DOCTORAL EDUCATION

at UNIVERSITE DE LYON

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17 doctoral schools in all fields of research

5,500 Doctoral students

10% under a PhD joint Agreement (« cotutelle »)900 thesis defended per year

Our scientific scope

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A multidisciplinary approach for exploring 3 central themes : Global Health and Society Modeling of complex systems Sciences and Engineering for sustainable Development

Means : 16 « LABEX »- Labs of Excellence(created through « Investments for the Future » national programme, 2011)

They bring together research teams from different disciplines and receive funds to invest in innovative equipements and to recruit PhD students, post-docs and Senior scientists.

http://imagine.universite-lyon.fr/labex/

Our International Policy

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Internationalization of doctoral studies by:

Supporting inwards and outwards mobility of doctoral students & scientists

Encouraging thesis under Joint Phd Agreements (« cotutelles »)

Developing international joint PhD programmes :

- Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Sustainable Chemistry 

- « PhD track » with Universität Passau and Università di Milano in Computer Sciences & Engineering

- Project of PhD in Economics with Università di Torino

Fundings from Rhone-Alpes Region and Université de Lyon :

- Mobility grants for doctoral students (3 to 6 months), postdocs & scientists (3 to 10 months)- inwards and outwards

- French language courses for doctoral students and scientists

Doctoral school EPICEducation, Psychology, Information & communication

Dr: Pr. André ROBERT

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Main themes of research :Pratiques cliniques de terrain, appréhension des différents dispositifs de soin.Santé, société, handicap, vieillissement.Psychologie sociale et du travail.Identités, langages et pratiques médiatiques ; bibliothèques et documents numériques, médiations.Politiques éducatives, identités et professionnalités enseignantes, diversité et inclusion, arts à l’école. Etude du phénomène scientifique, didactique.

404 PhD students37 ongoing Cotutelles  99 thesis supervisors32 thesis defended/year  5,5 years: average duration of a thesis

8 Research Units1 LABEX : ASLAN (Advanced studies on language complexity)

Doctoral School PHILOPhilosophy: History, Representation,

Societal inventionDr: Pr. Bruno PINCHARD

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Main themes of research :

Post Modernism : Nietsche, Foucault, DeleuzeModern thought : Spinoza, Leibniz, Malebranche, Giambattista Vico, Hegelian studiesRenaissance : Ficino, Machiaveli, Rabelais, Giordano Bruno,Medieval studies : dantology, Thomism, CajetanWestern Esotericism and German Idealism :Fichte, Shelling, Heigel

186 PhD students27 ongoing Cotutelles  27 thesis supervisors thesis defended/year  

Research Units1 LABEX : COMOD (Constitution of Modernity)

Doctoral school NsCONeuroscience & Cogntion

Dr: Pr. Rémi Gervais

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KEY WORDS:Neurobiology, neuropharmacology, clinical neurosciencesPsychiatry, neuroimaging, cognitives neurosciencesNeuropsychology, cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics Neural modeling, artificial intelligence

130 PhD students32 foreign students10 ongoing Cotutelles  88 thesis supervisors28 thesis/year  

7 Research Units1 LABEX : CORTEX (Construction, cognitive function and rehabilitation of brain)

Université de Lyon in EUROPE

Lyon, 2nd largest metropolitan area in France (2,118 000 people)

2 hours from Paris1H45 from Marseille1H30 from Geneva

www.universite-lyon.fr