Apply for a UPPA thesis offer
UPPA thesis offers available for consultation on the ADUM platform
To consult UPPA thesis offers published on the ADUM platform, select ‘Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour’ in the search by Institution, and/or ‘Sciences Exactes et leurs Applications (SEA)’ in the search by doctoral school. The application procedures are indicated in each offer.
UPPA specific calls for projects
Choral Cofund
The 2nd CALL for applications for the HORIZON 2020 MSCA-Cofund Choral programme is now open.
As part of the UNITA alliance, 14 excellent doctoral candidates will apply for the CHORAL programme on cultural heritage.
Coordinated by the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, CHORAL (Cultural Heritage Outreach in RomAnce Languages) is a Horizon Europe programme Marie Skłodowska Curie co-funded by the European Union. It is linked to the Cultural Heritage Hub, an international research network within the Unita alliance, which structures its research ecosystem to meet the challenges linked to culture.
CHORAL aims to train high-quality international PhDs and encourage the development of interdisciplinary, international and cross-sectoral research into all aspects of cultural heritage.
Successful candidates will complete a co-tutored thesis, which will require international mobility. CHORAL students will benefit from special events and a tailor-made doctoral training programme.
Applications are open until 15 January 2025, with 14 places for 25 research subjects at 7 universities in the UNITA alliance (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Università di Torino, Universidad de Zaragoza, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Universidad Pública de Navarra and Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov) for a fully-funded 3-year thesis, starting in autumn 2024.
Why do a thesis as part of the CHORAL programme?
- Benefit from high-quality training and research guaranteed by the expertise of the UNITA Alliance research laboratories within the cluster dedicated to cultural heritage.
- Work with partners who are international leaders in the field of cultural heritage.
- Benefit from dedicated support: from induction to professional integration.
- Play a part in the social, economic and cultural transformation of rural and cross-border mountain areas.
- Benefit from mobility and travel allowances and assistance with research costs.
https://research.univ-unita.eu/en/choral-project.html
Cross-border co-supervision
As part of its cross-border programme, UPPA is launching calls for projects to fund co-supervised theses, open to all disciplines, with the following universities:
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
- University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR).
- Public University of Navarre (UPNA).
The call will open in May 2025.
Doctoral Contract for the Disabled campaign
The aim of the MESRI's ‘Contrat doctoral Handicap’ campaign is to encourage students with disabilities to continue their studies at doctoral level by offering funding for contracts to people who have submitted a thesis project and are recognised as benefiting from the employment obligation.
The call will open in February 2025.
On specialised websites
You will find a large number of thesis offers, including those from UPPA, on :
- the PhD in France portal (Campus France)
- the Euraxess Jobs portal (Jobs and funding / Researcher / First Stage Researcher (R1))
- theABG portal