Promoting the SPI Doctorate
with Young People and Businesses
in France and internationally
Reference points
Focus: pursuing a PhD
Focus on Doctorate
REDOC SPI Publications and Events
In thesis (page 20)
5.6% of engineers
2024: 6.3%
2023: 5.5%
2022: 6.2%
2021: 6.3%
2020: 6.2%
Average 2020-2024
6.1%
IESF
Society of Engineers
and Scientists of France
THE IESF NATIONAL SURVEY
the engineers' overview
For 60 years, IESF has conducted its major national survey through the Observatory of Engineers and Scientists. The primary objective is to map and understand the engineers and scientists of France, whether active or not, in order to provide an annotated statistical summary.
Arts & Crafts Think Tank
Report on the Engineer-Doctor
In France, the Grandes Écoles engineering schools enjoy a reputation unmatched in other countries, where engineers are trained at universities and the most sought-after qualification is a PhD. This creates a distorted image of French engineers with doctorates. Only 6% of engineers pursue doctoral studies. Misconceptions abound regarding their employability and recognition, as the position of engineers from the Grandes Écoles has become the pinnacle of the profession.
The report, co-led by Rémi Bastien and Michael Pereira, dismantles prejudices and highlights what a doctorate brings to engineers.
He concludes with the conviction that the engineer-doctor is a profile of the future, both for research and industry, a profile that needs to be promoted. To this end, he offers recommendations addressed to engineering schools, the public research community, and businesses alike.
The engineer-doctor: a profile for the future in research and industry - Summary.pdf
The engineer-doctor: a profile for the future in research and industry - Report.pdf
The Lazarus/Pommier report was presented at the national doctoral day and the priorities identified by the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry and of Higher Education and Research were communicated to the community on this occasion.
For the Minister of the Economy, the three priorities to be implemented are to propose the creation of a European Doctoral Day, to develop a network of ambassadors to give visibility to PhD holders and the richness of their contribution to society, and to consider the implementation of a "doctoral intensity index" in companies to give visibility and allow monitoring of the impact of the presence of PhD holders – in the long term this could be one of the indicators for the awarding of the CIR.
On the side of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the three priorities are to create a national platform for doctoral studies, to develop the number of engineers engaging in doctoral research and to involve representatives of the sectors in which doctoral graduates work in the management of doctoral training.
The report is available on the website of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research .
REDOC SPI
Webinar 03/14/2024
“Engineers, dare to get a doctorate”
Replay on Youtube
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All schools publish a LinkedIn page which automatically links them to the LinkedIn profiles of alumni, mentioning having completed one or more studies at the school.
We are studying a panel of 120 schools which together link to 1.1 million profiles, including 60,000 PhD profiles.
We offer Readers navigations that allow them to quickly discover the diversity of Alumni career paths and the variety of their employers.
We show the Reader how to easily build LinkedIn queries for the School of their choice.
Project currently under discussion
in partnership with PhDOOC
Co-construction of an optional module dedicated to PhD engineers on the MOOC.
Also contact IESF
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PhDOOC Presentation