Students who fulfil the following conditions are eligible to apply:

• first registration for a thesis in 2024-2025,
• not be registered in a doctoral programme in another French or foreign higher education institution,
• application supported by a thesis director who is empowered to supervise research in one of the UHA laboratories,
• hold a master's degree or an equivalent diploma (the average of semesters 1-2-3 of the master's program must be greater than or equal to 12/20).

Applications in Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS) must be submitted by Friday 10 May 2024 at 5 PM on the platform.

Applications in Exact Sciences (SE) must be submitted by Friday 26 April 2024 at 5 PM on the platform.

The audition of the candidates will take place :

• on 30 May in SHS for the award of contracts to the winners of the competition at the beginning of June
• on 28 and 29 May in SE for an award of contracts to the winners of the competition at the end of May

The selection of candidates takes into account their motivation, their academic background, and their ranking in the theoretical and practical tests (research internships, if any) of their master's degree. It is systematically preceded by an interview with the future thesis director with whom the candidate will be in contact.

The pre-selection of candidates is based on a competition on the basis of their application. The final list of candidates likely to benefit from a doctoral contract in the doctoral school is drawn up by the UHA doctoral Schools-Antenna jury after examining the application files and hearing the shortlisted candidates.

This examination takes into account the opinion given by the future thesis director of the host Research Unit.

Finally, the doctoral Schools-Antenna examines the supervision capacity of the laboratories and applies the general rules adopted by the scientific council of the doctoral school and the institution concerning the rate of supervision of doctoral students by a thesis director.