PhD

To be enrolled in a doctoral program, a candidate must hold a national master’s degree or another diploma conferring the grade of master, and have completed a training program establishing his/her aptitude for research. Once his or her subject has been defined in conjunction with the thesis director, the student entering the first year of doctoral studies applies for admission to the Doctoral School on which his or her thesis director depends.
The decree of August 7, 2014 on doctoral training defines the conditions for doctoral enrolment.

All ENSAPLV doctoral students are required to register twice:
– with the Abbé Grégoire doctoral school (pedagogical registration)
– and with the ENSAPLV schooling department (administrative registration).

Admission requirements for ED Abbé Grégoire :

Candidates for the Cnam doctoral program must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent, proving their training and aptitude for research:
https://recherche.cnam.fr/ecole-doctorale-abbe-gregoire/ecole-doctorale-abbe-gregoire-ed-546–470086.kjsp

Once eligible, students pay their CNAM fees and register administratively with ENSAPLV’ s Post-Masters Pedagogical Manager, to obtain a student card that gives them access to ENSAPLV’s premises and documentation center. This dual registration– pedagogical at the ED and administrative at ENSAPLV – is compulsory.

The doctorate lasts three years. Re-registration is required for each new academic year (CNAM and ENSAPLV).

The thesis supervisor must hold an Habilitation à Direire la Recherche (HDR) or a Doctorat d’Etat (PhD), and be a member of a research unit attached to a doctoral school. The potential thesis supervisor examines and assesses the candidate’s motivation to engage in research work. If the candidate’s application is accepted, the doctoral student becomes a full member of the director’s research unit, which provides him or her with all the resources needed to carry out the research.

Research structures at ENSAPLV :

1) UMR CNRS/Ministère de la Culture 3329 – Architecture Urbanisme Société : Savoirs Enseignement Recherche (AUSser) : Website
UMR AUSser research team attached to ENSAPLV :
Architecture Histoire Technique Territoire Patrimoine (AHTTEP) Website

2) UMR CNRS/Ministère de la Culture 7218 – Laboratoire Architecture, Ville, Urbanisme, Environnement (LAVUE): Website

UMR LAVUE research teams attached to ENSAPLV :
2.1 Architecture Anthropology Laboratory (LAA) Website

2.2 Workspace Laboratory (LET) Website

3) URM Ministère de la Culture – Models and simulations for architecture, town planning and landscaping (MAP) : Website
URM’s MAACC research team, attached to ENSAPLV :
Modeling for Cognitive Activity Assistance in Design (MAACC) Website

4) Hosting team, Ministry of Culture :
Architecture, Environment and Landscape (AMP) Website

5) Host team EA 7486, Ministry of Culture :
Groupe d’Étude et de Recherche Philosophie Architecture Urbain (GERPHAU) Website

Doctoral training at the Écoledoctorale Abbé-Grégoire:

The ED has set up a compulsory training program which, in addition to the thesis itself, includes a number of activities (teaching, research, training, activities in companies or with social partners, international activities, ED collective activities, publications) that contribute to the training of doctoral students.

The doctoral training offered by the ED Abbé-Grégoire is made up of compulsory seminars (6 ECTS) and complementary “à la carte” training (24 ECTS).

For more information on this doctoral program:
https://recherche.cnam.fr/ecole-doctorale-abbe-gregoire/un-parcours-doctoral-complet-et-simplifie-949969.kjsp?RH=rech_eco

There are several ways to finance a doctorate in Architecture. Here is a non-exhaustive list of thesis funding: 

Doctoral contract

The doctoral contract is a public-law contract, conditional on enrolment in a doctoral program. Concluded for a three-year period, it is applicable to both universities and research organizations. It is recognized as genuine professional experience. Contract doctoral students will be recruited by public scientific, cultural and professional establishments, public administrative establishments for higher education, public scientific and technological establishments and other public administrative establishments with a statutory mission of higher education or research.

Industrial Research Training Agreements (CIFRE)

The CIFRE scheme – Conventions Industrielles de Formation par la REcherche – subsidizes any company incorporated under French law that hires a PhD student to work at the heart of a research collaboration with a public laboratory. The work will culminate in a thesis to be defended within three years.

CIFREs are fully funded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, which has entrusted their implementation to the Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie (ANRT).
Consult the ANRT website. https://www.anrt.asso.fr/fr

Last but not least, there are other sources of funding for doctorates, from research organizations, local authorities (particularly the regions), foundations and associations that can finance doctoral students’ research, and these should not be overlooked.

Erasmus+ program for doctoral students

ENSAPLV offers doctoral students enrolled in the Abbé-Grégoire ED the opportunity to go on a mobility program within the framework of the European Erasmus+ program. Applications can be submitted no later than 30 days before departure, but it is preferable to allow six weeks to two months between submission of the application and departure (in particular to define the internship program, identify the host organization and sign the agreements).

Doctoral students can find information, including the guide and application form, at the following address https://www.hesam.eu/article-mobilite-stages-erasmus-pour-les-doctorants