Gap Year

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The gap year is a suspension of your thesis work while remaining registered.

It is part of a project that is incompatible with the normal pursuit of doctoral studies for a maximum of one year and can take one of the following forms:
- Training in a field other than that of the course in which the PhD student is enrolled
- Work experience in France or abroad
- A civic service commitment in France or abroad, which may take the form of an international solidarity volunteer scheme, an international administrative or corporate volunteer scheme or a European voluntary service scheme.
- A project to set up a business as a student-entrepreneur.

The PhD committee must also be organised before the gap year.
If you wish to take a gap year, you must apply before 15 June for a gap year starting on 1 September. Before 15 October for all other requests.
During a gap year, the doctoral student remains registered and must pay reduced registration fees (for information: €253 in 2023/2024).
Hesitation students enrolled in initial training at a higher education institution are subject to payment of the CVEC (see circular n°2019-030 of 10 April 2019).
 

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Published on  September 1, 2023
Updated on October 10, 2023