NEWS :
- The Doctoriales are back !
Annual event of national scope, the Doctoriales were initiated by the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research in 1997. A unique opportunity for young Breton researchers to meet with socio-economic and cultural players, this seminar aims to provide training in the creation of innovative companies, to contribute to the development of collaborations with Breton companies and to facilitate the pursuit of PhDs' careers in the dynamics of a sustainable economic and societal transition led in Brittany.
The thematic chosen for this 2023 edition is "Doctors, an asset to act in the face of climate and societal changes", with a desired focus on the theme of low-tech. Find more information on the web page of the Collège doctoral de Bretagne.
The Doctoriales will take place this year from 5 to 8 June 2023 in Logonna-Daoulas near Brest at the nautical centre of Moulin Mer.
Registration is done via Amethis, code "Doctoriales-CDB". In order to validate your application, you must complete the attached letter of commitment, also signed by your thesis director, research unit and doctoral school, and send it to the address "formations-brest-lorient-vannes@doctorat-bretagne.fr".
Closing date for applications is 17 april 2023
- The Collège doctoral de Bretagne is offering a new training session on distance learning thesis supervision to HDRs and future HDRs within its scope, starting on 2 February 2023.
This training consists of a conference on February 2, 2023 on the challenges of supervision followed by a presentation of doctoral training by the Collège doctoral de Bretagne. Then two sessions of 8 workshops will be organised at the end of February/beginning of March and in September. The aim of the thematic workshops is to provide participants with concrete tools that can be used with their doctoral students.
You will find the programme of this training by following this link.
Registration closes on 29 January. Registration for the morning session and the first training session by following this link. Registration for the second session will be possible later.
The perimeter of the PhD in Brittany :
The Doctoral College of Brittany is the place for exchanges and decisions between doctoral schools in Brittany to develop the visibility and attractiveness of the doctoral system shared by the 15 higher education and research establishments authorised to award a doctorate in the region.
The Doctoral College of Brittany brings together 13 doctoral schools, shared between the 15 higher education and research establishments based in Brittany.
The doctoral school to which you are attached accompanies you throughout your thesis: from your recruitment to your defence, it oversees the organisation of disciplinary training, the quality of supervision and the organisation of scientific and intellectual exchanges between doctoral students.
To find out more, visit the Collège doctoral de Bretagne website and the doctoral schools website.
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RESEARCH UNITS (URs)
Below are the contact details of the managers who are available throughout your PhD for any questions you may have on the progress of your thesis, e.g., registration and re-registration procedures, training hours monitoring, and individual follow-up committees.
Arts, Humanities and Languages
Rachel Vilar
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office B123, 20 rue Duquesne, 29200 Brest, France
Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 72 87 - rachel.vilar@univ-brest.fr
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Life Sciences and Health Sciences
Michèle Kerleroux
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Office C216, 6 avenue le Gorgeu, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 70 32 - michele.kerleroux@univ-brest.fr
Law and Political Sciences
Véronique Ziegler
Faculty of Law, Economics, Management and Economics and Social Administration (AES), Office 109, 12 rue de Kergoat, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 66 97 - veronique.ziegler@univ-brest.fr
Ecology, Geosciences, Agronomy and Food
Michèle Kerleroux
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Office C216, 6 avenue le Gorgeu, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 70 32 - michele.kerleroux@univ-brest.fr
Education, Languages, Interactions, Cognition, Clinical Sciences
Rachel Vilar
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office B123, 20, rue Duquesne, 29200 Brest, France
Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 72 87 - rachel.vilar@univ-brest.fr
MathSTIC Bretagne Océane
Samia Postic
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Office C216, 6 avenue le Gorgeu, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 70 60 - samia.postic@univ-brest.fr
Marine and Coastal Sciences
Elisabeth Bondu (all campuses)
edsml@univ-brest.fr Tel. +33 (0)2 98 49 86 06
Aurélie Claude (Brest campus)
edsml.brest@univ-brest.fr Tel. +33 (0)2 98 49 87 68
Office B104, IUEM, Brest, Iroise Technopole, Rue Dumont d’Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France.
Economics and Management
Véronique Ziegler
Faculty of Law, Economics, Management and Economics and Social Administration (AES), Office 109, 12 rue de Kergoat, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 66 97 - veronique.ziegler@univ-brest.fr
Engineering Sciences
Samia Postic
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Office C216, 6 avenue le Gorgeu, 29200 Brest, France
T. +33 (0)2 98 01 70 60 - samia.postic@univ-brest.fr
Spaces, Societies, Civilizations
Rachel Vilar
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office B123, 20 rue Duquesne, 29200 Brest, France
Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 72 87 - rachel.vilar@univ-brest.fr
Matter, Molecular and Material Sciences
Michèle Kerleroux
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Office C216, 6 avenue le Gorgeu, 29200 Brest, France
Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 70 32 - michele.kerleroux@univ-brest.fr
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TRAINING COURSES - BREST COORDINATION TEAM
Elodie Autret
Head of administration of the Doctoral College of Brittany - Brest-Lorient-Vannes site
Présidence, 3 rue des Archives, 29200 BREST, T. 02 98 01 67 39
college-doctoral@doctorat-bretagne.fr / elodie.autret@doctorat-bretagne.fr
Morgane Corouge
Manager of training courses at the Collège doctoral de Bretagne
Présidence, 3 rue des Archives, 29200 Brest, France, Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 80 24 - formations-brest-lorient-vannes@doctorat-bretagne.fr / morgane.corouge@doctorat-bretagne.fr
DRIVe CONTACTS
Kristen Bosser
Director of Research, Innovation and Economic Development
Présidence, 3 rue des Archives, 29200 Brest, France, Tel. +33 (0)2 98 01 60 19 - drive@univ-brest.fr
Like any professional experience, the completion of a doctorate must be accompanied by training to discover, develop or formalise skills. The Brittany Doctoral Charter recommends that 100 hours of training be included in the Individual Training Plan (PFI) at the end of the doctorate.
Each doctoral school may define exceptions to this recommended volume to take into account the experience profile of doctoral students (young graduates, experienced professionals, etc.) or the specific conditions of the doctoral project (e.g. co-supervision).
Training in research ethics and scientific integrity is compulsorily included in the Individual Training Plan of each doctoral student.
To find out more about the organisation of the training offer and the construction of the PFI, consult the Collège doctoral de Bretagne website, under the heading "Training offer".
To consult the online catalogue, apply for a course or track the number of courses attended, visit the Amethis website.
For an institutional doctoral contract (CDE)
The amount depends on the year in which the contract is signed:
- Before 2021: €1,768.55 gross per month
- At 1 September 2021: €1,866 gross per month
- At 1 September 2022: €1,975 gross per month
Remuneration also depends on the additional activity carried out by the doctoral student - teaching in particular.
For more information, please see the Doctoral Contract section below.
For a CIFRE (Industrial Agreement for Training through Research) doctoral contract:
The permanent contract (CDI) or three-year fixed term contract (CDD) sets the annual gross salary to be at least equal to €23,484, which is €1,957 gross per month.
The doctoral contract (contrat doctoral) is likely to be the main form of support available to students preparing a doctorate degree. It lasts for three years and provides the social safeguards of an employment contract under public law.
Several different types of organization can be involved as host structures and/or in the financing of the doctoral contract:
- Higher education and research institutions (CDE: Institutional Doctoral Contract)
- Local authorities (collectivités territoriales) e.g. doctoral research grants (ARED)
- Companies (as part of a CIFRE framework: (Industrial Agreement for Training through Research)
- European Commission
- ...
Details on the missions and duties of contractual doctoral students:
- The contract must allocate all or most of the working time to research (5/6ths of the time). However, it may provide for other additional activities, without exceeding 1/6th of the annual working time.
- Specialization assignment (must not exceed 32 days/year).
- Assignment in the field of dissemination of scientific and technical information, or in the valorization of research results (must not exceed 32 days/year).
- Teaching assignment (64hrs/year maximum). Doctoral students are therefore subject to the obligations involved in this activity and participate, notably as part an Institutional Doctoral Contract (CDE), in the knowledge tests and examinations related to their teaching (without additional remuneration or reduction in working time).
For any questions, please contact the UBO Human Resources Department (ressources humaines): drh.contractuels@univ-brest.fr
Co-Supervision of a doctoral thesis enables the international dimension of doctoral schools and the scientific cooperation between French and foreign research teams to be further developed.
Doctoral students carry out their work under the responsibility of two thesis directors: one in France and the other in a foreign country. The two co-supervisors work jointly with the doctoral student, who is required to work alternately in both institutions.
RESOURCES
DRIVe WEBSITE
The UBO Research, Innovation and Economic Development Department (DRIVe)
- Conduct of research at UBO
- Possible funding avenues
- DRIVe’s weekly newsletter
Click here for more information.
COLLEGE DOCTORAL DE BRETAGNE WEBSITE
- You will find all the information you need about the progress of your thesis and news from the Collège doctoral de Bretagne (opportunities for international mobility, training courses, events, etc.), as well as resources to help you understand the PhD landscape in Brittany.
Click here for more information.