1. Participation in a thematic school (“summer/winter school”) on the thesis topic or on a different topic.

This course must last at least 3 days; they usually last 1–2 weeks.

Please note: A scientific conference in your field—such as those your team typically attends—does not constitute a thematic workshop.

2. Followed bya short training module on scientific ethics.

This training is a contractual requirement of the doctoral program. We require that this training last at least 2 hours. It typically lasts half a day to a full day. This type of training is not provided directly by the doctoral school. You can find such training, for example, on the ADUM platform or through announcements from various organizations. The doctoral school will forward some of these announcements to you when they become available. Please note that online formats (such as MOOCs) are accepted; for more information, see, for example, FUN MOOC.

3. Followed by one or more training sessions (10 days or 60 hours), to be conducted in various formats:

• Courses offered by ED 127 (see list below);
• External training programs offered by other doctoral schools (accessible via ADUM or by contacting the doctoral schools directly);
• M2-level courses other than those in the original M2 program (or optional courses that were not taken);
• Took courses at the Collège de France;
• Participation in doctoral programs offered by universities;
• Other external training courses. These are offered through ADUM or elsewhere.

If you are a teacher or are performing an additional assignment:

Doctoral students who are engaged in supplementary assignments or part-time teaching have their required training hours reduced by a number of hours calculated at a rate of 10 hours for every 32 days of supplementary assignment or for every 64 hours of tutorial equivalent in the case of teaching. Training related to these assignments—whether mandatory or not—may be counted in addition to this reduction, up to a maximum of 15 hours.

It’s up to you to take the initiative in finding a program and enrolling—don’t wait until the final months of your dissertation!

Notes:

• Doctoral students who wish to do so may take more courses than the package described above.
• It is strongly recommended that students complete the bulk of their doctoral training during the first two years of their dissertation.
• This training package can be completed in any order.
• Training hours may be tallied differently by our doctoral program and by the training providers. For any certificate requested at the end of the dissertation process for an application, the actual training hours completed will be listed, not those tallied by the doctoral program.
• Except in exceptional cases and except for the short ethics course, MOOCs and any other online courses that do not involve interaction with an instructor are not included in the training package. Doctoral students are, however, free to take these courses if they wish.