Presentation

The Astronomy & Astrohysics Doctoral School calls for applications for PhD positions once a year. In the regular recruitment cycle, applications for starting a PhD at autumn 2020 may be submitted (application) from February 3rd to April 15th, 2020.

Registration at our Doctoral School requires to fulfill the following conditions :

• A Master degree in Physics, or an equivalent degree.
• Endorsement from the PhD advisor.
• Funding for three years

Funding may be provided through two different ways :

• The doctoral school contest.
• The research team. In this case, applicants must submit their application both to the doctoral school and to the funding body (CNES, CNRS, ...)

List of PhD Subjects opened in the 2020 call for application.

2019 contest

In 2019, the Doctoral School received 134 applications for 18 contracts, 60 of whom were interviewed. Including all sources of fundings, 47 PhD students started their PhD in 2019.