Figures

The PSIME ED recruits an average of 110 PhD students per year: around 50 in Caen, 45 in Rouen, and 15 in Le Havre.

There are currently 340 doctoral students enrolled at PSIME, with a total of 251 potential thesis supervisors

(HDR: Habilité à Diriger des Recherches, the highest degree in the French university system).

♦ The average duration of theses is currently 42 months (SIREDO 2022)

♦ The breakdown across the major disciplines (2021-2023) is as follows:

• 46% in Engineering Sciences
• 32% in Physics
• 19%  in Chemistry
• 3% in Earth Sciences

♦ One-third of PSIME doctoral students obtained their Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Normandy, one-third in other regions of France, and one-third abroad