Doctoral programs in France are coordinated by doctoral schools that consist of research teams based around a specific theme that attached to universities and institutes.
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A list of doctoral schools with links to informative fliers put together by Campus France is listed below. Please note that not all schools will offer PhD programs in English. Please click on the link provided in the flier for more specific information.
This list is non exhaustive, and is constantly being updated.
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Doctoral Program « Matisse » - Mathematics, Telecommunications, Computer Sciences, Signals, Systmes and Electronics
Fundamental and Applied Sciences (astrophysics, chemistry, mathematics, physics)
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis with Mines-ParisTech, CNRS, INRIA, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur…
Science and Technology (Life physics and chemistry, energetics and environment, mathematics –informatics – electronics, materials and natural resources)
Fundamental Sciences (chemistry, physics, mathematics)
Université Blaise Pascal Clermont Ferrand 2
Jean Henri Lambert Doctoral Program (mathematics, electronics, informatics, chemistry, mechanics, physics, life sciences)
Université de Haute Alsace Mulhouse
Doctoral Program « Galilée » (mathematics, informatics, physics, chemistry, biology and life sciences)
Université de Paris Nord Paris 13
Exact Sciences and their applications (chemistry, materials, environment, energy and processes, informatics and mathematics, environmental microbiology)
- Broad health and life sciences programs
Public Health
Université Paris Sud 11 with Université Paris Descartes Paris 5
Public Health, Epidemiology and Biomedical Information sciences
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with Paris 7
Chemical and Biological Health Sciences
Life and Health Sciences
Université Blaise Pascal Clermont Ferrand 2
Health and life sciences
University of Strasbourg (ex Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg 1)
Health and Life Sciences
Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Science, Technology and Health
Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne
Life and Health Sciences
Université de Strasbourg (ex. Université Louis Pasteur 1)
- Cellular and Molecular Biology, Systems and integrated biology
Cancerology : biology, medicine and health
Université Paris Sud 11 with ENS Cachan
From Genomes to Organisms (molecular and cellular biology)
Molecular, integrative and cellular biology
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon with the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Genes, Genomes and Cells
Medicine : From molecule to clinics (biomolecules, pharmacology, cellular and molecular biology etc)
Université Paris Descartes 5 with UPMC Paris 6, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, Paris Sud 11, Paris 12,
MNHN
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B2M)
Université Paris Diderot Paris 7 with Université Paris Descartes Paris 5
Evolution, Ecosystems, Microbiology and Modelling (systems biology or integrative biology)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with INSA Lyon
Biology, Health and Environment (cell biology, structural biology, public health, biomedicine etc)
Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1
- Biotechnology, biomechanics and bioinformatics
Biomechanics and Human Movement
Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille 2
InterBio – Interface of Chemistry, Physics and Informatics with Biology
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with Paris 7, ENS Paris, MNHN
Integrative Biology, Health and Environment
Université de Caen Basse Normandie
Health, Sciences and Technologies
Université François-Rabelais de Tours
Chemical, Biological and Ecological Engineering
Biology, Health and Biotechnology
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3
Engineering (bioengineering, biomechanics, biotechnology, process engineering, cognitive technologies and IT etc)
Université de Technologie Compiègne
Science and Technology for Life Sciences
Information and Communication Systems, Mathematics and Materials for Health/ Life Sciences
Université de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest
Sciences, Engineering and Health (process and materials engineering, optics and vision, sports engineering health)
Université Jean Monnet – St Etienne
Informatics and Bioinformatics
- Cognition, Neurology
Neurosciences and Cognition
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Cognition, Language and Interaction
Engineering (bioengineering, biomechanics, biotechnology, process engineering, cognitive technologies and IT etc)
Université de Technologie Compiègne
Engineering sciences, geosciences and architecture
Ecole Centrale de Nantes with Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines Nantes…
Mechanical Energy Materials
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine – INPL Nancy with Université de Nancy 1et Université Paul Verlaine Metz, SUPELEC
Sciences and engineering of resources, processes, products, environment
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine – INPL Nancy with Université de Nancy 1, AgroParisTech and Université Paul Verlaine Metz
Mechanics, Energetics, Civil Engineering and Acoustics (MEGA)
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon – INSA Lyon with UCB Lyon 1, ENTPE, Ecole Centrale de Lyon
Materials
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon – INSA Lyon with UCB Lyon 1, Ecole Centrale de Lyon and ENS Lyon
Aeronautics – Astronautics
Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace – ISAE Toulouse with UPS Toulouse 3, INSA Toulouse, INPT…
Mechanics, Physics,Micro and Nanoelectronics
Université de Provence Aix Marseille 1
Materials, Construction Works, Durability, Environment and Structures (civil engineering, geomaterials, mechanics etc)
Food Processing and Technology
Engineering – Physics, Mathematics and Information Sciences
Université de Rouen with INSA Rouen and Université du Havre
Sciences, Engineering and Health (process and materials engineering, optics and vision, sports engineering health)
Université Jean Monnet – St Etienne
Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications
- Plant and agriculture
Ecological, Veterinary, Agronomical sciences and Bioengineering
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3
Chemical, Biological and Ecological Engineering
Plant Sciences: From Gene to Ecosystem
Agriculture, food, biology, environments and health
AgroParisTech – Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l’environnement
Agricultural and Ecological Sciences
Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris with Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Université Nanterre Paris 10…
Life, Agro, Health (biology, agronomy, health sciences, ethnology, ecology)
Food Processing and Technology
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1 with INP Grenoble…
Environmental Sciences
Université Paul Cézanne Aix Marseille 3
Sciences and Environment
Marine Sciences
Université de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest with IFREMER…
Systems Science and Engineering, Environment and Organisations (ecosystems; sonochemistry; geology and geophysics; mechatronics; energy etc)
Matter, Radiation and Environmental Sciences
Université des Sciences et Technologies Lille 1
Evolution, Ecosystems, Microbiology and Modelling (systems biology or integrative biology)
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with INSA Lyon
Chemistry, Processes and Environment
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with ENS Lyon, INSA Lyon, ENTPE…
Diversity of Life (systems, evolution ,integrated biology)
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with MHNH
Environmental Sciences
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with Paris 7, Paris 12, AgroParisTech, Ecole Nationale des Ponts, Université de Versailles SQ
Science of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Geosciences and Natural Resources
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6
Earth Sciences
Institut du Physique du Globe de Paris with Paris 7, ENS Paris
Energy and Environment (solar, electronics, automation, physics, informatics etc)
Chemical, Biological and Geological Engineering
Sciences of the Universe, Environment and Space
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3
Sciences and engineering of resources, processes, products, environment
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine – INPL Nancy with Université de Nancy 1, AgroParisTech and Université Paul Verlaine Metz
Informatics, Telecommunications and Electronics
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with TELECOM ParisTech
Information and Communication – Science and Technology
Université de Technologie de Troyes
Information, Structures and Systems
Information, Communication, Modelling and Simulation
Université de Marne-la-Vallée with ENS des Mines de Paris, CNAM, Ecole des Ponts
Informatics and Information for Society
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with INSA Lyon, Ecole Centrale Lyon, Université Lumière Lyon 2
Systems
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) Toulouse with ISAE, UPS Toulouse 3, INPT…
Information and Communication Systems, Mathematics and Materials for Health/ Life Sciences
Université de Bretagne Occidentale de Brest
Science and Technology for Life Sciences
Information, Mathematical Sciences and Technology
Université de Nantes with Ecole Centrale Nantes, Ecole des Mines Nantes…
Information and Communication Science and Technology (computer sciences, signals, electronics etc)
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis with EMP (ENS des Mines Paris) and INRIA…
Science and Technologies of Information, Telecommunication and Systems
Université Paris Sud 11 with Supelec
Informatics and Bioinformatics
Physics and Chemical Physics (physics and physical chemistry of soft and hard matter, subatomic physics)
Université de Strasbourg (ex. Louis Pasteur 1)
Material Physics and Chemistry
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with ENSCP and ESPCI
Physics (nanophysics, astrophysics, applied, subatomic, condensed matter and radiation, materials physics…)
Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1 with INP Grenoble
Physics
Radiation and Environment
Doctoral program in Chemistry
Doctoral Program in Chemistry of Normandy
Chemistry (physical, material, organic, biorganic and bioinorganic chemistry interfaces)
Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry
Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 with Paris 7, ENS Paris, ESPCI…
Science of Matter
Science of Matter
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3
Structure, Information, Matter and Materials
Université de Caen Basse Normandie with ENSICaen and GANIL
Molecular Chemistry and Physics
Université de Metz with Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1
Chemistry, Processes and Environment
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with ENS Lyon, INSA Lyon, ENTPE…
Mathematics – doctoral program ‘Louis Pasteur’
Université de Franche-Comté Besançon
Mathematics and Informatics
Mathematics and Fundamental Informatics
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 with ENS Lyon, Ecole Centrale Lyon, INSA Lyon
Fundamental and Applied Mathematics
Université Paris Sud 11 with Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, ENS Paris
