The PSIME DS recruits about 100 PhD students per year: about 45 in Caen and Rouen, and 10 in Le Havre.
There are currently about 340 doctoral students enrolled at PSIME, with a total of 251 potential thesis supervisors
(HDR: Habilité à Diriger des Recherches, the highest academic degree in the French universities).
♦ The average duration of doctorates is currently 42 months
♦ The breakdown across the major disciplines (2021-2023) is as follows:
♦ 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