I wish to direct a thesis
On this page you will find the information you need to direct a doctoral thesis. You will also find information on the doctoral contracts and the EJD.
The thesis supervision team is subject to obligations described in the thesis charter.
According to the doctoral decree, a teacher-researcher must hold a Habilitation to supervise research (HDR) to direct a doctoral thesis. The Autorisation à Diriger une Thèses (ADT) gives non-HDR staff the possibility to appear as official supervisor.
It is aimed at personalities, falling under the 2nd paragraph of article 16 of the decree of 25 May 2016 cited below, who hold a doctorate, and in particular to Research Fellows of EPST and to University Lecturers.
Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the Order of 25 May 2016
"The duties of the thesis director or co-director may be carried out :
1° By professors and assimilated staff within the meaning of article 6 of decree n° 92-70 relating to the National Council of Universities and article 5 of decree n° 87-31 for health disciplines, or by teachers of equivalent rank who do not come under the Ministry of Higher Education, by staff of higher education establishments, public research bodies and research foundations, who hold a habilitation to direct research;
2° By other personalities who hold a doctorate, chosen for their scientific competence by the head of the establishment, on the proposal of the director of the doctoral school and after the opinion of the research commission of the academic council or the equivalent body in the establishment in which they are registered.
The Autorisation à Diriger une Thèse de Doctorat (ADTD) may be granted to the person concerned on condition that he or she undertakes to defend the HDR before the end of the thesis.
Modalities
The interested party must send the director of the Doctoral School concerned, with a copy to the ED manager (gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr), a file including
- a 15 to 20 page CV outlining the applicant's research activity, main administrative and teaching responsibilities (if any) and involvement in the supervision of graduate and potentially postgraduate students;
- a letter supporting the application and committing to defend the HDR within 3 years of the official completion of the thesis.
The Authorisation to Supervise a Doctoral Thesis is granted by the President of the University, on the proposal of the Director of the Doctoral School concerned, after the advice of the Doctoral School Council and the Research Commission of the Academic Council.
Applications are made on a rolling basis.
The competition is open to students of all nationalities who hold a Master's degree or equivalent. There is no age limit for candidates.
The thesis topics proposed by the laboratories are published on the ED website. Candidates must contact the thesis director who proposes the subject and who is responsible for the pre-selection of applications. The laboratory director sends all the files of the pre-selected candidates to the ED secretariat. The candidates are then called for an oral presentation followed by questions before the CD award jury.
Selection of candidates and organisation of the competition
- Step 1: each laboratory makes an initial selection of candidates (2 to 3) for the contract awarded, according to its own procedures.
- Step 2: each laboratory director sends a file for each pre-selected candidate to the ED.Candidate file :
- Detailed CV with details of research experience
- Letter of motivation explaining the candidate's interest in a thesis and in the proposed subject
- M1 and M2 transcript or equivalent document
- 1-2 Letter(s) of recommendation from course supervisors and/or internship supervisors
- Letter of recommendation from thesis supervisor - Step 3: The ED invites the candidates for the audition. The jury is composed of the members of the ED Council (except for the doctoral students). In addition to these members, there is one scientist from outside the institution who is an HDR and proposed by the director of the unit concerned to the director of the ED.NB: A researcher or teacher-researcher cannot sit on the jury if he/she is involved in the management of a thesis project. If this is the case, the scientist in question proposes a substitute HDR to the director of the ED.Hearing : 10 min presentation by the candidate + 10 min discussion with the jury
A presentation with no more than 5 slides is recommended.
Slide 1: CV
Slides 2 to 4: research experience (M2 internship or other) or, failing that, a short presentation on a scientific subject of the candidate's choice that has aroused his/her particular interest during his/her training
Slide 5: coherence between the candidate's background, professional project and thesis topic
Video conferencing : Candidates are allowed to make a presentation via video conference.
Typical calendar
Mid-March: posting of thesis topics on the ED website
Mid-May: transmission to the ED secretariat of the pre-selections of the candidates by the laboratories and of the corresponding subjects (at most 4 candidates & 3 subjects per laboratory, a candidate can choose 1 or 2 subjects)
Mid-May: communication by the laboratory directors to the ED secretariat of the proposals of external or internal scientific personalities for the constitution of the jury
End of May - Beginning of June: audition of candidates
Calendar 2022
► Thesis subjects are sent to the ED to be put online on the ED website: 7 March 2022
► Forwarding to the ED of the pre-selection of candidates made by the laboratories: 2 to 3 candidates for each contract; and forwarding to the ED by each laboratory director of the contact details of the proposed external rapporteur and, if necessary, of the internal rapporteur of the institution, for the constitution of the jury:
ED 536: 11 May 2022
ED 537: 18 May 2022
► Hearing of the candidates of FR Agorantic and SFR Tersys Wednesday 8 June 2022
► Audition of ED 536 and 537 candidates: Thursday 2 and Friday 3 June 2022
Doctoral Contracts Established 2022 by Doctoral School
Selected laboratories :
Doctoral School 536 Agrosciences and Sciences
- ex-IBMM
- Avignon Mathematics Laboratory
- LAPEC
Doctoral School 537 Culture and Heritage
- CIHAM - History, archaeology, literature of the medieval Christian and Muslim worlds
- Property, Standards, Contracts Laboratory
- Cultural Identity, Texts, Theatricality
- ANHIMA
Doctoral contract ED 536 co-funded AU/Research organisation 2022
Background and objectives:
Avignon University wishes to develop its partnership with research organisations on the Avignon site by supporting ambitious research projects involving units from both partner organisations.
As such, Avignon University will support a thesis co-financing during the academic year 2021/2022 (thesis start: September 2022).
This initiative aims to stimulate the emergence of new collaborations between AU and partner research organisations of the EPST and EPIC type (in particular CNRS, INRAE and EHESS) or to strengthen existing collaborations.
Eligibility rules:
1) The subject must be submitted by a member of the ED 536 "AgroSciences & Sciences".
2) At least one of the two co-directors must be attached to ED 536.
3) Both co-supervisors must have the Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR) but the possibility of associating non-HDR co-supervisors is recognised.
Selection criteria:
1) Scientific quality of the subject and potential for breakthrough.
2) Potential for academic and/or socio-economic collaborations.
Calendar:
1) 20 January 2022
Deadline for submitting to the doctoral school (gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr) a detailed description of the thesis project (4 pages max) and the co-financing agreement of the partner research organisation.
2) March 2022
Selection of the thesis proposal benefiting from the AU co-financing after hearing the authors by a jury constituted from the ED 536 council.
3) Early June 2022
Selection of the doctoral student via the ED 536 doctoral contract competition
Doctoral contracts from the PACA Region
- rely for the selection of their candidates on the procedure set up by the EDs for ministerial CDs
- carry out their own selection (without recourse to the competition of the DC). In this case, the candidates selected by the laboratories will nevertheless be auditioned by the competent ED council for validation of their application
FR Agorantic doctoral contract "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies
The doctoral contract awarded by the University of Avignon for the year 2022 to the FR Agorantic "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies is built around the concept of interdisciplinarity between the Human and Social Sciences and the Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies.
Criteria for the granting of a Doctoral Contract of the FR Agorantic "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies".
Priority will be given to co-directorships involving two laboratories/units that are members of the FR Agorantic or are in the process of being associated.
One of the co-directors must be a teacher-researcher from the University of Avignon;
The adequacy between the project, the scientific axes of the RF and the candidate;
The call for proposals is open to students of any nationality, without age limit, according to the rules of the 2 ED 536 & 537 of the University of Avignon
The quality of the candidates is a major criterion for the selection of applications.
Topics should be sent to agorantic@univ-avignon.fr
Candidates' applications must be received by FR Agorantic no later than 28 February 2022.
The selection of the auditioned candidates will take place on 8 June 2022.
The jury will be composed of members of ED 536 & 537, the two directors of the SFR, as well as external members, and will meet under the leadership of the CED to select the best application.
SFR TERSYS doctoral contract
Rules and award criteria applicable to the ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences grant assigned to our SFR :
Only subjects falling within the scope of the SFR TERSYS scientific project are considered eligible;
Priority is given to co-directorships involving two laboratories/partner units of the SFR TERSYS;
Co-directors must be attached to ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences;
At least one of the two co-directors must be a teacher-researcher from the University of Avignon;
Both co-supervisors must have the Habilitation to Supervise Research but the possibility of associating co-supervisors is recognised;
The call for proposals is open to students according to the rules of ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences. They are open to students of any nationality;
The quality of the candidates is a major criterion for the selection of applications.
A specific jury will examine the applications relating to this MESR doctoral contract, which is focused on the SFR TERSYS.
Employment of Young Doctoral Students (EJD)
Each year, the PACA Regional Council renews its support for future doctoral students in the region, renewing its "Young Doctoral Employment" funding scheme.
You are invited to take note of this call for applications for "Young Doctoral Jobs" and the application form here.
Complete applications must be submitted to before Friday 26 February 2021 (noon) one copy in electronic format (1 PDF file per project) to gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr
The ranking of the files will be done during the Research Commission which will take place on Thursday 11 March 2021. Applications that are not complete (in particular the absence of a signature from the laboratory or the socio-economic partner) or that are sent after the deadline will not be examined by the Research Committee.
It is recalled that :
- For applications submitted by Research Organisations (EPST, EPIC, EPA) :
the regional co-financing per project will be 50% of the eligible amount, up to a maximum of €47,000 over three years.
- For applications from Universities and Schools :
o The regional co-financing per project will be 90% of the subsidizable amount within the limit of 84.000 € for projects co-financed with a micro enterprise, a TPE/PME1, an associative structure of less than 250 employees or the own funds of laboratories;
o The regional co-financing per project will be 80% of the subsidizable amount up to a maximum of €75,000 for projects co-financed with an Intermediate Size Company (with less than 5000 employees);
o It will be 50% of the subsidizable amount up to a limit of 47 000 € for projects co-financed with a large company (or a VSE/SME directly owned at 25% or more by a large group), a public establishment (ADEME, DGA, CNES...), or a local authority.
The Region may also grant funding of up to 100% of salary, up to a limit of €94,000, on the basis of a duly substantiated argument (where applicable, the rest of the funding must be guaranteed by the institution submitting the application). For this provision, which will concern a maximum of 20% of all selected projects, particular attention will be paid to the following thematic fields
- Political and legal sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Economics and Management Sciences
- Basic Mathematical & Computer Sciences
For these projects, a strong involvement of the socio-economic partner will be required, notably through collaborative projects.
The Region will only fund research activities, excluding complementary activities.
Please note that the Maison de la Recherche is in charge of transmitting the applications to the Region. You do not need to provide us with any documents other than the signed application form (e.g. bank details of the institution, document authorising the person submitting the application to commit his/her institution, etc.)
The Maison de la Recherche remains at your disposal for any further information.
CIFRE
For any request for a letter of engagement of the doctoral student by the director of the ED (ANRT request), please attach to gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr :
- a description of the candidate selection process in a supporting letter from the thesis director
- the title of the thesis and a description of the subject (1/2 page)
- a cv of the candidate
- a master's degree transcript or equivalent with classification
The certificate of employment must be sent at the time of the first registration to justify the financing. Once the certificate of attribution by the ANRT is obtained, please send it to the ED.
CO TUTELLES
The doctoral degree can be obtained in the framework of a co-supervision partnership between AU and a foreign university. In this case, the PhD is supervised by an AU director and a co-director from the partner university.
The doctoral student wishing to register as a co-supervisor must, in parallel with the registration authorisation file, submit to the ED a request for authorisation to register as a co-tutor.
The application form for authorisation to enrol The application form for a co-supervision of the thesis must be returned to the ED signed by the thesis director and the director of the research unit of Avignon University.
After ratification of the application by all the signatories, a cotutelle agreement (specifying the schedule of stays between the 2 establishments, the terms and conditions of the defence, etc.) will be set up by the ED.
After a single defence, the doctorate will be awarded a double degree by the two partner universities.
INRAE
For any request for an opinion from the director of the ED on the specific information form, reception of doctoral students at INRAE, please send an email to gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr :
- a description of the candidate selection process in a supporting letter from the thesis director
- a cv of the candidate
- a master's degree transcript or equivalent with classification
Archives
Calendar 2021
► Submission of thesis subjects to the ED secretariat for publication on the ED website: 6 April 2021
► Forwarding to the ED of the pre-selection of candidates carried out by the laboratories: 2 to 3 candidates for each contract; and forwarding to the ED secretariat by each laboratory director of the contact details of the proposed external rapporteur and, if necessary, of the internal rapporteur of the institution, for the constitution of the jury :
FR Agorantic contract: 5 May 2021
ED 536: 11 May 2021
ED 537: 18 May 2021
► Audition of ED 537 candidates: Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 June 2021
► Hearing of the candidates of the FR Agorantic Tuesday 8 June 2021 (apm)
► Hearing of the SFR Tersys candidates : Tuesday 8 June 2021 (apm)
► Audition of ED 536 candidates: Thursday 10 June 2021
Doctoral Contracts Established 2021 by Doctoral School
Selected laboratories :
Doctoral School 536 Agrosciences and Sciences
- Avignon Computer Science Laboratory
- UMR EMMAH - Mediterranean Environment and Agro-Hydrosystems Modelling
- UMR IMBE - Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology
- UMR Qualisud
Doctoral School 537 Culture and Heritage
- Cultural Identity, Texts, Theatricality
- UMR ESPACE
- Norbert Elias Centre - History of Modern and Contemporary Europe
Supplementary list: CIHAM - History, Archaeology, Literature of the Medieval Christian and Muslim Worlds
Doctoral contracts from the PACA Region
- rely for the selection of their candidates on the procedure set up by the EDs for ministerial CDs
- carry out their own selection (without recourse to the competition of the DC). In this case, the candidates selected by the laboratories will nevertheless be auditioned by the competent ED council for validation of their application
FR Agorantic doctoral contract "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies
The doctoral contract awarded by the University of Avignon for the year 2020 to the FR Agorantic "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies" is built around the concept of interdisciplinarity between the Human and Social Sciences and the Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies.
Criteria for the granting of a Doctoral Contract of the FR Agorantic "Culture, Heritage, Digital Societies".
Priority will be given to co-directorships involving two laboratories/units that are members of the FR Agorantic or are in the process of being associated.
One of the co-directors must be a teacher-researcher from the University of Avignon;
The adequacy between the project, the scientific axes of the RF and the candidate;
The call for proposals is open to students of any nationality, without age limit, according to the rules of the 2 ED 536 & 537 of the University of Avignon
The quality of the candidates is a major criterion for the selection of applications.
Topics should be sent to agorantic@univ-avignon.fr
Applicants' files must reach the FR Agorantic by 5 May 2021 at the latest.
The selection of the auditioned candidates will take place on 17 or 18 May 2021.
The jury will be composed of members of ED 536 & 537, the two directors of the SFR, as well as external members, and will meet under the leadership of the CED to select the best application.
SFR TERSYS doctoral contract
Rules and award criteria applicable to the ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences grant assigned to our SFR :
Only subjects falling within the scope of the SFR TERSYS scientific project are considered eligible;
Priority is given to co-directorships involving two laboratories/partner units of the SFR TERSYS;
Co-directors must be attached to ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences;
At least one of the two co-directors must be a teacher-researcher from the University of Avignon;
Both co-supervisors must have the Habilitation to Supervise Research but the possibility of associating co-supervisors is recognised;
The call for proposals is open to students according to the rules of ED 536 Sciences and Agrosciences. They are open to students of any nationality;
The quality of the candidates is a major criterion for the selection of applications.
A specific jury will examine the applications relating to this MESR doctoral contract, which is focused on the SFR TERSYS.
Mis à jour le 13 January 2023