This section only concerns standard thesis defences (excluding joint supervision). In the case of joint supervision, please refer to the joint supervision agreement.
First read the tabs "Rules for the jury" and "Rules for the rapporteurs".
In computer science, the defence is authorised provided there is a high-quality international publication.
Arrangements for the defence must begin at least 10 weeks before the planned date of the defence. This is a strict minimum. It is recommended that you start 3 months before the date of the defence. You should also be aware of summer holiday periods.
If you have not yet registered for the academic year in which you will defend your thesis, you must first start the re-registration procedure on ADUM by clicking on the "I wish to re-enroll" button. Next you'll need to take the necessary steps to submit your thesis on ADUM, refer to the instructions available on ADUM, and fill in the various supporting documents requested by the institutions. Please note: in order to be able to submit your defense application on ADUM, you must upload a blank pdf file as an ED supporting document on ADUM, for both your defense application and your re-registration application. The doctoral school requires the following documents to be uploaded to ADUM:
- List of publications.
- A letter of support from the thesis director. In computer science, this letter must also support the quality of the doctoral student's publication.
- Letter from the thesis director explaining the choice of jury and rapporteurs.
- The opinion of the director of the laboratory.
- A summary of the thesis.
- Provide a link so that your thesis manuscript can be consulted by the Thesis Committee. You can use a file server (e.g. https://filesender.renater.fr/) or a web page.
- A CV of the candidate.
- For foreign referees, please attach their detailed CVs.
- Summary of your doctoral courses downloaded from ADUM.
Please note that all the documents requested above must be provided, even if they are available elsewhere on ADUM. Once the Thesis Committee has given a favourable opinion, the ED Director will validate on ADUM.
Further information:
- The thesis speciality is either Computer Science or Mathematics.
- If you defend your thesis before 30 September of the current year, you do not have to re-register for the following year.
- If you defend your thesis after 30 September, you must re-register for the following year.
- If you support before the Christmas holidays, you re-register without paying tuition fees.
Recognition of International Mobility
The diploma supplement for the recognition of international mobility during the thesis makes it possible to value a research stay in a higher education and/or research establishment abroad. Co-supervision, which is recognised by the double degree system, cannot be recognised in this way.
The doctoral student must apply to the doctoral school department of the institution where he or she is registered when submitting his or her thesis application. Here is the form.
Conditions :
- You must spend at least one term outside France. Split stays may be counted if several stays of at least 30 consecutive days have been spent in the country/countries (attach proof of stay).
- Part of the examination must be conducted in a language other than French.
- At least one member of the jury must belong to a higher education establishment in a country other than France (attach the composition of the jury).
- Authorisation to defend is granted on the basis of reports written by at least two researchers or teacher-researchers attached to higher education establishments in two different countries outside France (not under joint supervision).
- The language in which the thesis manuscript is written must comply with the rules laid down by the institution in which the thesis is registered and/or the doctoral school.