Training during the PhD

Training plan

By selecting the training courses best suited to your research project and career path, you can devise a training plan with your thesis supervisor from the beginning of your PhD. This plan outlines the skills you must acquire or develop according to your needs and provides details on your career objectives. It can be modified at any point during the course of your doctoral studies.

This is also the opportunity to build your skills portfolio, and to meet and speak with your peers outside of the laboratory. Networking opportunities between PhD students from all academic fields and with people from the academic and socio-economic world (forums with the APEC, BPI France, Bordeaux Summer schools...) are also organised and advertised throughout the year.

The training courses offered to PhD students, from their enrollment to their thesis defense, whatever their academic field, aim to increase their employability and help them acquire the skills needed for their future career.

Doctoral training at the University of Bordeaux

The range of courses on offer changes each year to meet the needs of the PhD students and the expectations of recruiters, and to take into account the fact that doctoral programs are listed in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (National List of Professional Certifications). It is discussed each year at the Graduate Research School Plenary Council in June, which brings together doctoral school managers, doctoral representatives and external figures from the socio-economic world for the Training Committee.

An annual training catalogue and calendar are published each year (mid-November) to help you plan your training courses.

• training catalogue: see all the courses on offer for the current year

There are more than 90 training courses available in all academic fields. The doctoral schools and Graduate Programs also offer training courses tailored to their PhD students' needs. Specific 'career packs', developed with research facilities, enable selected PhD students to acquire a high level of expertise in the major global challenges of our time.

In addition to the training courses offered by the university in this catalogue, and with your thesis supervisor's permission, you can attend training courses provided by other institutions in order to develop the skills necessary to your career objectives. You can, for example:

• attend modules provided by the Teaching and Innovation Guidance Task Force,
• enhance your training plan with courses offered by the regional union for training in scientific and technical innovation,
• enroll in one of the Bordeaux Summer Schools,
• take part in international courses organised by the ENLIGHT network or a partner university.