The aim of cross-disciplinary training is to help future PhDs prepare for their entry into the professional world and to help PhD candidates participate in the daily life of research within their institutions.
- Any cross-disciplinary training course in the University of Lyon catalog (see the University of Lyon training catalog);
- Training lasting more than 6 hours, at the engineering level, on a topic related to the thesis work (for example, provided as part of continuing education);
- Administrative activity: completing one of the activities listed below allows for the validation of 10 non-cumulative hours (i.e., if several activities are completed, only 10 hours will be validated);
- Representation on a Laboratory Council, an Institutional Scientific Council, or the Council of the EEA Doctoral School of Lyon for at least 2 years;
- Member of Conference Organizing Committees;
- All activities are subject to approval by the EEA Doctoral School.
- At least one ethics training course must be completed during the 36 months of the doctoral program (see the University of Lyon course catalog).
The minimum duration is 20 hours.
For international PhD students who are not native French speakers: French language training (FLE - French as a Foreign Language). This language-based accommodation depends on the results of a French proficiency test administered by language teachers from one of the three EEA Doctoral Schools. The EEA Doctoral School grants a language-based accommodation if the test result is below B2. In this case, the PhD student is required to take at least 100 hours of French as a Foreign Language instruction. Following this instruction, the PhD student will take a French language proficiency test. The French language training will be validated if the result is B2 or higher. For this, the PhD student will provide the secretary of the ED EEA with a certificate of level as well as a document justifying that he has completed at least 100 hours of training in FLE.