1. Doctoral Studies in France Clément DIOT – French Institute in Prague

2. Part 1 : General organisation Doctoral Schools (Écoles Doctorales/ED) Supervisor => Research Unit => Doctoral School 3-year program Yearly registration to the University ~400€/year (~10 000Kč) Defence in front of a jury of specialists

3. Part 1 : Access to doctoral studies Master Degree (equivalent to Mgr or Ing) Supervisor with HDR (authorization to supervise research) Particular requisites depend on Doctoral School Very often, funding is compulsory

4. Part 1 : Funding types MESR grants – Doctoral Schools Project grants – Supervisors CIFRE grants – Company funded Others (fundations, research institutions, local authorities…) Where to find offers Doctoral School websites Laboratory websites ANRT website (CIFRE, http://www.anrt.asso.fr/)http://www.anrt.asso.fr/ Network

5. Part 1 : Material conditions (doctoral contract) ~1300€/month (~36 000Kč) Possibility to teach (+300€/month) Working contract => participation in social system (social security, unemployment) Represents the majority of the cases Different for other sources of funding (especially foreign)

6. Part 1 : Requirements of the Doctoral School 2 articles (1 submitted and 1 accepted) 6 credits (courses, teaching, scientific communication, vulgarisation, stays in other labs/private sector) one oral communication 750 pts at TOEIC test 2 meetings with an external profesor

7. Part 1 : Defence procedure Writing of the manuscript (corrections) Confection of the jury list (2 referees => detailed report on manuscript) First Doctoral School Commission Sending of manuscript to referees Second Doctoral School Commission Defence in front of the jury

8. Part 2 : Co-supervised Doctoral Studies 2 supervisors (one Czech & one French) Agreement between 2 universities Awarding of a diploma from each university or a joint delivered diploma

9. Part 2 : The French Government Scholarship Program (BGF) Mobility grant program Funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech citizens 2 subprograms: Cotutelle (DC) / Stage (ST) Covers all domains: -Exact & Engineering Sciences -Life and Earth Sciences & Medicine -Social Sciences & Humanities -Economics & Law Call for 2016: launch in October 2015

10. Part 2 : Cotutelle BGF 3-year program Involves 2 supervisors: 1 in Czech Republic and 1 in France Agreement between Czech and French universities (« convention de cotutelle ») Aimed at Mgr/Ing students 5 month stay in France per academic year (3- year program = 3 X 5 months in France) Starts from 1st of October or 1st of November

11. Part 2 : Stage BGF Short stay, from 1 to 3 months Aimed at PhD students or young doctors Scientific project with a French researcher Necessary to define a clear objective of the stay: learn new techniques, use of equipment, access to special ressources (bibliographical)…

12. Part 2 : BGF calendar Deadline for submitting applications: => Mid-March 2016 Oral presentation: => End of March / Beginning of April 2016 Results: => By May 2016 ST starts from the 1 st of June 2016 DC starts from the 1 st of October 2016

13. Part 2 : BGF practical info Campus France manages the technical aspect 767€/month (rate 2) for Cotutelle (~21 000 Kč) 795€/month (rate 1) for Stage (~22 000 Kč) No university fees Healthcare/insurance included Campus France can provide accommodation International travel costs not covered!

14. More information General: MESR website www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr Campus France website www.campusfrance.org www.campusfrance.org BGF program: French Institute website www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DCwww.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DC (Cotutelle) www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-ST www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-ST (Stage) Contacts: Clément Diot clement.diot@ifp.cz +420 221 401 003 Campus France Prague prague@campusfrance.org +420 221 401 050