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3.3 Request for special dispensation for thesis registration The doctoral school is responsible for the formulation of general policy relating to requests for special dispensation for thesis registration for students who do not have the Master (Research) degree. The official text is the following (article 14 of the decree of 7 August 2006): ‘To be registered for a doctorate, the candidate must be the holder of a national Master’s degree or of another diploma awarding the Master’s degree, at the end of a training pathway which has demonstrated their aptitude for research.’ An engineering degree recognised by the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur actually confers a Master’s degree, thereby satisfying the first condition. However, the second condition must not be forgotten: ‘at the end of a training pathway which has demonstrated their aptitude for research’. This condition is implicit in a Master (Research) degree. In the case of engineers, the applicant is required to give the director or deputy director of the doctoral school information, with a CV, providing proof that they have followed a training pathway which has demonstrated their aptitude for research. Such an application could show, for example, that the applicant has done an attested work placement of at least 5 months at doctoral level in a research laboratory or in an industrial laboratory on a research-related subject. If the qualification condition for admittance as a doctoral student is not satisfied, the future doctoral student will be able to seek special dispensation in order to be registered to do a thesis: >> If the student has studied to an equivalent level in a country outside France, >> If the student benefits from accreditation of priorlearning, as provided for in article L613-5 of the Education Code. ‘Studies, professional experience, and personal experience can be validated according to the conditions defined by law with a view to affording access to the different levels of higher education.’ Contact your doctoral schools for further information p 6-11.

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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