology)
Signed the CIFRE Program (Morocco/France)
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MENESR) Ministère marocain de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de la Formation des Cadres (MESRSFC) Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie (ANRT)
April 21st 2016

7. CIFRE program Morocco/France (2/5):
Excellent bilateral relations between France and Morocco
More and more French companies have business with Morocco in many fields (renewables energies, automotive industry, aeronautics,…) & most of them have a subsidiary there.
More than 100 ‘co-tutelle-thesis scheme” between France and Morocco each year (PHC TOUBKAL, ….)
Moroccan students in France in 2016
Boost the link between industrial and academic research
Train future managers of R&D, able to drive projects in academic and business contexts.

8. CIFRE program Morocco/France (3/5):
1 student ( has to be master graduated or equivalent , in France or in Morocco)
1 Company located in France (no conditions of size of companies, big, medium or small )
1 Moroccan academic laboratory
1 French academic laboratoy 4

9. CIFRE program Morocco/France (4/5):
The PhD student signs
a 3 years full-time working contract with a company in France
The PhD student has to return 18 months in Morocco at the end of his thesis

10. CIFRE program Morocco/France (5/5):
To apply :
Requests can be filed all year on the website: , section «Dépôt en ligne».
Response to application within less 3 months

11. For more information….:
Website : In France ANRT : Pascal GIAT, responsable CIFRE , In Morocco : French Embassy Christophe de Beauvais, Attaché de coopération universitaire et scientifique, Aline Massy, Chargé de mission Recherche CNRST Salwa Bennani , responsable de la coopération,

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