When engineers go for a PhD
Evelyne Jardin, translation by Cynthia Schoch
According to L’Usine nouvelle magazine, there’s no doubt about it: “the race for PhDs is on!”How many engineers taste the pleasures of doing a PhD? According to a grandes écoles survey (CGE), 2,600 theses of the 10,000 defended in 2006 were done by engineering degree holders. This figure represents a 20% increase between 2004 and 2006.
Which engineering schools bank the most on doctoral training? The three frontrunners are Grenoble’s INP with 900 PhDs and postdocs registered, followed by Ecole Polytechnique (600) and INSA in Lyon (562). Interested in finding out how your school ranks? The article in L’Usine nouvelle lists the top 20.
Sources: “Cinq questions clés pour les cursus,” L’Usine nouvelle n°3047, 15/3/2007 and “la course aux docteurs est lancée,” L’Usine nouvelle n°3056, 17/5/2007.
More information about ABG?
Get ABG’s monthly newsletters including news, job offers, grants & fellowships and a selection of relevant events…
Discover our members
CASDEN
TotalEnergies
MabDesign
PhDOOC
MabDesign
Tecknowmetrix
Ifremer
Nokia Bell Labs France
SUEZ
CESI
Généthon
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab
ANRT
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire - IRSN - Siège
ADEME
Groupe AFNOR - Association française de normalisation
Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais - LNE
Aérocentre, Pôle d'excellence régional
Institut Sup'biotech de Paris
-
JobFixed-termRef. ABG125071KTH- Sweden
ERC-funded postdoc position on the detection of gas-phase organic radicals, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Chemistry - Physics - Engineering sciencesAny -
JobPermanentRef. ABG124941Corteria Pharmaceuticals- Ile-de-France - France
Jeune Docteur, Chercheur en Biologie Cellulaire & Moléculaire (H/F)
BiologyAny -
JobPermanentRef. ABG123642Laboratoire des Courses Hippiques (GIE LCH)- Ile-de-France - France
Chargé(e) de Recherche et Innovation (H/F) / Senior Scientist Research & Innovation (M/F)
Chemistry - BiochemistryConfirmed