Formations

You must validate 30 credits of doctoral training during your thesis at UL.

A video explaining the UL doctoral training system in English is available in the "PHD KEY STEPS: Trainings" section of the UL general doctoral website.

As a PhD student in cotutelle, you are automatically granted 4 credits by your doctoral school. To obtain them, you must connect to your ADUM personal space. In the "Trainings" section on the top right-hand side, click on "Declaration of external training courses" and then on the "add an external training module" tab. Then Click the "add a training module"  botton and select the "Stays in other laboratories" category from the drop-down menu.

The remaining 26 credits must be obtained before the thesis defence.

The Scientific Valorisation module must necessarily be completed for 10 credits.

The Scientific Integrity sub-module as well as the language sub-module must be validated (mandatory in 1st year) and a publication (1st author) in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal must be accepted.

 

Attendance at the doctoral school seminar is also compulsory once during the 3 years of the thesis.
 

The remaining 16 credits must be obtained :

in the "Accompanying the thesis" module for 10 credits and  in the "Preparing the post-thesis" module for the last 6 credits.
 
As far as possible, you are requested to take the "corresponding" training courses that would be available to you in the cotutelle partner country.

For more information on this training system, please consult our FAQ or contact your doctoral school educational officer.