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Finding a supervisor

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To begin a PhD at UCLouvain, you must first find a supervisor who agrees to supervise your thesis

Who can supervise a doctoral thesis?

  • Tenured UCLouvain academic staff  
  • Permanent representatives of the F.R.S.-FNRS attached to UCLouvain (qualified researchers, research masters, research directors)
  • Members of the tenured scientific staff at UCLouvain

Note: The candidate may have several supervisors if the research theme justifies it. Each supervisor must meet the eligibility criteria to supervise a thesis.

Have you already found a supervisor?
In consultation with him/her, you can start the admission procedures for the doctorate.

You are still looking for a supervisor ?
You have several options :

  1. Consult the web pages of the research institutes:
 

Institute for the study of Civilisations, Arts and Letters (INCAL), which includes :

  • 11 Research centres
  • 24 Research groups

Institute for Language & Communication (IL&C), which includes :

  • 1 Research hub in linguistics
  • 1 Research hub in communication

Higher institue of Philosophy (ISP), which includes :

  • 7 Research centres

Religions, Spiritualities, Cultures, Societies Research Institute (RSCS), which includes :

  •  9 Research centres
  • 11 Research groups

Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies, which includes :

  • 13 Research centres
  • 3 Research groups

2. Consult the web sites of the Schools