Doctoral training

What is doctoral training ?

Doctoral training enables the doctoral student to acquire “high-level professional and scientific qualifications” in order to be specialised in his/her subject matter, to successfully lead his/her research work and to develop his/her future employability. The doctoral training certificate has to be obtained before to perform the viva voce (thesis defence). A personalised plan is drawn up at the start of each academic year, in agreement with the Doctoral College which assesses the student progression.  Three major aspects of education are developed :

  • thematic training
  • generic (soft) skills
  • scientific production

Doctoral training - some activities : 

Thematic training:

Programmes and seminars under the aegis of a doctoral school

Generic (soft) skills:

Languages, Research experience abroad (including in companies), Courses for presenting scientific work, Courses for documentary research, Courses for writing research projects, Undergraduate Student supervision, Research ethics, Quality Assurance / Quality in research, Statistical analysis of experimental data, History of sciences/Philosophy of sciences, ...

Scientific Production:

Publication of articles as main author, Active participation in international conferences, Invited conferences or public presentation of the of doctoral results

Thematic doctoral schools

Doctoral courses, organised on an inter-academy basis, are quite precisely defined through thematic doctoral schools. The list of the doctoral schools and the thematic doctoral schools is published on the FRS-FNRS website. 

Contact(s) : RDA, Evelyne Favart

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