Nathalie Bourgougnon Vice-President of International Doctoral College

PRES (Pôle de Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur) a state-designated Research and Higher Education Area

An ‘Établissment Public de Coopération Scientifique’ (EPCS - Public Scientific Cooperation Institution)

A regional area with an international mission “successful regional education authority area” “region of knowledge” within European cooperation in research and higher education

More than 70,000 students 46,000 undergraduates 22,000 Masters students 2,700 doctoral students More than 6,000 professionals at the service of higher education and research 3,600 university teachers who also carry out research 2,500 administrative and technical employees A total budget of € 213 million

UEB integrates 21 universities, ‘grandes écoles’ (competitive entrance higher education institutions), hospitals, and research organisations.

Founding establishments Université de Bretagne Occidentale President: Pascal Olivard Université de Bretagne Sud Président: Eric Martin Université de Rennes 1 President: Bertrand Fortin Université de Rennes 2 President: Marc Gontard Agrocampus Rennes Director: Grégoire Thomas ENSCR École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes Director: Daniel Plusquellec ENS de Cachan – École Normale Supérieure de Cachan Director: Patrice Quinton INSA Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes Director: Alain Jigorel TELECOM Bretagne Director: André Chomette

Centre régional de la lutte contre le cancer Eugène Marquis CHU de Brest, Centre Hospitalier de Brest CHU de Rennes, Centre Hospitalier de Rennes Écoles de Saint-Cyr – Coëtquidan École Navale ENIB, École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Brest ENSAI, École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Analyse de l’Information ENSIETA, École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs des Études et Techniques d’Armement EHESP, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique IEP de Rennes, Institut d’Études Politiques de Rennes SUPÉLEC, École Supérieure d’Électricité Université de Paris 6 – Station biologique de Roscoff

Bertrand Fortin President of UEB President of Université Rennes 1

Officers’ committee Administrative Council Scientific Committee Strategy Committee Personnel Committee

Principal missions 1.Observatories, monitoring, quality, Common signature of scientific production; 2.Development of research application and technology transfer; 3.Support for the development of scientific platforms for research and teaching sessions ; 4.Coordination of the activities of doctoral schools: International Doctoral College; 5.International promotion of the activities of UEB for research and the higher education.

International Doctoral College

Some 8 graduate schools welcome 2,700 doctoral students from all over the world doing research in a vast range of fields: Marine Sciences Health, Information, Communication, Materials, and Mathematics Mathematics, Telecommunications, Computer Sciences, Signal Processing, Electronics Materials Sciences Life, Agriculture, Health Sciences Human and Social Sciences Arts Literature Languages Human, Organization and Social Sciences

International Doctoral College share and coordinate international initiatives for doctoral training in Brittany; develop and reinforce international status of Universities and “Grandes Ecoles”; welcome foreign Ph D students; reinforce excellence of our graduates.

International Doctoral College share and coordinate international initiatives for doctoral training in Brittany; develop and reinforce international status of Universities and “Grandes Ecoles”; welcome foreign Ph D students; reinforce excellence of our graduates. Coordination of the doctoral activities harmonizing their practices and procedures; support of doctoral formations; follow-up of professional insertion of PhD students.

First out-going mobility grant program for doctoral students Call for Applications 2007 Research Grant – For International Mobility

Doctoriales franco-québécoises

French mobility grant: doctoral research projects Duration of grant: 3 to 5 months Value of grant: 1000 € per month. Travelling expenditures are covered by CDI Eligibility: The doctoral student will be accommodated in a French laboratory in Brittany. Research project must by jointly accepted by the doctoral foreign student’s main laboratory and by a French laboratory which will accept to undertake the academic supervision of the applicant. Application process:

French mobility grant Accommodation with French families Free French courses Cultural visits of the region Cultural events a warm welcome… …“qualité de vie"

Welcome to South Brittany !