Doctorate (Ecole Doctorale Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, ED PHF 635) at INSA Hauts-de-France

Entry requirements

Doctoral school (ED PHF) application procedure: applicants find a thesis subject offered by the associated laboratories and apply through the ADUM application space (spontaneous applications are made directly to thesis supervisors). The file is reviewed in turn by the thesis supervisor, the laboratory director, the head of the research pole and the director of the doctoral school; once all four favourable opinions are obtained the file moves to the ADUM registration stage and the final admission decision is made by the UPHF presidency or the INSA Hauts-de-France director. Required documents: information form, ID or passport (plus visa copy for foreign students already in France), CV, motivation letter in French or English (minimum one page), transcripts of the last 3 years of higher education with course programmes for graduates of foreign universities (each semester documented), copies of diplomas (foreign diplomas translated into French and certified by a consular agent), baccalauréat transcript for French baccalauréat holders only, employment contract for part-time (salaried) theses; recommendation letters from teachers are optional but recommended, and a letter from the research director or host laboratory is optional. Thesis funding (research allowances, monitorat, CIFRE agreements, foreign ministry aid and similar) is defined jointly with the thesis supervisor.