Application

Preamble :

For a doctoral registration, the candidate must:

• hold a Master 1 (first year of Master’s) degree with a grade point average of 14/20 or higher and a Master 2 (second year of Master’s) degree with a grade point average of 14/20 or higher, or an equivalent qualification for which a Master’s degree exemption/equivalence has been requested from the Doctoral School; 
• have received the agreement of a thesis director (you can download the list of thesis supervisors here)
• have received the agreement of the director of the Research Unit

Step 1 – Application to the Doctoral School

• The candidate must send a file containing the following documents in a single PDF file:
• Summary application form 
• Curriculum vitae
• Research project (10 pages maximum, bibliography included)
• Letter of acceptance from the research director, countersigned by the director of the Research Unit
• Complete Master transcripts
• Possible proof of financing

Step 2 – Dematerialized application file

If the application is accepted, the doctoral school sends to the candidate the link to  eCandidat application, accompanied by the following documents:

• The Doctoral Charter – University Paris Cité (to be downloaded from eCandidat)
• The University Paris Cité Convention de formation (word format)
• If applicable, the signed diploma exemption certificate (which the candidate must upload with the diploma)

Deadlines for these steps : 30/06/2026 to 17/07/2026, then from 31/08/2026 to 20/11/2026.

Reminder of Article 11 of the decree of May 25, 2016: (…) Registration is renewed at the beginning of each academic year by the head of the institution, upon the proposal of the director of the doctoral school, after consultation with the thesis supervisor and, from the third registration onwards, with the doctoral candidate’s individual monitoring committee (…).

DEADLINES

Deadline for submitting renewal applications to the Doctoral School: 30 September 2026

Don’t wait until the last minute to prepare your application and submit it to the Doctoral School.

Deadline for administrative enrolment : 15 December 2026

See on the CED website what are the steps for the derogation

Deadline for sending derogation files to the doctoral school: 

See on the CED website the procedures and calendar : https://u-paris.fr/doctorat/cesure/