Career development

Dernière mise à jour : le 18/09/2024

A PhD is far more than just an academic diploma. It is the springboard to career opportunities, whether within or outside the academic world. Explore the paths open to you as an early-stage researcher.

Are you wondering what career prospects you have after completing your PhD at the University of Bordeaux? In addition to the research skills and expertise that you acquire during your studies, a PhD gets you ready for a wide range of careers.

Survey of UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX PhD graduates as of 1 December 2022 having defended a thesis in 2019

Overall analysis

Job opportunities after your PhD

ApplyING for certification in higher education

Getting certified is a required step in order to be eligible to apply for university professorships and lectureships. In accordance with the decree of 5 July relating to the certification procedure, the defense report is a compulsory part of the application file and determines whether or not the application is admissible.

2025 certification campaign

Registration and document submission deadlines vary according to the 2024 defense dates:

From October 15 to December 6, 2024: registration period for all candidates.
Document submission deadline - December 6, 2024: for candidates who are already graduates or who will defend their thesis or HDR (Accreditation to supervise research) before November 22, 2024.
Document submission deadline - January 17, 2025: for candidates who will defend their thesis or HDR (Accreditation to supervise research) between November 23, 2024, and January 10, 2025.

This is the last year that this calendar shift remains in place.

2026 certification campaign

The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research has announced that the calendar shift introduced in 2020 will remain in place for 2025. However, starting from 2026, the campaign will return to the pre-2020 schedule.

Candidates will therefore have to defend their thesis or HDR before the beginning of December 2025 to be eligible for the 2026 certification campaign (and the same will apply for the following years).

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