Theses in Life Sciences

A total of 12 ECTS credits must be obtained during the doctoral studies. For details see the Règlement and the Directives PhD.

Doctoral programme

Co-direction of thesis

The co-direction according to the Directive 3.11 means that there are two thesis directors and that the doctoral student is supervised by both of them (both members of the jury). The co-direction can be with a swiss or foreign university, an other faculty of the UNIL or an other department of the FBM.

Mid-term

According to the indications in the "Directives PhD" a mid-term exam must be presented at the latest 2.5 years after the beginning of the thesis work.

End of the thesis work

At the end of the work, the candidate writes a thesis describing his research according to the indications in the "Règlement pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur ès sciences de la vie (PhD)".

The thesis exam includes two parts :

• The examination session (private thesis defense)
  The candidate presents his thesis to the jury.

• The public thesis defense
  The public thesis defense is generally held in French and aims the popularization of the results of the thesis work.

For the examination session, the thesis work must be submitted according to the Art. 12 of the "Règlement pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur ès sciences de la vie (PhD)".

After the public thesis defense, the candidate deposits the thesis copies according to the Annexe V of the "Règlement pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur ès sciences de la vie (PhD)". He transmits the form "Avis de dépôt de thèse" at the BCU and orders the diploma with the form "Commande de diplôme PhD" and send it to the Doctoral School.

The candidate can deposit an electronic version of his thesis on SERVAL.

The candidate receives the grade of "docteur ès sciences de la vie (PhD)" delivered by the UNIL.