First, the doctoral student and his/her thesis director submit (by email to ed3c@sorbonne-universite.fr) a thesis jury proposal to the director of the doctoral school for validation. This proposal will be accompanied by a checklist to ensure that the essential legal points have been taken into account by the doctoral student. These documents will be supplemented by a list of publications and a copy of the employment contract or proof of funding up to the date of the defence.

Jury Proposal

Check-List

Composition of the defence jury:

• The jury consists of 4 to 8 members
• At least half of its members are French or foreign personalities from organisations external to the doctoral school, the university of affiliation of the student's laboratory and the university of enrolment of the doctoral student, chosen for their scientific competence. All co-directors and co-supervisors are considered internal members, regardless of their university of affiliation and their doctoral school. Non-academic members (companies, foundations, etc.) cannot be considered as external members.
•  It must necessarily include two rapporteurs i) who are not associated with the ED3C, with the university of affiliation of the student's laboratory and with the university of registration of the doctoral student, ii) who has not co-signed an articles with the doctoral student. French personalities must be authorised to direct research (PU, DR, CR-HDR, MCU-HDR, PH-HDR). For foreign personalities, a brief curriculum vitae (indicating in particular the doctoral thesis supervised) must be sent to the ED for validation.
• One of the members of the individual thesis monitoring committee (CSI) can be a member of the jury as examiners but cannot be a rapporteur.
• At least half of the jury must be made up of professors or equivalent (research directors). For foreign personalities whose position is not equivalent to that of a professor, a short curriculum vitae allowing an assessment of responsibilities must be sent to the ED for validation. Emeritus or retired professors are not included in the minimum 50% of professors or equivalent.
• The composition of the jury must allow for a balanced representation of women and men  (difference of less than 2 members).
• The thesis director (co-director) participates in the jury but does not take part in the final decision.
• For PhD students registered at PSL or UPC, the jury must include a representative from the university holding the HDR and from outside the laboratory (not mandatory for PhD students registered at SU).

The members of the jury appoint a president from among themselves on the day of the defense. The president must be a professor or equivalent (the thesis director cannot be president). Emeritus or retired professors cannot be president.

If, and only if, the composition of the jury has been approved in the above preliminary stage, you will be able to follow the steps specific to each university in order to validate your thesis jury.