Additional activities

Additional activities include teaching, expertise and promotional activities. They enable PhD students under contract to put into practice the skills acquired during their PhD or while working on other projects in the private or public sector (in a business, company, administration, public institution, local or regional authority, association...). These activities contribute to the development of the PhD student's network and the acquisition of professional experience, and prepare them for their academic or socio-economic career.

Teaching activities

They prepare you for a career in teaching. You are tasked with deepening the knowledge of Bachelor's or Master's students through tutorials (or equivalent).
The activity amounts to a maximum of 64 teaching hours (equivalent to tutorials), spread over the academic year. You will be part of an educational team.
Teaching opportunities are determined in advance by the various teaching departments and units of the University of Bordeaux.

When and how to apply

The allocation of additional teaching activities takes place each year from April onwards, for the start of the following academic year in September, and according to the various timetables drawn up by each training college.
Teaching opportunities are determined in advance by the teaching departments and units of the University of Bordeaux.
Additional activities are subject to the approval of the various doctoral schools, thesis supervisors and research units.

Application procedure for the academic year 2026-2027:

Only PhD students with doctoral contract (for both campaigns) are eligible to apply:

The recruitment campaign dedicated to PhD students who are currently enrolled in 1st or 2nd year of PhD at the University of Bordeaux, is open until April 30, 2026 (23h59 GMT Paris).
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The recruitment campaign dedicated to future PhD students who will be enrolled in their first year of PhD will open in July.

The key steps of the campaign:

April: application deadline for PhD students who are currently enrolled in 1st or 2nd year at the University of Bordeaux
May: applications reviewed by the Graduate Research School
June: training component allocation committees
July: notification to successful candidates regarding hiring and payment procedures
July–August: application deadline for future PhD students who will be enrolled in their first year of PhD
End of August: applications reviewed by the Graduate Research School
September: training component allocation committees
End of September: notification to successful candidates regarding recruitment and payment procedures
October: feedback on applications placed on the waiting list

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Teaching activities outside the University:

You hold a doctoral contract with the University of Bordeaux and wish to undertake additional teaching activities at an institution outside the university?
This is possible, subject to certain conditions.
Before engaging in teaching activities outside the University of Bordeaux, it is essential to contact your dedicated HR officer within the AGRH division, as well as the office responsible for the additional teaching activities*, which is part of the Graduate Research School.
These preliminary discussions will allow you to learn about the possible recruitment and compensation terms for this external activity.

Expertise activities

These ad-hoc activities are intended to meet a need the host organisation has not managed to meet internally: experimentation, consultancy, legal analysis, market or feasibility studies, project support, report writing, product or software development, documentation writing, competition analysis, training, website development...

This activity is not a continuation of the research work carried out for your PhD. It lasts 32 or 16 days (1/6 of the annual working hours set out in the contract) and takes place during the academic year. It can be renewed during the three years of the PhD. You remain an employee of the organisation, an amendment to your employment contract must be drawn up.

How to apply?

You must first define the activity, objectives and expected skills with your host organisation.
You must agree on an estimate of the number of days necessary to carry out the activity (16 days or 32 days maximum).
You must specify the environment: location, context, potential dates... and provide this information. This activity is subject to the approval of the various doctoral schools, thesis supervisors and research units.

Promotional and dissemination activities

These activities include setting up outreach and dissemination initiatives with various stakeholders.
They also make it possible to operationalise knowledge by analysing the economic and societal impact of research work with a view to using it at a company level.