Applying for a thesis
At the BioSe Doctoral School, all thesis candidates must present their thesis project orally to a panel. Candidates must present their main Master’s 2 results, substantiate their thesis proposal and prepare a diagram of the various stages.
All theses must be funded by at least minimum wage.
Further information on this hearing is provided in the BioSE Doctoral School’s internal regulations.
Students who wish to write a thesis must approach a contracted research team within the Doctoral School, which may possibly propose a subject to them.
Candidates who have not applied for a PhD contract, LUE contract or regional grant must submit their thesis proposal to the Doctoral School Board. Hearings will be held preferably on Thursday afternoons, once or twice a month. The presentation format is that used for the PhD contract application process. The 30-minute presentation should therefore be organised according to the following outline:
- a 13-minute oral presentation during which candidates will briefly present their CV and Master's work, followed by their thesis proposal.
- a 17-minute discussion with the rapporteurs and other members of the jury.
The following documents must be completed and sent via email to the Doctoral School's educational manager at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing: helene.primerano@univ-lorraine.fr
- oraux1ereA.docx
- thesis title + proposal
- Master’s 2 certificate
- Master’s 2 transcript
- Evidence of funding of the PhD for three years
DATES
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1. Before applying on the BioSE Doctoral School website, students must first contact the thesis project sponsor they are interested in. ONLY the successful candidate will be able to continue his/her enrolment.
2. The project sponsor must provide the candidate with a letter of acceptance, signed by the Thesis Supervisor, the Co-Supervisor if applicable, and the Director of the host laboratory. The letter must be included in the application file.
3. The candidate must then register online on the site, applying for the thesis project in question. . The complete application will include the following:
- a letter of motivation signed by the candidate
- the letter of acceptance from the project Supervisor
- the application form to be printed on the website
- the candidate's CV
- the candidate’s Master's transcript and Master's ranking (semesters 7-8 & semester 9). It should be noted that the grade obtained will be taken into consideration by the panel.
- the summary of the candidate’s Master’s 2 dissertation.
The complete application file should be imported in PDF format in the "motivation and supporting documents" tab.
4 – The project sponsor must then validate the application on the ADUM site by logging into his/her personal account. Once the application has been validated, the project sponsor must also check that no unsolicited applications have been submitted, and if so, give an unfavourable opinion.
5 – It should be noted that each project can only be defended by a single candidate.