Doctorat de l'Université Grenoble Alpes

Application procedures

Eligibility conditions

To be eligible to apply for the 1st year of the doctoral course, an applicant must have:

defined his/ her dissertation subject: the application for a particular subject proposed by a Doctoral School or the host laboratory has been accepted, or the subject proposed by the applicant has been accepted;
obtained the agreement of the doctoral dissertation supervisor and the host laboratory,
obtained the relevant funding (this may or may not be compulsory according to the area of research).

The applicant must also be a holder: (see Decree of 7th August 2006)

of a Master's degree at one of the French universities proving aptitude for research, or
of an equivalent diploma obtained at a foreign university proving aptitude for research. In this case, you need to ask for your Master diploma equivalence during the application procedure.

Application procedure

This may vary from one doctoral school to another. For more information:

Key Dates

Spring: choice of the dissertation subject, first contacts with a doctoral school and the future doctoral dissertation supervisor.
June: registration of applicants with a doctoral school.
July:

- reviewing the applications by doctoral schools
- opening of the recruitment process for the Research and Higher Education Label (Label Recherche et Enseignement Supérieur (RES) in French). This concerns first-year doctoral students wishing to carry out teaching assignments.

From September to December: enrolment in the 1st year of the doctorate.
Université Grenoble Alpes accepts, with special permission from the doctoral school, applications received outside the registration period in certain cases (e.g. period required to obtain the relevant funding).
January: applications from doctoral students to access the common core of the Label curriculums for those so wishing.

Updated on July 5, 2016

Preparing a Doctorate at Université Grenoble Alpes

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