The Institut Pasteur, a transdisciplinary and international institute in the heart of Paris
- 360 PhD students
- 100 new PhD students per year
- More than 80 nationalities
- 147 research entities
- 10 Nobel laureates
- Member of the Pasteur Network
The Institut Pasteur, a major international player in higher education in biological sciences and health, offers you:
- Research training through research in an exceptional environment
- Access to cutting-edge technology platforms
- Numerous scientific seminars, colloquia and international conferences
- A training program tailored to the needs of doctoral students: in-person and online courses (Pasteur MOOCs), technical training, French language courses, etc.
- Support for entrepreneurship and career development
…and you will also benefit from:
- A dedicated orientation day for doctoral students
- Support with administrative procedures
- A tutoring program
- The opportunity to participate in StaPa (Association of Young Researchers of the Pasteur Institute), sports associations (ASIP) and cultural associations (La Pasteurale)
My PhD at the Institut Pasteur
What type of contract is available for your PhD at the Institut Pasteur?
The doctoral school competition. Each doctoral school affiliated with a partner university (UPCité, Sorbonne University, Paris Sciences et Lettres University, Paris-Saclay University, etc.) organizes a competition for ministerial funding. Please contact your future host research entity to prepare for the annual selection process of the doctoral school to which it is attached.
Thesis project funded by a host research entity. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur with funding from the EU, the French National Research Agency (ANR), industry, or other sources may host doctoral students. Contact your future host research entity to find out if it has such funding.
The Pasteur-Paris University (PPU), an international program of the Institut Pasteur. Winners of the annual PPU competition benefit from a specific three-year training program funded by the Institut Pasteur.
The MD-PhD Program. This program offers medical students and physicians the opportunity to pursue a PhD in fundamental and applied research.
Doctoral theses sponsored by industry (CIFRE). Innovation projects that include a research component as part of a doctoral thesis may also give rise to funding with an industrial partner. Your future host laboratory must have an industrial partner in order to set up a CIFRE thesis project, which will take place in both establishments and be funded by the French ANRT scheme. Learn more.
Industry-supported PhD thesis (CIFRE). Some doctoral projects can be developed in partnership with industry and are then funded by the French ANRT program.
Partnership between the graduate school and the University. Active programs with partner universities can also be a source of funding for PhD theses. For example, the One-Health-Emerging Infectious diseases Graduate School and the Antimicrobial Resistance Graduate School from UPCité partner University.
Partnerships with graduate schools. Specific programs such as the One-Health-Emerging Infectious diseases Graduate School and the Antimicrobial Resistance Graduate School offer PhD funding.
Continuing-education pathway to a doctorate. Any employee with a Bac+5 qualification (Master’s-level degree) can also enroll in a PhD program.
Please contact the Doctoral Student Office for more information.
Affiliations with doctoral schools
All doctoral students are registered with the doctoral school affiliated with their thesis supervisor. Below is a list of the main doctoral schools to which researchers at the Pasteur Institute are affiliated:
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