Doctoral training and HDR

Doctoral schools

The doctoral schools attached to higher education institutions federate a group of research teams that are responsible for the training and future of doctoral students. They offer future PhDs a high level of scientific supervision as well as preparation for professional integration.

The links with research and the scientific quality of the laboratories, the procedure for recruiting doctoral students and the policy for financing theses, the potential for supervision and the training policy, the partnerships with the socio-economic world and the encouragement of mobility and European and international openness are all determining criteria for the accreditation of doctoral schools.

The attention given to the implementation of the thesis charter, a real moral contract between the doctoral student, his/her thesis director, the director of the doctoral school and the director of the host laboratory, constitutes a guarantee of quality insofar as it defines the rights and duties of each. The preparation of a thesis must be part of a personal and professional project that is clearly defined in its objectives and means.

Law and Political Science - ED 461

The Doctoral School of Law and Political Science is a bi-disciplinary school. Scientific activities are carried out in two main areas: law and political science. The doctoral school belongs to the Université Sud de France Montpellier - Perpignan doctoral college and completes its training.

The doctoral students registered in the School can prepare 4 different doctorates:

  • Private law and criminal sciences ;
  • Public law ;
  • History of law and institutions ;
  • Political Science.

The Doctoral School of Law and Political Science organizes thesis defenses and, in collaboration with the SCUIO-IP, monitors the professional integration of its doctorates.

Management team

Director: Pr Jérôme Roux

Head of department: Sophie Segui

Secretariat: Iwona Brousse (04 34 43 27 92)

Contact

Doctoral School Law and Political Science
UFR Droit et Science politique
39 rue de l'Université
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2

Tel: 04 34 43 27 92
Email
Website

Economics and Management of Montpellier (EDEG) - ED 231

The Montpellier Doctoral School of Economics and Management (EDEG) is the only school offering doctoral training in the disciplines of economics and management sciences in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

The research priorities are in the field of economics and management. Management research deals in particular with finance, marketing, accounting, information systems, human resources and strategy (especially for SMEs), some of which have a strong agri-food orientation.

The research activities of the EDEG are organized around three themes:

  • Agri-food management,
  • New technologies,
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation.

Management team

Director: Patrick Sentis

Deputy Director: P. Mahenc

Secretariat: Sabine de Bechevel

Contact

EDEG
Faculty of Economics
Espace Richter
Av. Raymond Dugrand
CS 79706-F
34960 Montpellier cedex 2
Tel : 04 34 43 24 60

Email
Website

Information Structures Systems (I2S) - ED 166

The I2S doctoral school trains doctoral students in the broad field of hard sciences covering mathematics, mechanics, physics and information sciences and technologies, with important exchanges with life sciences. It brings together all doctoral students in the basic sciences related to information processing, the development of structures and theoretical concepts, or the study and design of systems in the Montpellier region. 7 doctoral specialties are offered within the I2S Doctoral School:

  • Biostatistics,
  • Electronic,
  • Computer science,
  • Mathematics and modeling,
  • Mechanical and civil engineering,
  • Physics,
  • Automatic and microelectronic systems.

Management team

Director: Pr Pascal Nouet

Executive Secretary: Caroline Drap

Contact

I2S - ED 166
University of Montpellier
cc444
Place Eugène Bataillon
34095 Montpellier cedex 05
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 14 97 12
Fax: +33 (0)4 67 14 93 16

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Website

Languages, Literatures, Cultures, Civilizations (LLCC) - ED 58

ED 58 brings together 11 research teams, bringing together some 440 teacher-researchers and researchers and 480 doctoral students. It allows the preparation of 34 doctoral specialties in the fields of Letters, Languages, Arts and Human and Social Sciences. In application of the decree of August 7, 2006, it ensures the best possible study conditions for doctoral students, from registration to the defense and the digital filing of the thesis. The ED council, supported by the administrative structure of the SEED, ensures the follow-up of the thesis, proposes mobility aids, organizes specific scientific events and provides complementary training (disciplinary openness, research methodology, professional insertion). It is the first ED in France to offer distance learning for isolated and/or salaried PhD students.

Management team

Director: Christine Reynier

Administration: Carole Closel, Sylvie Fiorio, Corinne Gilbert, Anne Le-Perrot

Contact

Université Paul-Valéry
Site Saint-Charles
34199 Montpellier Cedex 5
Telephone: 04 11 75 70 30

Email
Website

Balard Chemical Sciences (SCB) - ED 459

The Balard Chemical Sciences doctoral school is part of the Pôle Chimie Balard, which brings together the vast majority of chemists from the Montpellier site and the region. The doctoral school is mono-disciplinary. However, it has strong interactions with physics (materials), biology (biomolecules) and process engineering. The number of doctoral students is approximately 275 and the supervision is provided by 330 researchers and teacher-researchers.

The SCB doctoral school aims to train high-level researchers in all areas of chemistry: life chemistry, drug chemistry, materials chemistry, modeling, membranes, environment and marine chemistry, nuclear fuel cycle, etc. The doctoral training is aimed at all the professions in chemistry, both in the private and public sectors.

Management team

Director: Dr Jean-Jacques VASSEUR

Deputy Director: Pr Vasile HULEA

Secretariat: Charlène ERIMIAN

Contact

ENSCM
240 avenue du Professeur Emile Jeanbrau
34090 Montpellier
Tel/Fax : 04 67 14 43 41

Email
Website

Chemical and Biological Sciences for Health (CBS2) - ED 168

The CBS2 doctoral school trains doctors in all areas of Biology-Health, from drug chemistry to the clinic, from genes to behavior. It brings together the region's research potential in the fields of Biology and Chemistry related to health, based on clinical teams and major laboratories and institutes. Backed by the Rabelais Pole, two LABEX and two Competitiveness Clusters, it offers training through and for research and prepares students for academic careers as well as the private sector. With more than 470 HDR supervisors and more than 380 doctoral students in nearly 40 laboratories, this doctoral school has been co-accredited since its creation in 1992 by the UM1 and UM2 universities.

The CBS2 Doctoral School is part of the Doctoral College of the Universities of South of France Montpellier- Perpignan.

Management team

Director: Sofia Kossida

Secretariat: Stéphanie Martinetti

Contact

CBS2 - ED 168 (Chemical and Biological Sciences for Health)
Faculty of Pharmacy
15 avenue Charles Flahault
BP 14491
34093 Montpellier Cedex 5
Secretariat: building I (3rd floor) office I313
Tel: 04 11 75 97 00

Email
Website

Human Movement Sciences - ED 463

The Doctoral School 463 Human Movement Sciences (SMH), co-accredited by Aix-Marseille University (AMU), the University of Montpellier and the Université Côté d'Azur, brings together researchers, teacher-researchers and doctoral students working on the unique theme of human movement and its nervous, physiological, mechanical, behavioral, cognitive and societal determinants. These fields are brought together under a single discipline, the "Sciences of Human Movement".

It federates, at the interregional level, research teams that are complementary in terms of discipline. The thematic proximity and geographical scope ensure that the SMH doctoral school is strongly positioned on the national map.

Management team

Director: Gilles MONTAGNE (AMU)

Deputy Director: Stéphane PERREY (UM)

Administrative Coordinator: Nathalie ROUSTAN (AMU)

Contact

Site Marseille
ED 463 Sciences du Mouvement Humain
Aix-Marseille University
Faculté des Sciences du Sport
163, avenue de Luminy - Case 910
13288 Marseille cedex 09
Tél : 04 91 17 04 36

Email
Website

Montpellier site

ED 463 Human Movement Sciences
UFR STAPS
University of Montpellier
700 avenue du Pic St Loup
34090 Montpellier
Tél : 04 34 43 26 23

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Website

GAIA (Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Land, Water

The GAIA Doctoral School (Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth, Water), was officially created in July 2015, as a result of the merger of the ED SIBAGHE (Integrated Systems in Biology, Agronomy, Geosciences, Hydrosciences and Environment, ED 477) and the ED SPSA (Process and Food Sciences, ED 306)

The ED GAIA is a doctoral school of the University of Montpellier for Life and Environmental Sciences and Sciences and Technologies. It is co-accredited with Montpellier SupAgro and AgroParisTech for Agronomic and Environmental Sciences, and with the Ecole des Mines d'Alès (EMA) for Technological Sciences in the fields of mass-produced materials and the Environment.

The GAIA Doctoral School has nearly 500 doctoral students and will rely on 6 doctoral streams (defined as the organizational structures of the Doctoral School):

  • Agroresources, Processes, Foods, Products; APAB.
  • Biology of Interactions; BDI.
  • Integrative Biology, Diversity and Plant Improvement; BIDAP.
  • Ecology, Evolution, Genetic Resources, Paleobiology; EERGP.
  • Functional Ecology and Agricultural Sciences; EFSA.
  • Earth and Water Sciences; STE.

The GAIA ED will place the doctoral student as a research actor at the heart of the global questions and issues surrounding Environmental Sciences, Sciences and Technologies, and will be attentive to the major questions of society and the entire socio-economic world. In this perspective, the GAIA ED will seek to develop the innovative capacities of doctoral students in connection with researchers at the frontiers of the disciplines developed within the doctoral programs.

Management team

Director : Valérie MICARD

Assistant directors : Pascal GANTET, Eric BLANCHARD, Mathieu SICARD, Patrice DAVID, Bruno DHUIME, Stéphane PEYRON

Administration : Cendrine JAY-ALLEMAND, Aida DUBOST

Contact

GAIA - ED 584

Case Courrier 053
Place Eugène Bataillon
Building 13 / 3rd floor
34095 Montpellier cedex 5
Tel: +33 (0) 4 67 14 36 00

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Website

Territories, Time, Societies and Development (TTSD) - ED 60

The doctoral school Territories, Time, Society and Development trains doctors in Archaeology, Egyptology, Ethnology, Geography, Psychology, Management Sciences, Information and Communication Sciences, Political Science, Sociology, STAPS.

Its field of competence is on the one hand that of Life Science and Environment and on the other hand that of Human and Social Sciences.

It is composed of 9 Units of Research including 4 UMR.

Management team

Director: Nathalie BLANC

Administration: Carole CLOSEL, Sylvie FIORIO, Corinne GILBERT, Anne LE-PERROT

Contact

TTSD - ED 60
Université Paul-Valéry
Site Saint-Charles
Route De Mende
34199 Montpellier Cedex 5

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Website

Doctoral College of the University of Montpellier

The main mission of the Doctoral College of the University of Montpellier (CD-UM) is to support doctoral students throughout their doctoral research activity by providing them with transversal professional training to help them identify their career plans at the local, national and/or international levels. One of the objectives is to enhance the career profiles of doctoral students in all socio-economic and cultural sectors. More specifically, the objectives of the CD-UM are:

  • to offer doctoral students a professional training of excellence, with the guarantee of a quality training;
  • to reinforce the interdisciplinarity and internationalization of doctoral training;
  • to prepare doctoral students for their professional integration;
  • to promote the doctorate to the socio-economic world and also to the Civil Society.

The doctoral schools have a common digital tool that dematerializes the management of procedures related to doctoral training (from registration to the defense) and allows doctoral students and doctors to enhance their skills within this network. This digital management tool (ADUM: Accès Doctorat Unique et Mutualisé) also allows the CD-UM to organize all the training courses offered to doctoral students each year (follow-up of registrations, withdrawals, cancellations, validation, evaluation, etc.).

Thus, the Doctoral College of the University of Montpellier reinforces, completes, supports and develops the systems set up in the Doctoral Schools to meet the specifications of the missions defined in the decree of May 25, 2016.

Contact

Campus Triolet
Place Eugène Bataillon
Building 7 - 1st floor
34095 Montpellier cedex 5

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Doctoral registration

Prepared within a Doctoral School, the doctorate is a training to and through research. The doctoral student's research work is carried out under the responsibility of a thesis director within a research unit. The preparation of the doctorate is carried out in application of the decree of May 25, 2016.

To enroll in a doctoral program, the candidate must hold a master's degree or another degree conferring the grade of master at the end of a training program establishing his or her aptitude for research.

If this condition is not met, the President of the University of Montpellier may, by derogation and on the proposal of the Doctoral School Council, enroll in the doctoral program candidates who have completed studies of equivalent level or who benefit from the validation of acquired experience. Registration for the doctorate is authorized by the President of the University of Montpellier on the proposal of the Director of the Doctoral School after receiving the opinion of the thesis director and the Director of the research unit.

The preparation of the doctorate is generally completed in three years of full-time equivalent research time. In other cases, the duration of the doctorate can be up to six years.

The Director of the Doctoral School verifies that the scientific, material and financial conditions are in place to guarantee the proper conduct of the doctoral student's research and preparation of the thesis. The admission procedures for candidates are defined by the Doctoral Schools.

Registration fees

The annual amounts of tuition paid beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year are set in accordance with the provisions of the April 19, 2019 order.

For the year 2021-2022, the registration fee is 380 €.

Social security

On the other hand, non-affiliated students who are enrolling for the first time in higher education in France must take the necessary steps. These students are :

  • residents of overseas communities (New Caledonia or Wallis and Futuna) or born abroad;
  • Nationals of a country outside the European Union, Switzerland or the European Economic Area.

After paying the CVEC and registering at the UM, they must register on the dedicated website: etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr

More information on theAssurance Maladie website and on the etudiant.gouv.fr website

CPAM documentation : Memo-etudiants and Memo-etudiants-etrangers

Students who enroll in higher education for the first time are automatically enrolled in a compulsory health insurance plan.

Student and Campus Life Contribution

What is the CVEC?

The CVEC is the Student Life and Campus Contribution. By law, it is collected by the CROUS. You may be subject to it or be exempted from it depending on the case. The CVEC is a contribution "intended to promote the reception and social, health, cultural and sports support of students and to strengthen the prevention and health education actions carried out for them" set up on July 1, 2018.

Who is concerned (subject to the CVEC)?

  • Doctoral student in initial training
  • Doctoral student in cotutelle as long as he/she pays his/her tuition fees to the University of Montpellier (cf. cotutelle agreement)

A mandatory process

There are 2 different cases:

  • or the PhD student must pay a lump sum of the CVEC before registering at the University of Montpellier
  • or the PhD student is exempt.

In both cases, a certificate will be issued: it is mandatory to produce this certificate when registering for administrative purposes.

Who is exempt?

  • Refugee Doctoral Students
  • Doctoral students who are beneficiaries of the subsidiary protection
  • Doctoral students who are registered as asylum seekers and have the right to remain in the country
  • Doctoral students with French government scholarships (BGF)

When to do this?

The PhD student must pay this contribution after receiving the registration authorization email sent by the Doctoral Studies Department.
No refund of the CVEC will be made
.

Where can I do this?

  • Step 1: Log on to the site cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr
  • Step 2: payment (except in the case of exemption), for payment terms consult the CROUS website
  • Step 3: download the certificate, it will be requested at the time of registration (even in case of exemption): it is mandatory.

Who is not concerned (not subject to the CVEC)?

  • Co-tutored doctoral students who do not pay their tuition fees to the University of Montpellier but to the partner institution (see the co-tutoring agreement)
  • Doctoral student (incoming) in Erasmus mobility
  • Doctoral students in continuing education, i.e. whose training is paid for by their employer or by a collecting organization. For any information, it is necessary to contact the Continuing Education Department
  • No steps are required (no CVEC certificate to provide).

Claim

A complaint does not constitute an inquiry. For all inquiries, please contact your Doctoral School or the Doctoral Studies Department.

If you wish to file a claim, please complete the form via the following link:

https://infoservices.umontpellier.fr/ldsd/reclamations/

An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to the e-mail address you provided in the form.

Contacts

Direction de la Research et des Études Doctorales
Service des Etudes Doctorales
Campus Triolet
Bât. 7 - Case courrier 00404
Place Eugène Bataillon
34090 Montpellier cedex 5

Ludivine CABIT : 04 67 14 94 35
Thibaut MEISSONNIER : 04 67 14 40 23

Email

International co-tutorials

You are a future doctoral student and you wish to:

  • gain international experience,
  • carry out your research work in two partner laboratories,
  • benefit from the supervision of two thesis directors, one at the University of Montpellier and the other from a foreign institution.

You can, on the basis of a single thesis and a single defense, obtain the double title of doctor of the University of Montpellier and the partner university by registering in cotutelle of thesis from your first year of thesis.

The research work is divided into alternate periods in each of the two institutions.

You will have to be registered in both institutions but will be exempted from the registration fees in one of the two institutions (with the obligation to pay the registration fees at the University of Montpellier at least once during the 3 years).

The Cooperation Department of the International Relations Department is in charge of drafting, validating and monitoring the thesis co-supervision agreement.

The future doctoral student must also contact the Doctoral School of his or her thesis director at the University of Montpellier in order to prepare his or her doctoral registration file.

Contact

Service Coopération - Direction des Relations Internationales
163 rue auguste broussonnet
34090 Montpellier
Tel: +33 (0)4 34 43 23 23
E-mail

Doctoral defense

In accordance with the decree of May 25, 2016 setting the national framework for training and the procedures leading to the award of the national doctoral diploma, authorization to present a thesis for defense is granted by the President of the University of Montpellier, after advice from the director of the Doctoral School, on the proposal of the thesis director.

The candidate's work will be examined beforehand by at least two referees who will draw up a written report. The President of the University of Montpellier will base his decision on the opinions issued by the rapporteurs to authorize the defense.

The organization of the defense is a time-consuming process.

The "request for authorization to defend a thesis" must be submitted to the Doctoral School no later than 8 weeks before the date of the defense.

This application includes:

  • the appointment of the rapporteurs: they are given 3 weeks to prepare their report;
  • appointment of jury members;
  • the authorization of defense.

Procedure for the defense

The defense file is prepared via the Adum portal. Once all the mandatory fields have been filled in and the doctoral student has validated his/her request, the defense forms will be accessible in his/her personal space.

Composition (order of May 25, 2016)

Reporters:

2 reporters

  • Habilitated to direct research (HDR) or equivalent;
  • external to the supervision team, the doctoral school and the University of Montpellier;
  • no co-publication with the doctoral student.

The Jury:

from 4 to 8 members

  • at least half of the professors or equivalent ;
  • at least half of the members are external to the doctoral school and to the University of Montpellier;
  • the President of the Jury is a Professor or equivalent rank.

The thesis director participates in the Jury but does not take part in the decision, he/she is considered as an "internal member" to establish the composition of the Jury.

In the case of a co-supervision of a thesis, the choice of rapporteurs and the composition of the jury must respect the agreement between the partner universities.

After the defense

Admission (or deferral) is pronounced after deliberation by the jury.

The original defense documents, duly completed and signed, must be returned to the Doctoral Studies Department no later than 15 days after the defense:

  • the Minutes of the defense ;
  • the jury's opinion on the digital reproduction of the thesis;
  • the defense report ;
  • proxies for jury members in videoconference (for the members concerned).

Links :

Withdrawal of doctoral degrees

Withdrawal from the Doctoral Studies Department: the doctor must present a valid ID.

By mail: the doctor must send the document " diploma withdrawal form " to the Doctoral Studies Department along with a copy of his/her valid ID.

The diploma will be sent abroad to the French embassy or the European delegation.

By proxy: the doctor must complete the " proxy for diploma withdrawal ". The proxy must present the power of attorney, a copy of the doctor's ID and his/her ID to the Doctoral Studies Department.

Contacts

Direction de la Research et des Etudes Doctorales
Service des Etudes Doctorales
Campus Triolet
Bât. 7 - Case courrier 00404
Place Eugène Bataillon
34090 Montpellier cedex 5

Aurélien VALAT : 04 67 14 49 60
Anne-Cécile SAYE : 04 67 14 94 40

Email

Habilitation to supervise research (HDR)

"The habilitation to direct research is a recognition of the candidate's high scientific level, the original nature of his or her approach in a field of science, his or her ability to master a research strategy in a sufficiently broad scientific or technological field, and his or her capacity to supervise young researchers. It allows, in particular, to be a candidate for access to the body of university professors. Decree of November 23, 1988 concerning the habilitation to direct research - modified by the decree of February 13, 1992, by the decree of July 13, 1995, by the decree of April 25, 2002.

The habilitation procedure at the University of Montpellier is organized in two campaigns according to the following schedule:

Fall Campaign 2022-2023

Attention: the bi-appointed staff and hospital practitioners belonging to the UFR Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology can only apply during the spring campaign.

  • Electronic submission, only, of the HDR application file on November 28, 2022 at noon last by email. No changes can be made after this date. We ask you to pay close attention to the completeness of the application by referring to the document " HDR application file - detailed list of documents to be provided ".
  • The DRED transmits the application files to the doctoral schools for preliminary examination of the applications and proposal of rapporteurs on December 7, 2022.
  • Return of the doctoral schools' opinions on the applications to the DRED during January 2023.
  • Examination of the applications and proposal of the rapporteurs to the President by the Commission of the Research sitting in a formation restricted to HDR holders during January 2023.
  • Communication of the registration decisions to the candidates by the DRED in early February 2023. The DRED sends the electronic version of the manuscript and the summary sheet to the referees and contacts the candidates to complete the administrative registration. The candidates send a paper version of their manuscript to the referees.
  • Receipt of reports by March 6, 2023.
  • The "jury proposal" must be submitted to the Direction de la Research et des Études doctorales no later than 3 weeks before the defense.
  • Habilitation to direct research must be defended before the end of July 2023.

Spring campaign 2023-2024

The bi-appointed staff and hospital practitioners belonging to the UFR Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology can apply for this campaign.

Spring campaign schedule 2023-2024

  • Electronic submission, only, of the HDR application file by noon on April 17, 2023 [by e-mail | rf.re1686194008illep1686194008tnomu1686194008@rdh-1686194008derd1686194008]. No changes can be made after this date. We ask you to pay particular attention to the completeness of your application by referring to the document "HDR application file - detailed list of documents to be provided".
  • The DRED transmits the application files of single-member doctoral school staff and dual-member staff to the advisory bodies of the UFRs for preliminary examination of the applications and proposal of rapporteurs at the beginning of May 2023.
  • Feedback on applications to DRED during June 2023.
  • Examination of the applications and proposal of the rapporteurs to the President by the Commission of the Research sitting in a formation restricted to HDR holders in June 2023.
  • Communication of registration decisions to candidates by DRED in early July 2023. The DRED sends the electronic version of the manuscript and the summary sheet to the referees. The candidates send a paper version of their manuscript to the referees. The administrative registration for the diploma will take place in July 2023.
  • Receipt of reports expected by early September.
  • The "jury proposal" must be submitted to the Direction de la Research et des Études doctorales no later than 3 weeks before the defense.
  • Habilitation to direct research must be defended before the end of July 2024.

Biographical staff are invited to contact their advisory body to prepare their application.

Constitution of the application file

The application file to be submitted must include the following documents(HDR application file - Detailed list of documents to be provided ):

Proposal of the rapporteurs.

This document should only include the names of potential rapporteurs. It is imperative to ensure the availability of the proposed persons. The composition of the jury will be requested later.

Withdrawal of HDR degrees

Withdrawal of the diploma from the Doctoral Studies Department: the holder of the diploma must present a valid identity document.

By mail: the diploma holder must send the document " [ form for withdrawal of the diploma " to the Doctoral Studies Department along with a copy of his/her valid identity card.

By proxy: the diploma holder must complete the proxy form to withdraw the diploma. The proxy must present the power of attorney, a copy of the diploma holder's identity card and his/her identity card to the Doctoral Studies Department.

Registration fees

The annual fee amounts paid beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year are set in accordance with the provisions of the April 19, 2019 order.

Contacts

Directorate of Research and Doctoral Studies

Service des Etudes Doctorales
Campus Triolet
Bât. 7 - Case courrier 00404
Place Eugène Bataillon
34090 Montpellier cedex 5

Aurélien VALAT : 04 67 14 49 60

Email

National campaign for doctoral contracts with disabilities 2023

Are you a student holding a Master's degree or enrolled in a Master's program or equivalent, and are you a beneficiary of the employment obligation*? Do you wish to continue or resume your studies in a doctoral program?

You can benefit from a doctoral disability contract

Since 2011, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research has been implementing a plan to award doctoral contracts to students with disabilities.

The University of Montpellier attaches great importance to the inclusion of people with disabilities, and is involved in the "PhD with disabilities 2023" campaign, thus showing its support for students with a Master's degree (or registered in a Master's program or equivalent), presenting a thesis project and recognized as beneficiaries of the employment obligation (BOE).

1 "Presentation / Conditions" of the doctoral contract

Successful candidates will benefit from a three-year (36 months) contract, conditional each year on re-registration at the doctoral school.

In addition, the University of Montpellier is committed to financing a doctoral contract for disabled students from its own resources, in accordance with the provisions of the institution's multi-year Disability Master Plan.

The doctorate must be carried out in a research structure for which the University of Montpellier is the supervisor. Students must register for a PhD at the University of Montpellier in one of the 9 doctoral schools. An information sheet indicates the research units and doctoral specialties prepared at the UM.

Constitution of the file and calendar

- Interested candidates should contact a thesis supervisor as soon as possible to present their project.

- Interested candidates should contact the Handiversity Department before 17/02/2023, deadline, which will assist them in putting together their application:

  • Information and exchange interview: March 6-13, 2023
  • Deadline for applications to the Handiversity Department: before 24/03/2023
  • Communication of the results by the Handiversity service: from 03/07/2023

Contact:

Email
Tel: 04 67 14 48 53 or 23

Download the information notes and sample files:

Documents to be provided

  • *Proof of status as a Beneficiary of the Obligation of Employment (photocopy of the RQTH or proof of a file being processed in a Maison Départementale de l'Autonomie)
  • Completed application file, including the opinions of the thesis directors and the host laboratory, as well as the reasoned opinion of the director of the doctoral school
  • Copy of diploma if applicable (Master or equivalent)
  • Copy of the corresponding transcripts
  • CV
  • Thesis project of 3 pages maximum

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