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 20 April 2023 (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 2023.

Assessment of the 2021 competition

In 2023, the ED received 180 applications for the 20.5 doctoral contracts open to competition. The ED auditioned 59 applicants. Including other sources of funding, 57 doctoral students started a thesis in 2022.

News

  • 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.
  • -* Candidates on the main list funded by the ED AAIF competition: ABELLO Alex, BESNARD Anaïs, CARINOS Emile, CHAPPUIS Loris, COLOGNI Romane, CROS Lucie, DIALLO Nimatou Seydi, FLORES MORALES Sofia, FORT Antoine, FRANCEZ Théo, GAYOUX Théo, GIRARDOT Adrien, KOLHE Neel, LECLEF Apolline, LOIRE Baptiste, MALANDRINO Rosa, MAZUREK Helena, MEAGHER Nathan, TEYSSEYRE Pauline, URSO Irene, VARESE Maxime
  • Candidates on the complementary list for the ED AAIF competition, in alphabetical order: AUBRY Camille, BARONI Marco, BOUGAKOV Alexandre, CHANDRA Kumar, CUVELLIER Jean-Baptiste, DEBORDE Robin, DIAS COELHO MARQUES José, EVANGELISTA Lorenzo, GALOIS pierre, GHISALBERTI Ambre, KORDT Aron, KWOK Ka Wang, LECHIEN Thibault, LIBERATORI Alessio, MAI Nicolas, MAZDE Kratika, MEHTA Nishil, METAUT Guillaume, MONDELIN Maëlie, NARDELLI Laura, NOOR Mehdi, PARICHHA Abineet, RAZA Md Salman, SEEBARUTH Thershi, SRIKANTH Rohan, TEDROS Jean, TOURESSE Jade, TRIPATHI Priyamvad, VALOUR Thomas
  • 1st February 2023: Applications for the 2023 Doctoral School Competition are accepted until April 20th, 2023.
  • 13th December 2022: Opening of the 2023 call for thesis projects. PhD advisor can submit their PhD projects on their ADUM account up to January 31st, 2023.
  • 7th December 2022: Congratulations to Tony Bonnaire, Prix de la thèse des Chancellerie des Universités de Paris

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