Doctoral Studies in France

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Doctoral Studies in France

• Clément DIOT French Institute in Prague

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Part 1 General organisation

• Doctoral Schools (Écoles Doctorales/ED)
• Supervisor gt Research Unit gt Doctoral School
• 3-year program
• Yearly registration to the University 400/year
  (10 000Kc)
• Defense in front of a jury of specialists

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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

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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/)
• Network

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Part 1 Material conditions (doctoral contract)

• 1300/month (36 000Kc)
• Possibility to teach (300/month)
• Working contract gt participation in social
  system (social security, unemployment)
• Represents the majority of the cases
• Different for other sources of funding
  (especially foreign)

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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 professor

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Part 1 Defence procedure

• Writing of the manuscript (corrections)
• Confection of the jury list (2 referees gt
  detailed report on manuscript)
• First Doctoral School Commission
• Sending of manuscript to referees
• Second Doctoral School Commission
• Defence in front of the jury

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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

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Part 2 Cotutelle BGF (joint thesis)

• 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 months stay in France per academic year (3-year
  program 3 X 5 months in France)
• Starts from 1st of October or 1st of November

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Part 2 Stage BGF (internship program)

• 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)

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Part 2 BGF calendar

• Deadline for submitting applications gt the
  11TH of March 2016
• Oral presentation
• gt End of March / Beginning of April 2016
• Results
• gt By May 2016
• ST starts from the 1st of June 2016
• DC starts from the 1st of October 2016

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Part 2 BGF practical info

• Campus France manages the technical aspect
• 767/month (rate 2) for Cotutelle (21 000 Kc)
• 795/month (rate 1) for Stage (22 000 Kc)
• No university fees
• Healthcare/insurance included
• gt 28 years old and/or 3 months stay or less
  Campus France insurance provided
• lt 28 years old and more than 3 months stay no
  social security fee, need to subscribe to a
  student health insurance (LMDE or SMEREP)
  refunded by Campus France
• Campus France can provide accommodation
• International travel costs not covered!
• Travel costs in France can be paid (only arrival
  and departure)!

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Part 2 financial support for cotutelle (joint
thesis)

• 767/month (rate 2) for Cotutelle (21 000 Kc)
• around 140-160/month if you find by yourself
  your accomodation (4 300 Kc)
• between 150 and 200/month IF ELIGIBLE from CAF
  called APL as support for accomodation (4 600
  Kc)
• 261 first month for buying books every stay in
  France (7 000 Kc)
• 700 for buying computer (only once)

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Part 2 financial support for stage (internship
program)

• 795/month (rate 1) for Stage (22 000 Kc)
• around 140-160/month if you find by yourself
  your accomodation (4 300 Kc)
• between 150 and 200/month IF ELIGIBLE from CAF
  called APL as support for accomodation (4 600 Kc)

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More information

• General MESR website www.enseignementsup-rec
  herche.gouv.fr
• Campus France website www.campusfrance.org
• BGF program French Institute website
• www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-DC (Cotutelle)
• www.ifp.cz/BGF-2015-ST (Stage)
• Contacts
• Clément Diot
• clement.diot_at_ifp.cz
• 420 221 401 003
• Campus France Prague
• prague_at_campusfrance.org
• 420 221 401 050