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6.3 International ‘cotutelle’ doctorates Mobility grants Jointly-supervised doctoral students are quite naturally required to travel frequently between the two countries during the three years of their doctorate. The French Ministry of Research therefore offers a financial support scheme which makes it easier for the laboratories to pay the expenses incurred by the jointly-supervised doctoral students’ frequent journeys. Research is an essentially international activity. International partnerships between laboratories are many, and are crucial for its dynamism and vitality. One of the variations of these partnerships consists of recruiting doctoral students under the joint research supervision, or ‘cotutelle’, of two universities, one French and the other non-French. ‘Cotutelle’ doctoral students’ research work therefore means that they work partly in France and partly outside France, and this enables them to acquire experience that is clearly international in scope. The Franco – partner doctoral colleges The doctoral student selected carries out one year of work on their thesis in a laboratory of one of the member universities of the consortia of signatory universities. This programme concerns universities in Chile, Brazil, China, and Japan. (see p.30) A jointly-supervised doctorate must be planned before it starts so as to set up a joint direction agreement between the two countries to deal with the different conditions of doctorate procedure , e.g. length of time to be spent in each country, and specific conditions for the thesis defence. Mobility grants Some organisations offer financial support which enables doctoral students to pay part of the travelling expenses incurred. > French Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche The French Higher Education and Research Ministry offers research grant holders financial support for mobility effected within the framework of jointly-supervised doctoral study. >> www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr > European programmes The European Union provides many funding and mobility programmes which are open to doctoral students. >> http://cordis.europa.eu/fr/home.html > Égide international exchange services The Eiffel doctoral programmes give non-French doctoral students the opportunity to spend the 2nd or 3rd year of their doctorate in France. This programme is intended for jointly-managed, or ‘cotutelle’, doctoral students. >> www.egide.asso.fr/fr/programmes/bfe Ministerial order of 6 January 2005 on the international ‘cotutelle’ of theses: >> www.legifrance.gouv.fr http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr http://cordis.europa.eu/fr/home.html http://www.egide.asso.fr/fr/programmes/bfe http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

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Cover
Contents
1. UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE
2. DOCTORAL SCHOOLS IN BRITTANY
2.1 SHOS
2.2 ALL
2.3 SHS
2.4 MATISSE
2.5 SICMA
2.6 EDSM
2.7 VAS
2.8 SDLM
2.9 International Doctoral College
3. ADMITTANCE TO A DOCTORAL SCHOOL
3.1 General presentation
3.2 Financial support for doctoral students
3.3 Request for special dispensation for thesis registration
4. THESIS PROCEDURE
4.1 General presentation
4.2 Thesis charter
4.3 Joint doctoral supervision
4.4 Introduction to teaching in higher education
4.5 Doctoral students as research assistants in business
4.6 Social welfare
4.7 Doctoral training
4.8 Duration of the thesis
5. THESIS DEFENCE / ORAL EXAMINATION
5.1 Thesis defence authorisation & the board of examiners
5.2 Cover of the thesis
6. INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS
6.1 International Office contacts
6.2 European Doctoral Student
6.3 International ‘cotutelle’ (joint research supervision) doctorates
7. AFTER THE THESIS
8. DOCUMENTATION, REPORTS, AND STUDIES

A Guide for the doctoral student in Brittany - How to do a doctoral thesis in Brittany