1. Doctoral Studies in France Romain Garbage – French Institute in Prague

2. 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. Global figures 63 500 PhD students in 2012 12 000 new doctors in 2011 41% of foreign PhD students 284 Doctoral Schools 90 Institutions 2077 Research Units Data: MESR

4. Access to doctoral studies Master Degree (equivalent to Mgr or Ing) Supervisor with HDR (habilitation) Particular requisites depend on Doctoral School Very often, funding is compulsory

5. 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

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

7. Requirements of the Doctoral School (example based on my personal experience) 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

8. Defence procedure (example based on my personal experience) 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

9. Co-supervised Doctoral Studies Thèse en cotutelle 2 supervisors Agreement between 2 universities Conditions depends on each university Awarding of a diploma from each university or a joint delivered diploma

10. 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 and Engineering Sciences, Life and Earth Sciences – Medicine, Social Sciences and Humanities, Economic and Law Sciences) 2014: 39 DC (7 new)/18 ST (30 months) Call for 2015: launch in October 2014

11. 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 Starts from 1st of October or 1st of November

12. Stage BGF Short stay, from 1 to 3 months Aimed at PhD students or young doctors (PhD obtention after 2013) 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)…

13. BGF calendar Deadline for submitting applications: 13 th of March 2015 Oral presentation 30 th March/2 nd April 2015 Results by May 2015 ST start from the 1 st of June 2015 DC start from the 1 st of October 2015

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

15. More information General: Campus France website www.campusfrance.org www.campusfrance.org MESR website www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr BGF program: French Institute website www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DCwww.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DC (Cotutelle) www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-STwww.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-ST (Stage) Contact: Campus France Prague prague@campusfrance.org prague@campusfrance.org +420 221 401 050 Romain Garbage (to 31/10/14)Clément Diot (from 01/11/14) romain.garbage@ifp.cz clement.diot@ifp.cz romain.garbage@ifp.czclement.diot@ifp.cz +420 221 401 003