The doctorate in ABIES

Doctoral studies (or PhD) is a training both in and through research and innovation.

A PhD lasts three years or six semesters after completion of a Master’s Degree or equivalent and results in a Doctoral Degree. A PhD must be supervised by a thesis director who has an HDR (habilitation à diriger des recherches) and is affiliated to the doctoral school. He can be helped by a thesis co-director and thesis co-supervisors.

Enrolment is made through AgroParisTech or one of the partner institutions of ABIES and the research is performed in one of ABIES host research team. Doctoral training and individual monitoring is done by the doctoral school.

A student wishing to continue his training as a doctoral candidate at ABIES must:

• Contact one of the ABIES hosting research team laboratory, identify a doctoral project, a thesis director and a funding.
• Contact the ABIES correspondent person attached to the welcoming team

After the approval by the ABIES correspondent, register on the ADUM platform through one of the ABIES registering institution (Graduate School Biosphera for Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Universté Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Ecole nationale vétérinaire d’Alfort.