Do your thesis

Do your thesis

Whether you are a doctoral student, a thesis candidate or a supervisor, you will find on this page all the practical information to assist you before, during, and after your PhD.Que vous soyez doctorants, candidat à une thèse ou encadrant, vous trouverez sur cette page toutes les informations pratiques pour vous assister avant, pendant, et après votre doctorat.

Your contacts at the university of Lorraine

The doctoral school

Director:
Didier Maquin
didier.maquin@univ-lorraine.fr

Educational manager:
Sabrina Ferry
sabrina.ferry@univ-lorraine.fr

Administrative managers:
Souad Boutaguermouchet | Nancy
souad.boutaguermouchet@univ-lorraine.fr
Stéphane Lebreton | Metz
stephane.lebreton@univ-lorraine.fr

In the laboratory

Responsible for theses:
Victor Nistor
victor.nistor@univ-lorraine.fr
Frédéric Robert 
frederic.robert@univ-lorraine.fr

Administrative manager:
Laurence Quirot
laurence.quirot@univ-lorraine.fr

Director of the laboratory:
Anne Gégout-Petit
anne.gegout-petit@univ-lorraine.fr

Most of the IECL doctoral students belong to the doctoral school IAEM (Computer Science, Automation, Electrical Engineering, Mechanics)
Do not hesitate to contact them for any question.

Before the thesis
  • The thesis topics are presented on the IECL page and on the ADUM website. 
  • To submit a subject on the IECL page, contact Frédéric Robert. For the ADUM site, connect directly.
  • To apply for a subject, you must go through the ADUM site, which allows to centralize all the requests.
Visit ADUM website
Registration and start of the thesis
  • The entire registration procedure is done via ADUM
  • There can be only 2 supervisors for a given thesis (3 for a cotutelle)
  • If you do not have an Habilitation to Supervise Research, you must request an Authorization to Co-supervise a Thesis (ACT) from the Doctoral School
  • A cotutelle is an agreement between 2 institutions: the winner of the thesis will hold two degrees (one per institution)
  • The drafting of a cotutelle agreement can take time: start the procedure as soon as you begin your thesis. You can ask Frédéric Robert for information about this procedure.
Course of the thesis
  • The ADUM website is always preferred for any information or activity during the thesis.
  • The main part of the thesis is the research work under the direction of a supervisor. However, there are training courses to follow: these courses are there to give you complements in the framework of your research or to prepare you for the post-thesis period. Registrations are made via the ADUM interface
  • The thesis follow-up committee is an opportunity to present the progress of your work (see below)
The thesis follow-up committee
  • The follow-up committee allows the doctoral student to present the progress of his/her work to people other than his/her supervisor(s)
  • Its annual meetings are an opportunity for informal exchanges on the subject, the work, and the material conditions. 
  • The purpose of these meetings is to detect possible difficulties in the progress of the thesis, and to propose solutions in consultation with the supervisors and doctoral students.
  • Exceptional meetings can take place on request of the supervisors or doctoral students
  • It must take place before the end of each year of the thesis. It is mandatory from the 3rd year registration onwards.
  • Constitution: the monitoring committee is composed of scientific personalities who are not linked to the thesis work
Oral examination for thesis
  • The thesis must be submitted at least 8 weeks before the scheduled defense date
  • The rapporteurs must not be involved in the thesis work
  • The composition of the jury must follow precise rules
  • The manuscript must be written in French. Exceptions are possible
  • The oral examination must take place in French. Here again, exceptions are possible
After the thesis
  • The website Opération Postes lists most of the positions of Lecturers and Professors in France, as well as some other positions
  • For applications to the CNU, qualification is required. For a recruitment in the year N, be aware of the deadline of defense for the year N-1