PhD steps

Summary of the administrative steps of the PhD:

• Prepare and submit an application for admission or pre-admission to the CDD, using the application available since August 2016.

  • Foreign students requiring a visa to come to Belgium can apply for a pre-admission (temporary). They will submit their application for admission once they have arrived in Belgium. O
  • ALL foreign students or those without a diploma from the French Community of Belgium must fill in the on-line form of admission to the University at the bottom of the page of the Inscriptions Service (SIC)

If the candidate is accepted, the CDD sends him/her a letter of (pre-) admission to his/her Promoter. With this letter, register with the University at SIC.  Renew yearly this university registration with SIC.

Submit regularly to the CDD a request to account for the doctoral training activities carried out, by filling in the ad hoc form (for doctoral students enrolled in the doctorate before September 2017) or via the application (for PhD students enrolled after September 2017) and appending evidence of participation. The specific provisions contain precise information on this subject.

At the latest 24 months after admission, present the confirmation test and submit the ad hoc form (for PhD students enrolled in the doctorate before September 2017) or via the application (for PhD students enrolled after September 2017) to the CDD.

At the end of the thesis, propose a final jury to the CDD. See information on page : click here.

Organize the private defense test and then the public defense.