PhD Office

The PhD Office supports PhD students from their enrollment through the awarding of their PhD. Don’t hesitate to ask for an appointment by sending an email.

Research Units

Research units are PhD students' main workplace. They provide the scientific environment, resources and may support fieldwork expenses. They also handle thesis printing for the defense.

Doctoral School

The doctoral school coordinates training and monitors PhD students' progress in collaboration with their research unit, including through a thesis monitoring committee. It is led by a director and a board with elected PhD student representatives.

ENS de Lyon Library

The library provides access to research resources, workspaces, training and support for electronic thesis submission. After the PhD defense, the library's staff ensures the indexing, archiving and online dissemination of PhD theses.

International Relations Office

The International Scholars Support Services drafts the PhD co-supervision or international joint supervision agreement. 

PhD students representation

PhD students are represented across the Research Unit Committee, the Doctoral School Committee and Research Commissions, by their elected representatives. They play a key role, as they relay feedback from the community and raise concerns.
Feel free to reach out to your representatives (at your Research Unit and your Doctoral School) with any questions.

PhD students are at the center of a rich ecosystem of stakeholders, each with a specific support role.

The PhD advisor and the research unit provide primary day-to-day guidance.

Support Services of ENS de Lyon contribute in targeted areas :

• The Research and Innovation division (DDR, DIPSE, SIP) supports research activities.
•  The Human Resources Office manages employment contracts (if the PhD student is employed by ENS de Lyon).
•  The ENS de Lyon library handles thesis submission and post-defense dissemination.
• The International Scholars Support Services drafts the co-supervision or international joint supervision.
• The Doctoral School coordinates training and monitors progress in collaboration with the research unit.
• The teaching Department may assign "ACE".
• The Occupational Health, the Office for Disability Inclusion and the Office for Equality and Non-Discrimination also support PhD students.

For more informations about the process for the thesis defense, it's possible to ask an appointment with the PhD Office, by sending an e-mail : soutenances [at] ens-lyon.fr

You can also get more informations on the Intranet (restricted access).

The CNU qualification procedure is necesary to apply as a faculty member in France.

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