The PhD student's community - Graduate School Engineering
News, events, and topics that animate the PhD student's engineering community at the Université Paris-Saclay.
Latest news
Post-Thesis Day - 19 May 2025
Third-year doctoral students from the four doctoral schools within the GS SIS (INTERFACES, STIC, EOBE, and SMEMAG) are invited to attend a post-thesis day to explore potential career paths after completing their thesis, including academic, industrial, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Organised by GS SIS in collaboration with ED STIC (Véronique Vèque) and ED EOBE (Philippe Dessante)
- See the programme
- Monday 19 May, from 9am to 6pm
- Théâtre Rousseau (Bouygues building, CentraleSupélec)
Doctoral Student Welcome Days - 11 February 2025
First-year doctoral students from the four doctoral schools within the GS SIS (INTERFACES, STIC, EOBE, and SMEMAG) are invited to attend a welcome day. This is an opportunity to learn about the doctoral ecosystem at Paris-Saclay, cross-disciplinary doctoral programmes, the different doctoral pathways (CIFRE, joint supervision), entrepreneurship, international mobility, and well-being/health during the thesis.
- Review of the welcome day
- Théâtre Rousseau (Bouygues building, CentraleSupélec)
- Tuesday 11 February from 1pm to 6pm
Thesis defence
View upcoming thesis defences by doctoral students from the four doctoral schools within the Graduate School of Engineering and Systems Sciences.
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The Academic Writing Center
The Academic Writing Center provides the scientific communtiy of Univeristé Paris-Saclay with an in-house proofreading and coaching service for academic publications. Individual consultations are available for:
- Article Reviews
- Teacher Development Consultations (Course Design & Delivery in English)
- Professional Portfolios (CVs, LinkedIn Profiles)
- Entrepreneurial Packages in English (Pitches, Website Proofing)
Doctoral courses
The Université Paris-Saclay gives PhD students access to a wide range of doctoral courses during their thesis to prepare them for their professional integration into the academic or business world.
Example of a doctoral course: the "6-minute challenge"
The Graduate School and the Doctoral School INTERFACES offer the "6-minute challenge" course module to help PhD students to prepare a popularised presentation of their thesis in 6 minutes.
Doctoral missions
Bibliometrics / Open science
International mobility
Resources to download
Useful links
Two testimonials on mobility
Post-thesis and professional integration
Each year, the Graduate School organizes "Post-thesis Day" to present to doctoral students the different careers available in the academic, industrial, and entrepreneurial sectors. Testimonials from doctoral students, thematic round tables, and workshops allow for more in-depth discussions.
This is an opportunity for doctoral students to project themselves more concretely into the professional world after obtaining their thesis.
Thematic videos
Good practices for the CV
Presentation by Clavin Peck, doctoral student and member of the Writing Center at the University of Paris-Saclay, on good practices for creating a CV, especially for an international career.
Academic careers
Overview of the different possible academic careers (becoming a Lecturer, becoming a Senior Lecturer, becoming a Research Fellow) and results of the survey on the professional future of PhDs.
Industrial careers and CIFRE theses
Recruitment and career development of doctors in the company via testimonies of former doctors who have done a CIFRE thesis.
Entrepreneurial careers
Testimonies and presentations of entrepreneurial careers from several angles: the importance of PhDs in start-ups, support for PhD students in their entrepreneurial projects, concrete solutions for PhD students at the University, deep tech entrepreneurial projects from laboratories...
Setting up or joining a start-up
Round table discussion moderated by Bernard Yannou, with the testimonies of :
- Xavier Apolinarski, Director of SATT Paris-Saclay
- Frédéric Capmas, Coordinator of the Deeptech Alliance Paris-Saclay
- Eric Langrognet, Head of the Centrale-Supelec Entrepreneurship programme
- Vincent Holley, Doctor and CEO of Geeglee
- Erwan Pannier, Doctor and CEO of Spark
Contact us
If you have any questions, you can contact us at: contacts.gs-sis@universite-paris-saclay.fr