How to find a director
- There are 4 aspects to a thesis project: a doctoral student, one or more thesis supervisors, a research topic, and firm funding for 3 years. The first step for a student is to find a thesis supervisor, and a research topic, in a field that interests him or her.
- Students wishing to undertake a PhD at EDMH must themselves contact a potential supervisor (researcher or teacher-researcher holding an HDR) whose research topics interest them, before putting together their application file. The supervisor may have already submitted a thesis topic on a dedicated website, or may be working on a thesis project in conjunction with a student.
Here are some tips for finding a thesis supervisor:
- For foreign students, it is advisable to complete their Master's degree (M2) in one of the establishments of the Université Paris-Saclay or the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, which enables them to meet potential supervisors. Master's scholarships are offered, for example, by the Fondation Mathématique Jacques Hadamard (FMJH), the Université Paris Saclay or the Fondation l'Ecole Polytechnique.
- Applicants can consult the list of EDMH supervisors, or the lists of members of EDMH host laboratories, often classified by thematic team. They can also contact an academic supervisor at their enrolment institution (M2 supervisor at Université Paris-Saclay and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, M2 course teacher, tutors, directors of studies, etc.), or the EDMH scientific representative at their institution.
- Thesis supervisors can propose a thesis topic on the ADUM portal, preferably at least one month before the application deadline. Proposed topics will then be posted on a dedicated EDMH website. It is possible to direct a proposed subject to a candidate. See “For supervisors” below.
- Students interested in a proposed topic must contact the thesis project supervisor before applying online (they must obtain a letter of support from the supervisor for their application file). For each thesis project, the supervisor may support only one candidate.
- To apply for a grant from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris or one of its component establishments, the supervisor must submit the thesis subject on ADUM (“competition procedure”).
Applications that do not have the support of the thesis director will not be considered.