Application and admission

Applicants that hold a master's degree, an engineering degree or an equivalent qualification and are attracted to the demanding search for knowledge, have intellectual rigour and autonomy of thought, and wish to exercise critical thinking skills, have come to the right place. Explore Sorbonne University’s doctoral projects and apply for a doctorate.

Doctoral admission procedures follow an open, fair and transparent recruitment process. Sorbonne University makes it a point of honour to recruit excellent, motivated doctoral candidates who will commit themselves with determination to an original scientific doctoral research project offering the best career prospects. 

The conditions of enrolment in doctoral studies are defined by Order of 25 May 2016 setting the national training framework and the conditions leading to the issuance of the national doctoral diploma. Candidates are informed of the available material, financial and human resources associated with the doctoral research project.