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The school offers different types of graduate and post-graduate programs, all of which are open to foreign students:
- Double-major Master's degree in engineering and management ("Ingénieur Civil des Mines" - ICM)
- Master's degree in microelectronics (ISMIN)
- Master of Science (Thesis) (prerequisite for PhD studies)
- Post Master's programs ("Mastères spécialisés")
- PhDs

ECTS - European Credit Transfer System
All the ENSM.SE courses use the European credit and transfer system, ECTS, to facilitate student exchange between European Union member countries.

All these programs are the result of strong interactions between the research departments of ENSM-SE.

Contact: International relations Office
international@emse.fr

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ICM ISMIN Masters of science Post Master's programsPhDs

		Doctorate (Ph.D.)


	The Doctorate or PhD is a Degree granted by universities, "écoles normales supérieures" and other public institutions of higher education authorised by an order issued by the Ministries of Higher Education and Research. Doctoral studies are pursued in Doctoral Schools linking institutions such as universities and engineering Schools which have the same geographical location. These studies lead students holding a Master of Science – also called “Master Recherche” – or a DEA towards a Doctoral dissertation. A Doctoral dissertation is ideally completed within a span of three years. Unless the results of the research are confidential, they should be regularly published in renowned international journals.

	Admission requirements The applications submitted by the research teams are received by the director of the Doctoral School once they have been approved by: the director of the laboratory or the research center where the Doctorate will be completed and the university professor who will supervise the research. The applicant is also required to have a scholarship that will allow him/her to support himself/herself all through his/her Doctoral study. Standard admission procedure: in order to enroll for a Doctorate, the student must have received a Master of Science geared towards research (also known as Master Recherche in France). If the student holds a Master's Degree in another scientific field than the one in which he is going to do the research, he must be authorized to pursue his research by the professor in charge of the Master of Science corresponding to his research subject. Dispensatory procedure: if the above-mentioned requirements are not fulfilled, a candidate may enroll provided he has received an equivalent Degree. This procedure also applies to students having studied towards a Master's Degree abroad or having relevant professional practice.

	Curriculum The optimal duration of the PhD is 3 years. Relationships between the different partners of the thesis: Doctoral candidates, mentors and administration have a commitment. This commitment leads to a serious involvement by the different partners involved in these doctoral studies and better defines the roles and responsibilities of each one throughout the length of the thesis. It is flexible in its application so as to take into account the diversity of each of these institutions and hence opens the way to internal adaptations focusing on the complet ion or precis ion of certain aspects. It is the object of the thesis contract. The doctoral training, outside of research work, is divided into three sectors: scientific training destined to give the students the required knowledge to complete his/her research work, an interdisciplinary training allowing the acquisition and the mastering of communications skills or self-expression, and the rights of intellectual property. Moreover, this training prepares the student for his own professional integration either in higher education or in social and economic areas. Courses are mandatory for the entire teaching period; every student is monitored throughout the doctoral curriculum of the Doctoral School. The authorization of defense of the PhD cannot be given to doctoral candidates who have not fulfilled his/her obligations of studies.

	Defense of the thesis The doctoral advisor in charge of the training establishes the composition of the jury, mentioning clearly the names and titles of the President and the members of the jury. In addition, he sends the composition to the institutions for approval and verification. Required documents for the defense (the proposition of the jury must be signed, the defense certificate report must be prepared, the advice of the jury for printing the thesis given and the defense report authorized) are sent to the thesis director with those sent to the candidate. T he former fills out the registration requirements, which are then computerized with the aid of our library. They must be accompanied by three copies o f the thesis and submitted to the secretary of the doctoral school. The defense is public (except in the event of confidentiality linked to industrial contracts). The acceptance or the rejection is pronounced after the jury's deliberation. The acceptance gives the possible judged levels: "cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude”. The President of the Jury establishes a defense report, which is countersigned by every member of the jury. He/she transmits an evaluation on the possibility of reprinting the thesis as it is or after corrections.

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10/20/2010