Learning by Research

Map of joint doctorate international partnerships

The Doctorate in cotutelle (joint PhD), an unparalleled international experience

The joint Doctorate allows the PhD student to benefit at the end of the PhD from very precious advantages:

• This is equivalent to two diplomas: one in each university, one in each country;
• This ensures a mastery of the language and a thorough knowledge of the culture and the functioning of research in both countries;
• It allows the establishment of a network of international scientific contacts;
• The profile of the doctor is de facto international.

For all these reasons, the Doctorat in cotutelle is highly prized by recruiters in both academic research and industry.

Doing a thesis in cotutelle at Université Grenoble Alpes

It is possible to prepare a thesis at Université Grenoble Alpes in cotutelle with a foreign higher education institution. To do so, a cotutelle agreement must be drawn up and signed between the two partner institutions.

In the case of a Joint PhD, the research work is carried out alternately in the two institutions. During the thesis and until the defense, the Doctoral student:

• registers in both institutions;
• pays the registration fees in only one institution;
• alternates research stays in the two institutions;
• is scientifically supervised by a Doctoral supervisor in each institution.

After the (single) Thesis defense, the Doctoral student obtains a PhD degree from Université Grenoble Alpes and another from the cotutelle partner institution.

• For more information, contact your Doctoral School.

Calls for applications for Joint Doctorates

• Thesis program in cotutelle of the Franco-German University in English and in German 
• At the Franco-Italian University, the Vinci yearly call for projects for cotutelles in Italian or in French

 

• Order of May 25, 2016 setting the national training framework and the modalities leading to the issuance of the national PhD degree (in French)
• Order of August 26, 2022, amending the Decree of May 25, 2016, establishing the national framework for doctoral education and the procedures leading to the award of the national doctoral degree (in French)