Training Portfolio

During their three-years thesis, each student must validate their training portfolio consisting of about 100 hours of training (reduced to 50 hours for doctoral students with a teaching mission, in an AHU or CCA position), as stated in article 15 of the decree of 25 May 2016.

 

This portfolio allows the doctoral student to:

  • Keep track of the trainings taken during the thesis
  • Highlight acquired skills
  • Prepare for professional integration

 

The ministerial decree of May 25, 2016 makes it compulsory for PhD students to undergo training in research ethics and scientific integrity. Since September 2025, according to the rules and regulations of the doctoral school, this training must be completed during the first year, befre the first CSI: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/integrite-scientifique-dans-les-metiers-de-la-recherche/

 

Extract from article 3 of the decree of May 25, 2016 setting the national framework for training and the procedures leading to the award of the national doctoral diploma: “(…) ensure that each doctoral student receives training in research ethics and scientific integrity”.

Catalog of Doctoral Students' trainings
Rules

In order to validate your portfolio, you must:

  • Complete at least 100 training hours (or 50 depending on your status) compliant with the doctoral school rules
  • Equally dispatch these 100 hours in the 3 modules (Professional integration and career development, Cross-disciplinary, Scientific)
  • Complete 16 hours in ethics training during your first year of the thesis: https://www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/integrite-scientifique-dans-les-metiers-de-la-recherche/
  • Keep all your training certificates
  • When you begin your thesis defense process, complete your training summary form and submit it to the Doctoral School administrators, along with any certificates you have kept.
Modules overview

NB: Your training hours must be equally dispatched in these three modules

  1. Cross-disciplinary module

Extend the scientific culture of the doctoral student in areas outside their thesis

  1. Scientific module

Allow the doctoral student to acquire mastery of complementary techniques

  1. Professional module

Help the student for their future integration into working life after the PhD

 

Validation of training modules

oursoursTo ensure consistent validation of training hours, the following rules apply. These rules are based on the most common cases encountered in PhD students’ academic journeys.

 

  • Scientific events :
  • Participation in a science outreach event (e.g. Fête de la Science, Science Day, etc.) or a conference: 5 hours per day, with a maximum of 15 hours
  • Participation in a scientific conference with an oral presentation or poster: 6 hours per day, with a maximum of 12 hours. Note: A maximum of two conferences can be counted toward the entire PhD program

 

  • Teaching, pedagogy, and running a group:
  • DECLIC Program: 3 to 9 hours validated
  • Research Apprentice program: 20 hours validated
  • Teaching assignments: A maximum of 50 hours validated. Note: Only teaching assignments conducted under a contract with Université Paris Cité are acknowledged

IMPORTANT: Supervising students is not included in the portfolio.

  • Scientific training:
  • Animal Experimentation : 50 hours validated
  • CRISP-CAS9 : 30 hours validated

Duties as a doctoral student representative can credit 15 to 30 hours, depending on the tasks performed.

Financial Assistance

For some courses that are not free of charge, but that fit into the professional project, the Doctoral School may grant partial funding (prior agreement of the management of essential ED) in exceptional cases.

The host laboratory normally covers costs related to training.

Where to find the trainings?

The trainings can be found in:

Formation "Initiation à la modification du génome par le système CRISPR-CAS9"