Paris and its services for welcoming students from around the world

COME AND DO YOUR PHD AT SORBONNE PARIS CITÉ UNIVERSITY, IN THE HEART OF PARIS! SORBONNE PARIS CITÉ UNIVERSITY one of France’s USPC IN FIGURES most prestigious universities 8 500 RESEARCHERS & Bringing together eight Parisian higher PROFESSORS education and research institutions and five specialised research bodies, Sorbonne Paris Cité University (USPC) is a multidisciplinary scientific centre of international calibre. 120 000 USPC has: STUDENTS • 8,500 researchers and professors

• 6,500 doctoral candidates

• 70% of its laboratories are awarded the highest levels of A and A+ by the independent authority AERES 1 22 000 FOREIGN • a centre which receives significant funding STUDENTS and has been awarded the highly selective ministerial label of IDEX centre of academic excellence

• France’s leading cluster in the field of cultural areas, languages and civilizations, and a foremost complex in health and life sciences, 6 500 social sciences, humanities as well as in DOCTORAL mathematics CANDIDATES • first class research equipment and libraries

• over 22,000 foreign students (out of a total of 120,000 students) and numerous exchange and visitor programmes 1 000 • a rich scientific activity: international PHD THESIS conferences, foreign visitors, seminars PER YEAR

250 RESEARCH 1 French evaluation agency for research and higher education, http://aeres-evaluation.fr 2 The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the French National LABORATORIES Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) A WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH Your PhD at AREAS Sorbonne Paris Cité University: an exceptional Humanities, arts, letters and languages research . The human mind, language, education . Languages, texts, arts and cultures environment, . The ancient and modern worlds expert supervision, Social science and public policy access to . Norms, institutions and social behaviours . Space, environment and societies high-level training . Markets and organisations and the quality Health and life sciences of the French . Biology, health lifestyle Natural sciences and technology . Mathematics . Physics . Earth sciences and sciences of the universe . Chemistry . Information and communication science and technology

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY HIGHER EDUCATION AND NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH BODIES 2

• Sorbonne Nouvelle • EHESP French School of • CNRS Public Health • Paris Descartes • INED

• National Institute of • Paris Diderot • INRIA Oriental Languages and • Paris 13 • INSERM Civilizations (INALCO) • IRD • Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP)

• Sciences Po Earn your PhD AT SORBONNE PARIS CITÉ UNIVERSITY

Sorbonne Paris Cité University is at the forefront of doctoral training: one doctor out of 10 in France obtained his or her PhD at USPC.

Doctoral schools support you during your thesis Doctoral studies are organised via doctoral schools for the various disciplines. 32 doctoral schools covering GOOD every field of knowledge are affiliated with USPC. TO KNOW The doctoral schools closely supervise PhD’s, ensuring that all the conditions are met for your thesis research Many theses to follow the expected programme. Regular meetings at USPC are are organised with your thesis supervisor and doctoral conducted in school throughout the project. Training adapted to your scientific investigation is offerted by the doctoral English. schools.

For information about your choice of PhD subject or funding, please contact the USPC’s doctoral schools: www.uspc.fr/doctorat

USPC offers you personalised training for THE USPC CENTRE your professional success FOR DOCTORAL TRAINING A PhD at UPSC is an opportunity to advance all AND CAREER your knowledge. DEVELOPMENT USPC takes a highly active approach to educating doctoral candidates, because it is vital to be well • Over 180 highly practical prepared for pursuing occupations in the various and useful training sectors of society: the academic world, the courses business world and the non-profit sector. • French lessons for foreign USPC’s Centre for Doctoral Training and Career doctoral candidates Development (CFDip) offers over 180 highly practical and useful training courses for pursuing www.uspc.fr/cfdip highly qualified occupations in any sector. You can expand your knowledge in organisation, results presentation, management, IT, data processing, publications, languages, the economy and much more. In the heart of the largest academic area of Europe

Villetaneuse All of our institutions are Argenteuil Saint-Denis Basilique Saint-Denis located in the

Villetaneuse Seine-Saint-Denis heart of Paris and Stade de France Argenteuil the Ile-de-France Saint-Denis Basilique Saint-Denis Hauts-de-Seine La Plaine Saint-Denis Bobigny region. Seine-Saint-Denis Stade de France 18 Parc de la Villette La Défense 17 Cité des Sciences Hauts-de-Seine Bobigny Sacré-Cœur 19 La Plaine Saint-Denis Sorbonne Nouvelle University 9 10 8 Arc de Triomphe Gare du Nord 18 Rennes Parc de la Villette Paris Descartes University PARIS La Défense Cité des Sciences Champs-Elysées Opéra 2 Gare de l’Est17 Concorde Cimetière du Bois de Boulogne Louvre 3 Sacré-Cœur Père Lachaise 19 Paris Diderot University 1 11 FRANCE Musée d’Orsay 9 10 Tour Eiffel 7 8 16 20Gare du Nord Rennes Arc deNotre-Dame Triomphe Paris 13 University PARIS Bastille Champs-Elysées4 Opéra 2 Gare de l’Est PARIS Cimetière du Bois de Boulogne 6 Concorde Louvre 3 Père Lachaise EHESP Gare de Lyon 1 11 FRANCE 15 5 Musée d’Orsay Gare Montparnasse 16 Tour Eiffel 7 12 Panthéon Gare d’Austerlitz Notre-Dame 20INALCO PARIS 4 Bastille 6 Bois de Vincennes Boulogne- 14 Biblothèque nationale IPGP Billancourt 15 de France 5 Gare de Lyon 13 Gare Montparnasse Panthéon Gare d’Austerlitz 12 Malakoff Cité Internationale Sciences Po Bois de Vincennes MontrougeBoulogne- 14 Biblothèque nationale de France Billancourt 13 Malakoff Cité Internationale Val-de-Marne Montrouge

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WELCOME The Accueil international du CROUS service facilitates your stay. At each university, you have access to a reception service: www.crous-paris.fr. Campus France publishes useful information for choosing a host establishment, making arrangements before departure and organising a stay: www.campusfrance.org/en

ACCOMMODATION As foreign doctoral candidates enrolled at USPC, you can take advantage of the French government’s guaranteed rent payment system La CLE: www.lokaviz.fr

LEARN FRENCH Lessons are offered at the universities. You may find the French as a Foreign Language portal useful for learning the language.

FIND OUT ABOUT THE EQUIVALENCE OF QUALIFICATIONS The French Ministry of National Education provides a large amount of information for students wishing to come and study in France. In particular, you can find information on the equivalence of qualifications: www.ciep.fr/en/enic-naric-france

LOOK AFTER YOUR HEALTH All students in France benefit from full national health insurance. Information on social security for foreign students can be found at: www.lmde.com/etudiants-etrangers/foreign-students.html

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