Sorbonne Universities is composed of seven departments and faculties in science: chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, life sciences, earth sciences, environment and biodiversity.

With its 120 laboratories, its 3,900 doctoral students, its high-level master programmes and its undergraduate degrees suited to every student profile, Sorbonne University daily demonstrates that only training that is backed onto research and open to living knowledge leads to the jobs of tomorrow. To demonstrate the international opening of SU, 40 % of the PhD students do not present the French nationality and 7.5 % of the PhD students are co-supervised with an university abroad.

Available PhD positions

The PhD degree delivered is called ‘Physics and Chemistry of Materials’. Course work requirements are approximately 6ECTS during the three years of study including both professional insertion courses and academic courses. No formal examination is required for the course work.