Enrolment

Presentation

The Astronomy & Astrohysics Doctoral School calls for applications for PhD positions once a year.

Registration for a thesis at the ED can be done if the following conditions are met:

  • Hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent diploma)
  • To have the agreement of the thesis director
  • To have full funding for 3 years of thesis.

Funding may come from different sources:

  • The competition of the Doctoral School, with an application deadline of 19 April 2024 (23h59 CEST).
  • The host team. In this case, the candidate will have to submit two applications: one to the Doctoral School (application), the other to the funding organisation (CNES, CNRS, ...) whose deadlines are specific to each funding.

List of thesis subjects open to the call for applications for the year 2024.

Assessment of the 2023 competition

In 2023, the ED received 180 applications for the 20.5 doctoral contracts open to competition. The ED auditioned 60 applicants. Including other sources of funding, 55 doctoral students started a thesis in 2023.

News

  • Candidates on the main list funded by the ED AAIF competition: ABDO Eddy, AKIB Istiak Hossain, ASHIMBEKOVA Aishabibi, BARALDI Edoardo, BOIN Tristan, BRUCKMANN Franziska, CHERIER Erwan, CRASCALL-KENNEDY Lilian, CRYAN Sasha, EL-BEZ—SÉBASTIEN Noémie, GARNICHEY Marine, GOVEKAR Théo, JACOB Blaise, LE NAGAT NEHER Baptiste, LISSONI Michele, LIU Ziyu, LUKE Kevin, MAINDON Nathan, PERNET Emilie, PIERRE Sébastien, PILUSO Aurélien, PINEY Anthony, PRÉVOTAT Clément, RIZZI Felipe, SANGALLI Valentina, SYTY Angèle, TABARY Maxence, TORNATORE Félix, VENET Mathieu, ZENK Kai
  • Candidates on the complementary list for the ED AAIF competition, in alphabetical order: ANTHORE Adrien, BELLEC Alice, BELLOIR Léo, CHANDRA Surabhi, CHAWAK Chaitanya, CHOKAR Emma, DESOUBRIE Baptiste, DUSSERRE Tanguy, EL RHIRHAYI Anwar, GANESARATNAM Ganushan, GERASIMOV Ivan, GUILLAUME Claire, KALTIAINEN Aino, LAURENT Valentine, LING Chih Teng, NAMDAR Mohmmad Hossein, PAGES Matthieu, SALIBUR Estelle, SINGIRIKONDA Guru Sai Haveesh, VARSHA NATARAJAN Varsha, VOLOSHYN Petro
  • The ED AAIF is saddened to learn of the death of one of its alumni, Paul de Fromont, who completed his thesis at LUTH with Jean-Michel Alimi in 2016. We offer our condolences to Diane, his wife, and to all his family and friends.
  • -* The 2023 Kick-off meeting of AAIF ED will take place on 9 October 2023 at the Observatoire de Paris, Meudon Campus.
  • The ED and PhDTalent are organising a skills assessment for doctoral students on 5 September 2023. Contact the ED if you are interested in this course.

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