Reception programmes and doctoral student associations

The Euraxess France centres provide free and personalised nearby assistance for researchers and their families who are moving to France. They work in conjunction with the administrative services of the city to which you are moving in order to make the procedures easier for you.

Nearly 60,000 researchers from over 130 different countries have already benefited from the services of the Euraxess network, regardless of their field of study.

Present in most establishments, there are many doctoral student associations. Associated with a field of research, doctoral school or laboratory, they let doctoral students break the solitude of research work.

These associations bring young researchers together with sport and cultural activities in order to encourage mutual support and the sharing of experience. They also highlight the research done by doctoral students by publishing blogs on which the young researchers can publish articles or videos of their work.

Here are a few examples of active and dynamic doctoral student associations:
 

• Redoc ParisEst, the network of doctoral students and doctors for the University of ParisEst;
• DocUp, the association of doctoral students for the University of Paris-Sorbonne;
• Doct’Auvergne, the association of doctoral students and young doctors in Auvergne;
• Dopamines, the association of doctoral students for the Ecole des Mines ParisTech.