Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale campus

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Doctorat - Ecole doctorale Sciences, Technologies, Santé (ED 585 STS) at Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France

Programme overview

The doctorate is the highest degree of the French LMD system and confers the grade of docteur, awarded after defending a thesis before a jury at the end of doctoral training. At ULCO it is carried out in a research unit and attached to doctoral school ED 585 (science, technology and health), co-accredited with the Université de Picardie Jules Verne and the Université d'Artois.

Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (French)  |  Location: Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Original personal research over 3 years full-time, written up as a thesis and complemented by training validated by the doctoral school.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A national master's degree or another diploma conferring the grade of master (or equivalent level or VAE); a thesis subject and a supervisor who is a member of an ULCO research unit attached to the doctoral school; agreement of the research unit director, the doctoral school and the ULCO president. For ED 586 a thesis project of up to 50,000 characters is also required for those returning to study more than 5 years after the Master 2 or without a research-oriented master's dissertation. Funding routes include doctoral contracts, CIFRE agreements and cotutelle scholarships. Enrolment is renewed each year via ADUM and the ULCO administrative registration.

Duration: 3 years full-time

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