PhD student

The PhD student community at a glance

950 PhD students
230 post-doctoral fellows

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By pooling the disciplinary expertise and research facilities of its five founding schools, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris offers ideal conditions for researchers and future researchers. Pursuing a PhD at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris means benefitting from optimal support to innovate and expand the frontiers of knowledge. The internationally-recognized doctoral degree opens up high-level career opportunities in both the public and private sector.

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PhD Students

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PhD students Welcome booklet

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Why pursue a PhD at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris? Emil Garnell shares his thoughts and experience

As a postgraduate degree whose excellence is recognised worldwide and designates a very high level of expertise, a PhD degree opens doors to highly qualified jobs in the public and private sectors. In addition to the academic world, a PhD paves the way...

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Mathematics Study Week with Industry

This event is intended for young researchers in mathematics, who will work in teams from June 21 to 25, 2021 on problems proposed by companies. Registration is open until May 21.

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Hi! Paris: AI meets healthcare

Healthcare is one of the many areas where artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to have a major impact on society by bringing new solutions and improvements. Ranging from disease monitoring to assistive robotics, four illustrations of research going on...

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E4C Summer school: From smart buildings to smart cities

From July 5 to 9, 2021, the E4C Interdisciplinary Center's summer school will invite Master's and PhD students from all disciplines, in France and abroad, to address systemic issues around smart buildings and smart cities.

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PLASMAScience

Plasma, considered to be the fourth state of matter, represents more than 99% of the visible universe. Plasma plays an important role in astrophysics and space physics, but today it is also present in our daily lives, used in particular to produce...

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Institut Polytechnique de Paris launches its online review “Polytechnique Insights”

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HI! Paris is hiring, calls for fellowships and Collaborative projects are opened

The interdisciplinary Center dedicated to AI and data science, created by HEC Paris and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, enters this year in an important growth phase.

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Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Inria Strengthen their Leadership in Digital Science and AI

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First international agreement on thesis co-supervision, in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have signed a framework agreement on co-supervision of theses, allowing PhD students from both universities to carry out a co-directed thesis and largely conduct their research...

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E4C contributes to the First Report on Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Sea

Involving researchers from the interdisciplinary centre Energy4Climate (E4C) on climate studies and economics, the first report "Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin - Current situation and risks for the future" (MAR1) has just been...

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New step in the deployment of research at IP Paris: official launch of 4 EUR

At the end of 2019, 4 Research Graduate School projects were selected as part of the French investment in the future plan demonstrating the excellence of IP Paris' academic project and reinforcing the dynamic cooperation that has been in place since its...

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Chloé Giraudet, PhD student at IP Paris

Chloé Giraudet is conducting her thesis at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris on the biomechanical behavior of the cornea. Diversity of training, interdisciplinarity, state-of-the-art equipment and contacts with the international scientific community...