Doctoral schools

The Center for Doctoral Schools

The Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA) has a  Center for Doctoral Schools, which groups together two doctoral schools: the Exact Sciences and Applications doctoral school (SEA, ED211), attached to the STEE college, and the Social Sciences and Humanities doctoral school (SSH, ED481), attached to the SSH and 2EI colleges.

The  Center for Doctoral Schools is a forum for sharing best practice and coordinating joint initiatives between the two doctoral schools at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA).

    • Participates in defining the strategic objectives of the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour at doctoral level;
    • Implements the doctoral policy defined by the Council of the Center for Doctoral School at national and international level in agreement with the doctoral schools;
    • Ensures the promotion of interdisciplinarity and cross-disciplinary actions between the doctoral schools;
    • Ensures the administrative and financial management on behalf of the 2 doctoral schools and Center for Doctoral School;
    • Ensures the preparation, monitoring and control of the implementation of the budget on behalf of the 2 doctoral schools andCenter for Doctoral School;
    • Sets up and monitors indicators to support the management of the doctoral schools and the institution;
    • Works to pool resources and harmonise practices in order to facilitate the training, support and monitoring of doctoral students, mobility and the professional integration of doctoral students and doctors;
    • Ensures that current regulations are properly applied and coordinates procedures;
    • Participates in drawing up the training plan and implements it in a way that is clear and accessible to doctoral students;
    • Organises and runs doctoral events.
  1. The doctoral schools organise the training of doctoral students and prepare them for the world of work.

    L'École Doctorale Sciences Exactes et leurs Applications (ED 211)

    The Exact Sciences and their Applications Doctoral School (ED 211) has around 310 doctoral students in research teams recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, as well as by research organisations. On average, between 60 and 70 theses are defended each year.

    The doctorates awarded at UPPA are in the following disciplines: chemistry, physics, mathematics, sciences of the universe, geosciences, computer science, molecular and
    cellular aspects of biology, physiology and biology of organisms, agronomic sciences, fluid mechanics - energy - heat - civil engineering, process engineering,
    electrical engineering, petroleum engineering.

    The Exact Sciences and their Applications Doctoral School has ISO 9001 certification for its doctoral training activities and for the management of the doctoral programme, from registration for the dissertation
    right through to the award of the doctoral degree.

    Contacts : +33 5.59.40.76.06 - edsciences @ univ-pau.fr
    Localisations : Pau, Anglet and Mont-de-Marsan

    Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities (ED 481)

    The Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities (ED 481) brings together approximately 270 doctoral students in the fields of social sciences, humanities and humanities. It is organised around research teams recognised by the Ministry and offers the following degree options language sciences - linguistics, languages, ancient and French literatures, general and comparative literature, plastic arts - musicology, French as a foreign language, foreign languages and literatures, applied foreign languages, regional cultures and languages, philosophy, epistemology, history - art history - archaeology, geography, planning, archaeology - ethnology - prehistory, sociology - demography, education sciences, STAPS, legal sciences, political sciences, economic sciences, management sciences, economic and social administration.

    Contacts : 05.59.40.76.06 - edssh @ univ-pau.fr
    Localisations :  Pau and Bayonne