Training during the PhD

During their doctoral studies, each PhD candidate must build a training portfolio comprising approximately 100 hours of training (reduced to 50 hours for PhD candidates with teaching duties, or holding an AHU or CCA position), as stipulated in Article 15 of the Order of 25 May 2016.

With the aim of providing a summary of the skills acquired throughout doctoral training, the Order of 25 May 2016 makes it mandatory for PhD candidates to maintain a training portfolio throughout their doctoral studies. This portfolio, compiled by the PhD candidate, provides external recognition of the experience and skills acquired during the PhD.

The doctoral training portfolio highlights the skills developed during the PhD programme. It should be regularly updated by the PhD candidate, who must complete their training summary form as they undertake training activities.

The portfolio should be distributed evenly across three types of training modules:

• Transdisciplinary Modules
• Scientific Modules related to the doctoral research project
• Professional Development Modules

Training in research ethics and scientific integrity is mandatory during the PhD (minimum 16 hours).

The objectives of the training modules are to:

• Broaden the PhD candidate’s scientific knowledge to include fields beyond their doctoral research topic
• Enable PhD candidates to acquire proficiency in complementary techniques and skills
• Support PhD candidates in their future professional development and career integration

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Each training module can account for a maximum of 30 hours of training, and one full day of training is equivalent to 6 hours. The only exception is training in animal experimentation, which is equivalent to 50 hours.

A module completed by the student during their Master’s degree cannot be validated as part of their doctoral training. The Doctoral School encourages PhD candidates to undertake training courses other than those offered by the Doctoral School when they are relevant to a specific professional development project.

• Throughout the year, the Doctoral School circulates training opportunities by email.
• On the website of the Doctoral Training Department, you will find a catalogue of training courses available to PhD candidates, both with and without teaching duties.
• Training courses offered by the libraries are available on the following website: http://thesesenligne.parisdescartes.fr/Formations/Dans-vos-bibliotheques.
• The Collège de France offers PhD candidates the opportunity to attend courses. Requests should be submitted to the Doctoral School administrator.
• Summer schools and training modules are organised by the Graduate Schools Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The PhD candidate must provide the Doctoral School with a certificate of attendance for each training course completed.

Completion of the 100 required training hours is a prerequisite for the defence of the doctoral thesis.

Equivalence for one or two training modules may be granted by the Doctoral School management, on a case-by-case basis and upon submission of supporting documents, for specific training activities.

Once the PhD candidate has completed their training portfolio, they may send the duly signed training summary form to the Doctoral School administrator, together with all certificates of attendance. The administrator will get back to them following review by the Doctoral School management in order to validate the training portfolio.

Participation in conferences is strongly encouraged by the Doctoral School and can be credited with 12 hours of training, provided that the PhD candidate has given an oral presentation or presented a poster at an international peer-reviewed conference. A maximum of two conferences may be counted towards the doctoral training requirements throughout the PhD programme