Université Paris-Est ● Doctoral Studies Guide 2018-2019

31 As you prepare your thesis, you are in constant contact with the administrative assistant in your doctoral school who is there to provide all the information you need and to help you at all stages. The thesis lasts for three years. In exceptional circumstances, an additional year may be granted upon reasoned request by the PhD student and the research centre director. The following points appear in the regulations of the doctoral school to which your research group belongs. You should read them carefully. SUPERVISION OF THE THESIS Supervision is provided to ensure that the thesis process runs smoothly; the details of the systemmay vary fromone doctoral school to another. Youmay be asked to produce an annual progress report to obtain approval to re-register. Each PhD student is assigned a personal monitoring committee which is responsible for ensuring that the thesis process runs smoothly. The committee meets with the PhD student to assess how the course is going and how the research is progressing. Its approval is required before the student can register for year 3. The committee strives to prevent all forms of conflict, discrimination or harassment. LA SOUTENANCE The doctorate ends with the defence of the thesis in front of a panel. Permission to defend the thesis is granted by the Chancellor of Université Paris-Est on the recommendation of the thesis supervisor and with the approval of two external examiners. You must also have completed a certain number of hours of doctoral courses (vocational training, languages...) (see training requirements p. 34). These courses are validated by the doctoral schools. LEGAL DEPOSIT After the thesis defence, the institution must deposit your thesis on theses.fr and the SUDOC (University documentation system catalogue). If your thesis is not confidential, and you agree to its being published on the internet, your doctoral thesis will be available via TEL, HAL and Dart-Europe (the European thesis portal). If you do not grant permission for it to be published on the internet, your thesis will only be retrievable by authenticated access via the UPE intranet. If you have any questions, please contact: frederique.bordignon@enpc.fr For further information, visit: www.univ-paris-est.fr/depot-these