Students enrolled at the ED 625 School of Doctoral Studies can take part in a large array of research seminars and training sessions in English and a number of other languages.

We are also a partner member of a number of annual research-seminar exchange programmes;  these include an Irish Studies network, and post-graduate workshops with the Universities of Montreal and Northwestern. We also have a number of informal research-based exchanges and other activities with Anglophone universities based in Paris.

Enrolment takes place at the beginning of the Autumn term, but completed application dossiers can be submitted from the end of the summer term onwards. Your dossier will be examined by an admissions commission that will judge whether your application is successful or not. Please note that there are two admissions commissions each Autumn, the first in early October, the second in late October. Beyond the final deadline of October 23, no dossier will be accepted. Putting the dossier together will take you a fair amount of time. Anyone interested in applying for admission to the doctoral school should begin making first contact the previous Spring.

During the Spring / Summer term before admission, you should make contact with a potential supervisor from this list. Please ensure you contact only the specialists in your field.

Once you have found a supervisor likely and willing to supervise your research, a first meeting (directly or via skype) will be organised. This will help establish your enrolment requirements, and draw up  a fully structured proposal, following the potential supervisor’s guidelines.

During the preparation of this research proposal, you will be able to submit the work in progress to your potential supervisor, a member of the research unit they work with for expert feedback, or the Head of School.

Once completed and approved by your potential supervisor, and after contacting the Head of School for an initial appointment (again in person or via skype) you will send your formal research proposal, along with the other mandatory documents in the registration dossier listed below, to the School of Doctoral Research ED 625.

Your enrolment application and proposal will be studied by a commission of research advisers who will formally accept or turn down your dossier. Please bear in mind the strict deadlines, and ensure you apply well in advance.  There are TWO Admissions Commissions in early October and late-October. 

The full list of documents to be included in your application is as follows  (N.B. all documents to be submitted in French):

• The completed and signed admission application form downloadable here
• An identity photograph, stapled to the admission form
• The doctoral research charter signed by yourself, the supervisor and the Head of School.
• The names and institutional affiliations of your midterm external advisers.
• The details of your training programme
• The study agreement
• Your formal research proposal. This will be 5 – 10 pages long, and cover the research framework and perspective, a rapid survey of contemporary scholarship, the critical or theoretical approach proposed, the data or corpus, a provisional research calendar. If the original research proposal is in English, you must include a full translation.
• A provisional working bibliography.
• A fully updated  CV
• An outlined career plan
• A letter of motivation
• A photocopy of your passport or current ID, with certified translation into French
• The certificates and transcripts of your graduate and postgraduate diplomas (or formal confirmation of success if the certificate has not yet been issued.


The person to contact for all research administration for the ED 625 (admissions, enrolment renewal, vivas):
Brigitte EL-MASRI

doctorats625@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr
 - Tél : +33 (0)1 55 43 09 92


The person to contact for all practical administrative procedures (registration and annual renewal of student cards):
Bastien DOUCET

doctorats.inscriptions@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr
 - Tél : +33 (0)1 55 43 08 97