1 APPENDICES 2 APPENDIX I - Mission, vision and values .................................................................................. 5 APPENDIX II - Thesis Charter ....................................................................................................... 6 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 6 2. General organization of the doctoral thesis .............................................................................. 7 A thesis is a step forward in a personal project and a professional career .................................... 7 Subject matter and feasibility of the thesis ..................................................................................... 7 Supervision and monitoring of the thesis ....................................................................................... 8 Duration of the thesis work ............................................................................................................. 8 Thesis publication and promotion ................................................................................................... 8 After defense of the thesis .............................................................................................................. 9 Mediation procedures ..................................................................................................................... 9 3. Respective commitments of the parties involved in the doctoral thesis ......................... 9 Thesis director ................................................................................................................................. 9 Doctoral student ............................................................................................................................ 10 The director of the hosting research laboratory ........................................................................... 10 The head of the doctoral program ................................................................................................ 10 The head of the Doctoral school ................................................................................................... 10 Appendix ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Staff ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Thesis funding ................................................................................................................................ 11 Duration of thesis and derogations ............................................................................................... 11 Specific supervision conditions ..................................................................................................... 11 Defense of thesis ........................................................................................................................... 11 APPENDIX III - Charter for the signature of scientific publications ............................. 13 APPENDIX IV - The Labex and Equipex as part of the University’s strategy : analysis and perspectives ............................................................................................................................ 15 APPENDIX V - Focus on Feroscan, a start-up created by PSL .......................................... 18 APPENDIX VI - Engineering in the heart of Paris: Towards a PSL Graduate School of Science in Engineering ................................................................................................................. 19 1- Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 19 2- Pooling a number of means and functions .............................................................................. 20 3- The pedagogical convergence of the three schools of engineering ................................ 21 Convergences between engineering training ............................................................................... 21 New masters programs for the 2016 academic year .................................................................... 21 4- Towards the PSL Graduate School of Science in Engineering ........................................... 22 The opening of the International Master of Science in Engineering for the 2017 academic year 22 The insertion of the engineering schools into the research of PSL ............................................... 22 3 Attractiveness of a PSL Graduate School of Science in Engineering managed by the three schools ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 APPENDIX VII - PSL Student Initiatives .................................................................................. 25 1- Uniting the PSL student community .......................................................................................... 25 2- Student participation ..................................................................................................................... 26 3- Innovation and technological sciences..................................................................................... 28 4- Cultural awareness .......................................................................................................................... 30 5- Artistic practice and creation ...................................................................................................... 31 6- Sharing knowledge .......................................................................................................................... 34 7- Sports ................................................................................................................................................... 36 8- Sustainable development .............................................................................................................. 37 9- Support for young researchers ................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX VIII - Note on the organization of reflection, teaching and academic innovation in research universities ........................................................................................ 39 1- The Committees Model: MIT/NYU/JHU .................................................................................... 39 2- The Institutional Research Model: Harvard ........................................................................... 40 3- The Innovation Lab Model: HLUST/Maastricht University ............................................... 40 4- Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 41 APPENDIX IX - The P X L programme: People Excellence Leadership ........................ 42 1- Plan ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 2- Introduction: for innovative and efficient support services ............................................. 42 3- 6 Findings and points of attention ............................................................................................. 43 4- 2 complementary schemes which could unite and support development .................. 44 APPENDIX X - The Digital Development Plan (DDP) ......................................................... 50 1- Achievements .................................................................................................................................... 50 2- To be deployed between 2016 and 2018: ................................................................................ 50 APPENDIX XI - Paris Sciences et Lettres’ real estate and urbanisation master plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 52 APPENDIX XII - First Report of the PSL Strategic Directions Committee ................... 58 Background: PSL Strategic Directions Committee (SDC) ............................................................ 58 Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 58 PSL as an institution ................................................................................................................................ 59 Innovation and interdisciplinarity ..................................................................................................... 60 Strategic development ............................................................................................................................ 63 Identity and image ................................................................................................................................... 65 Attracting and retaining talent ............................................................................................................ 67 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................