Supervision of a doctoral candidate
You supervise doctoral students and you wish to consolidate the principles and practices that give meaning to your mission. This training is for you!
They participated, they talk about it:
- "I realized that I was working as a freelancer! Now I have tools."
- "It's a training that goes beyond supervision, it's about management in the broadest sense."
- "When I was a doctoral student, my supervisor was excellent; now I know why."

From 20 November 2025 - 9h
to 21 November 2025 - 17h
to 21 November 2025 - 17h
Training catalogue record | Supervision of a doctoral candidate |
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Inscription |
Open |
Registration process | Online : prefer online payment by credit card to garantee your subscription |
Number of seats | 10 |
Audience | - Supervisor of PhD candidates |
Further information about the audience | Any person who supervises or is going to supervise doctoral students (thesis director, tutor, industrial supervisor of CIFRE doctoral students, etc.) |
The training session will be conducted in: | French |
Paid service | |
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Rate (per person) | 240 € TTC |
Staff from research organizations and universities | 0 € TTC |
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Goals
- Gain experience with critical situations as a supervisor
- Learn to empower PhD candidates
- Become familiar with management fundamentals and apply them to the supervision of PhD candidates
- Encourage the integration of doctoral students and build a doctoral supervision mode of operation
- Build a common vision of the supervision of a PhD candidate
Program
First day
- The roles of supervisor and doctoral student, building an effective relationship - Elaboration of a common vision and knowledge of official recommendations
- Welcoming and integrating a doctoral student, the key role of the first year - Reflection, exchange of practices, methods to take away
- Accompanying the doctoral student in becoming autonomous - Methods to take away
Second day
- Management fundamentals and application to the supervision of PhD candidates – Simulations and methods to take away
- Role-playing
- Ensuring quality recruitment of PhD candidates – Analysis, sharing of practices, methods to take away
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