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Doing a PhD at the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences

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Published on 3 January 2022
​The Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences permanently receives and prepares approximately 120 doctoral students.
Find here a photography of Institute's doctoral students.
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Universities and doctoral schools

Approximately 40 french and foreign students start a doctoral thesis in our laboratories every year. These doctoral students enrols mostly in Paris-Sud University/ Paris-Saclay University but also in other universities in Paris (Paris-Descartes University, Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris-Diderot University, Sorbonne Nouvelle University and Paris-Est University) and elsewhere in France (Bordeaux University, Caen-Normandie University, Montpellier University).

In agreement with the Institute's multidisciplinarity, doctoral students are distributed in about twenty doctoral schools, but four of them, all attached to the Paris-Sud University / Paris-Saclay University, bring together nearly 70% of the doctoral students we receive :

  • ED 577 / SDSV (Structure and Dynamics of Living Systems),
  • ED 575 / EOBE (Electrical, Optical, Bio - physics and Engineering),
  • ED 571 / 2MIB (Chemical Sciences : Molecules, Materials, Instrumentation and Biosystems),
  • ED 569 / ITFA (Therapeutic Innovation : fundamental and applied),
  • ED 158 / 3C (Brain, Cognition, Behaviour).

 

Doctoral students funding

Doctoral students of the Institute can be financed in different ways: on 1st July 2017, 27% of them have a doctorate contract with the university and 16% of them have a CEA research training contract. Finally, the dynamism of the Teams in seeking their own funding is reflected by the fact that 57% of the doctors of the institute receive funding from laboratories (CEA or others).

 

PhD subjects proposed

Do you want to learn about the possibilities of doing a PhD the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences?

PhD subjects are available on the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN).

For some of these subjects, called key subjects, selected students will benefit from a CEA funding of three years (CEA Research Training Contract). Check out the key subjects' list for the current campaign.

Read the PhD dissertations timetable

Students and Paris-Saclay University

Find here a set of useful links to simplify your approach to Paris-Saclay University.