Training validation

Dernière mise à jour : le 11/12/2023

At the University of Bordeaux, PhD students must complete a minimum of 100 hours of training in line with their training plan prior to their thesis defense. This training is validated by their doctoral school in accordance with the scoring criteria and recommendations of their reference system.

Validating your training hours:

The doctoral schools monitor and validate the training hours completed by their PhD students. These 100 hours of training can be selected from the doctoral training catalogue via ADUM, or from the range of courses offered by other institutions, provided you have your thesis supervisor's approval.

To be validated, these "non-catalogue" training hours provided by other institutions, must be submitted to your doctoral school for validation (with proof of attendance).

If you are under cotutelle, you must complete at least 50 hours of training at the University of Bordeaux. In excess of these 50 hours, the courses taken at the partner university can be validated in full or in part, subject to the agreement of the director of the doctoral school.

Compulsory training

The online courses "Scientific Integrity in Research Professions" (15 hours) and "Research Ethics" (12 hours) for all PhD students enrolled at the University of Bordeaux.
The teacher training course for PhD students who have additional teaching activities.

Scientific integrity in research professions

Article 3 of the Decree of 25 May 2016 which sets the national framework for training and the procedures for issuing the national PhD diploma specifies that the doctoral schools "ensure that each PhD student receives a training course in research ethics and scientific integrity".

Developed by two professors, Antoine de Daruvar and Yannick Lung, and the Teaching and Innovation Guidance Task Force, this MOOC aims to spread a culture of scientific integrity within universities. More than just sharing knowledge, the aim is to raise awareness of the various issues associated with scientific integrity and to encourage a critical approach by presenting the basic elements needed to understand and meet the requirements of scientific integrity.

This training course is part of an overall policy at the University of Bordeaux to reinforce the scientific integrity of the work carried out by its various research units. This policy is detailed in the dedicated Charter of Ethics.

Research ethics

This MOOC was developed in 2018 by the Research Ethics Platform of the University of Lyon.

It focuses on research ethics and is intended for everyone, and especially for PhD students and researchers who wish to understand the ethical issues of research raised in their practices, responsibilities and institutions, and reflect on the current transformations and implications of research.

Teacher training courses

Go to your ADUM account to find out when the sessions will take place.

All other training courses, listed on ADUM or "non-catalogue" are optional: you can choose the modules best suited to your training plan and career objectives, meeting the expectations of your doctoral school.

For more information, see your doctoral school's training guidelines.

If you have any questions about the validation of a course you have taken, please contact your doctoral school.