Defense

Authorization for the defense is given by the President of the University of Bordeaux, after approval from the Director of the Doctoral School, on the recommendation of the thesis supervisor.

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Publications

To accompany the declarative document of the thesis defense, doctoral students must provide a list of their publications, papers and patents that have been published, accepted, submitted and planned, giving full references.

Rapporteurs

The candidate’s work is first examined by at least two Rapporteurs (reviewers), also authorized to supervise research, but who are external to the University of Bordeaux, to the Doctoral School and to any institution linked by agreements with the University of Bordeaux.

The rapporteurs must not have published anything with the doctoral student.
At least fourteen days before the date set for the thesis defense, the rapporteurs give their opinion in written reports, on the basis of which the President of the University of Bordeaux authorizes the defense to go ahead, on the advice of the Director of the Doctoral School.

Procedure and timetable

Information available on the College of Doctoral Studies website. 

Composition of the defense jury

According to the order of May 25, 2016 (Article 18) :

  • The number of jury members is between 4 and 8.
  • At least half of the jury must be composed of professors or similar.
  • At least half of the jury must be composed of French or foreign personalities from outside the university and the doctoral school of the candidate.
  • The composition of the jury must allow a balanced representation of women and men.
  • The rapporteurs are external to the doctoral school and the institution of the doctoral student.
  • The rapporteurs have no involvement in the work of the doctoral student.
  • The invited members (maximum of two) are not part of the jury.
  • The thesis director participates in the jury, but does not take part in the decision. He does not sign the minutes of deliberation but signs the defense report.

As part of its deliberations, the jury assesses the quality of the candidate’s work, their ability to situate it in the scientific context and the quality of the writing.

After deliberation, the jury declares that the thesis is accepted or they request an adjournment.

The thesis supervisor is a member of the jury, but does not deliberate and takes no part in the decisions.

Obtaining the French national doctorate diploma confers the rank of Doctor.

After the defence

After the defense, when the thesis has been submitted, the certificate of completion and the diploma are issued by the Academic office.

The Doctoral School maintains contact with Doctors for three years after the thesis to monitor what they are doing; they are contacted by e-mail at their personal address.

The Doctoral School informs Doctors by e-mail of the call for applications for the University of Bordeaux Thesis Prize.

Updated on 14/06/2021

Contact

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