Doctorat

Ph.D.

Defense

  • As of September 1, 2022, the doctorate diploma management is transferred back to INSA Lyon. The candidate will obtain the diploma of:

    PhD from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, member of the University of Lyon

 

  • For all defenses set from January 2025, the defense procedure is managed in a dematerialized way on the ADUM platform. This allows for a smoother and more robust process.

Only these new documents available online are to be used for any defense from January 1, 2025.

Procedure for the Defense of a doctoral thesis

Procédure de Soutenance d'une thèse de doctorat

Attention: due to the closure of the institute during the summer and Christmas period, the month of August and Christmas week are not to be taken into account in the 9 weeks of procedure.

 

Please read and download the INSA defense formalities document and ADUM tutorial where all the information necessary to set up your defense file is detailed.

The following official documents can be checked for more information: Doctoral training order, Order amending the  doctoral training order, Order for the reproduction of thes

Documents à télécharger

 

Defense taking place in academix year N/N+1 and before the end of civl year N

If you plan to defend between September and December (both included), you must re-register. However, you are exempted from tuition fees and not subjected to the CVEC. Please note that in the event of a postponement of the defense beyond January 1st, the registration fees will have to be regularized. In order to benefit from the exemption, the following document must be included in your registration on PEGASE:

 

Diploma supplement for the recognition of international mobility during the thesis

The Diploma Supplement for the recognition of international mobility during the thesis makes it possible to value a research stay in a higher education and/or research institution abroad.

This recognition is concretized by the issuance by INSA Lyon of a certificate. The doctoral student must complete the application form for a diploma supplement and send it at the time of submission of the defense file to the FEDORA department, 9 weeks before the provisional date of defense.

The cotutelle being recognized by the double graduation cannot be the subject of this recognition.

 

Defense in the context of a cotutelle

The defense procedure is identical to a traditional defense, but the doctoral student must also contact the partner institution to find out if any steps need to be taken on their side. Regarding the composition of the committee, it is necessary to respect the classic rules by checking in the cotutelle agreement if special rules have been defined upstream.

In addition, when the doctoral student sends his/her defense form to the FEDORA department at the beginning of the defense, he will be asked to fill out the document "Thesis defense in the context of a cotutelle" in order to verify that (s)he has fulfilled the conditions of duration of stay in each institution.

 

After the defense

FEDORA manages the certificate of completion.

Your doctoral degree must be collected from the Student Service (DAFORAE - scol5@insa-lyon.fr or 04-72-43-79-77) on the 1st floor of the Camille Claudel building, in exchange for the original certificate of achievement.

Please contact this service before going there to ensure that your diploma is available.