Individual PhD Committee (CSI)

The decree of 26 August 2022 relating to doctoral studies stipulates that doctoral schools must set up an individual monitoring committee (CSI) to ensure that each doctoral student’s course of study runs smoothly. This must be done within six months of the student’s initial enrolment in the doctoral programme. The CSI must meet before enrolment in the second year and then before each new enrolment until the end of the doctoral programme.

The CSI of the ED MIIS is an individual support mechanism, which should not involve a significant workload for the doctoral student and their supervisor. With this in mind, the CSI is organised in the form of regular interviews with the doctoral student at least once a year. The purpose of these interviews is to assess and monitor the conditions of the student’s training and the progress of their research, to discuss the continuation of their thesis and career preparation, and to prevent any form of conflict, discrimination or harassment. The doctoral student may request additional meetings if necessary.

At the end of each interview, the CSI formulates comments and recommendations that are forwarded to the ED Office, the doctoral student, the thesis supervisor and the director of the doctoral student’s host laboratory.

If the CSI raises a significant issue, the ED MIIS office may appoint one of its members, or a third party, to monitor the rest of the thesis more closely, in consultation with the CSI.

The members of the CSI and the ED MIIS office undertake to respect the confidentiality of the information obtained during the interviews. A confidentiality agreement may be signed upon reasoned request by the doctoral student, their thesis supervisor, or the company associated with the preparation of a CIFRE thesis.

The CSI may be consulted at the request of the doctoral student, the thesis supervisor, the laboratory director, or one of the members of the ED office.