Prédoc programme

The EUR IPSL-Climate Graduate School has set up a unique three-month pre-doctoral programme, dedicated to M2 students who are accepted for a PhD in one of the IPSL laboratories.

“Prédoc” programme has the form of a part-time contract that usually starts on the first of October. With the help of a tutor appointed by the EUR IPSL CGS training committee and in agreement with their thesis supervisor, the selected student establish a personalized programme that enables them, for example, to:

  • reinforce you training according to the prerequisites necessary for the thesis by taking courses offered by the M2 or the doctoral school;
  • refine your thesis subject and the work to do with their thesis director;
  • start your bibliographic study;
  • initiate your network by interacting with other M2 students;
  • settle in France in better conditions (foreign students);
  • finalize a publication related to your master’s degree.