A' BRILLARD Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques University of HauteAlsace

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A. BRILLARDDean of theFaculty of Sciences and
TechniquesUniversity of Haute-Alsace

• Riga - June 2004

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Mulhouse
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Map of Alsace
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ORGANISATION OF THE FRENCH DOCTORAL STUDIES
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ORGANISATION (current)

Bac8
possible national granting
PhD
Bac7
Bac6
3rd cycle DEA

Bac5
Selection
Bac4
2nd cycle Maîtrise
Bac3
No selection
Bac2
1st cycle DEUG
Bac1
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ORGANISATION (forthcoming)

Bac8
possible national granting
PhD
Bac7
Bac6
Bac5
Master
Selection
Bac4
Bac3
Licence
No selection
Bac2
Bac1
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STEPS FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF NEW TEACHERS FOR
UNIVERSITIES
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RECRUITING IN THE FRENCH UNIVERSITIES

• Two categories of permanent teachers
• Maître de conférences
• Professeur des Universités

(Other categories of non-permanent positions
moniteurs (for PhD students), vacations,
positions for professionals,)
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STEPS FOR RECRUITMENT

• 1. PREPARATION OF A PhD DEFENCE
• OR OF THE HABILITATION DEFENCE
• 2. QUALIFICATION
• By the National Council for Universities
• 3. CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES
• 4. NOMINATION BY THE MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION.

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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION (1)

• Alternance between local and national decisions
  or propositions for recruitment.
• Same treatment for the different candidates on a
  position.
• Presence of scientific experts from other
  universities.

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CONCLUSION (2)

• Length of the procedure.
• Possibility to write an exclusive profile of the
  position.
• Cost of the procedure.

No optimal procedure
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END QUESTIONS
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MAITRE DE CONFERENCES (1)

• Two classes starting at normal class, then
  possibly growing at "hors" class.
• Progression within the classes through levels
• - 9 levels in the normal class
• - 6 levels in the "hors" class.

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MAITRE DE CONFERENCES (2)

• Salary between 1657 euros/month to 2999
  euros/month (or to 3519 euros/month) (net
  salary).
• Annual quantity of work 192h equivalent TD
  (exercises).
• Mainly teaching TD (exercises) or TP
  (experiences).

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PROFESSEUR DES UNIVERSITES (1)

• Three classes starting at second class, then
  growing through selection at first class, then
  possibly growing at exceptional class
• - 6 levels in the second class
• - 3 levels in the first class
• - 2 levels in the exceptional class.

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PROFESSEUR DES UNIVERSITES (2)

• Salary between 2403 euros/month to 4254
  euros/month (or to 4825 euros/month) (net
  salary).
• Annual service 192h equivalent TD, mainly
  ensuring lectures.
• (1 hour lecture 1,5 hour exercise
• 1 hour exercise 1,5 hour experience).

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (1)

• Currently 1 year DEA 3 years PhD (forthcoming
  Master Research PhD).
• DEA
• selection by a local committee of teachers
• academic formation (100-150 h lectures) memoir
  on a research subject

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (2)

• DEA
• possibility of getting national granting
• validation according to the results both in the
  academic formation and in the memoir (written and
  oral parts).

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (3)

• PhD
• selection by the supervisor
• authorisation by the Doctoral School and by the
  Scientific Council of the University (specially
  for non DEA or foreigners)
• possibility to get national, regional or private
  granting for the three years

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (4)

• PhD
• 3 years preparation (administrative matriculation
  each year)
• obligation to participate to conferences
  organised by the Doctoral School (disciplinary,
  preparation to get positions, preparation to
  conferences, ).

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (5)

• PhD
• Some of the students have the possibility to get
  extra money as "moniteurs", to teach (64 h each
  year, mainly in the first two years) and to be
  prepared for the future teaching activity
  (obligatory sessions in the Center for Initiative
  in Higher Education (CIES)).

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (6)

• Forthcoming
• 2 years Master Research (about 500 (M1) 200
  hours (M2) academics memoir on a research topic
  (M2))
• 3 years preparation of a PhD.
• Selection ?

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ORGANISATION OF THE DOCTORAL STUDIES (7)

• HABILITATION
• Supervisor authorisation by the Scientific
  Council (validity, committee) (one
  matriculation).
• Memoir gathering the research and teaching
  activities and proving the ability to supervise
  and to teach as a professeur des universités.

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DEFENCE
PhD Bac 8 (3 years after Master Research)
Habilitation About three years minimum after the
PhD Proposition of a committee by the supervisor
and validation by the Scientific Council in the
University. Convocation of the committee by the
President of the University.
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QUALIFICATION (1)
The National Council for Universities is
organised in 57 sections 01 private law and
criminal sciences 26 applied mathematics and
applications of mathematics 60 mechanics,
mechanical engineering, civil engineering 71
information and communication sciences
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QUALIFICATION (2)
In each section, the National Council for
Universities is composed of elected members and
of designated members (by the Minister), in two
colleges Maîtres de Conférences or Professeurs
des Universités. Its main missions are to
qualify and to promote the teachers. IMPORTANT
Qualification is valid for 4 years and in EVERY
section.
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QUALIFICATION (3)
Every year, the National Council publishes a
report of its global activity. In 2003 Number
of candidates to qualification 14775 for MCF
and 3420 for PR Number of qualifications 8478
MCF (57,4) and 2021 PR (59,1)
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QUALIFICATION (4)
In 2003, variations of the percentage of
qualifications MCF 22,7 in section 10
(compared literature) to 89 in section 29
(physics of elementary constituents). PR 22,9
in section 74 (sports) to 88 in section 39
(physics-chemistry and pharmacological
engineering). RATIO QUALIFIED/POSITION EQUAL TO
3,73 IN 2003 (increasing)
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QUALIFICATION (5)
Example 1 26th section CNU - 2003 1)
QUALIFICATION (Maître de Conférences) Number of
candidates 470 (355 in 2002, 354 in 2001, 456
in 2000) Number of expertises 391 Number of
qualifications 233 (59,5 )
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QUALIFICATION (6)
QUALIFICATION (Maître de Conférences 26)
(continued) Criteria for qualification Research
themes not so far from applied maths ability to
teach in the first years of scientific studies
scientific research activity (not only use of
old methods or algorithms, but improvements or
developments).
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QUALIFICATION (7)
2) QUALIFICATION (Professeur 26) Number of
candidates 163 (111 in 2002, 99 in 2001, 142 in
2000) Number of expertises 151 Number of
qualifications 109 (72 )
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QUALIFICATION (8)
QUALIFICATION (Professeur 26) (continued) Criteri
a for qualification Research themes not so far
from applied maths ability to supervise PhD
students in applied mathematics.
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QUALIFICATION (9)
3) PROMOTION (Maître de Conférences 26) Two ways
local and national Promotions to the
exceptional class 10 promoted locally and 13
nationally (over 113 candidates).
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QUALIFICATION (10)
4) PROMOTION (Professeur 26) Two ways local
and national Promotion to the first class 11
promoted locally and 16 nationally (over 179
candidates) Promotion to the exceptional class
10 promoted locally (CE1CE2) and 64 nationally
(over 8217 candidates).
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QUALIFICATION (11)
Example 2 Section 12 (German and Scandinavian
languages and literature) 1) QUALIFICATION
(Maître de Conférences) Number of expertises
62 Number of qualifications 34 (54,8 ) 2)
QUALIFICATION (Professeur) Number of expertises
22 Number of qualifications 14 (63,6 )
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (1)
Every year, lists of free positions and expected
creations established byuniversities. After
negotiations with the Ministry (in link with the
total budget), national lists, by level, by
section CNU, by university are published. Most of
the published positions precise a profile both
for teaching expected levels and for research
expected topics. In the universities, Specialists
Committees are created (for four years).
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (2)
Each Specialists Committee gathers Maîtres de
Conférences and Professeurs des Universités,
belonging to the university AND from other
universities. The total number of members and the
proportions are fixed by law. Professeurs des
Universités discuss on Maîtres de Conférences and
Professeurs des Universités. Maîtres de
Conférences only discuss on Maîtres de
Conférences.
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (3)
The Specialists Committee first examines the
candidates through mutation if any. If a
candidate through mutation is accepted then the
concourse is ended. Otherwise, or if no
candidate through mutation, the other candidates
are examined.
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (4)
The Specialists Committee first examine the
"light" written presentations of the candidates
which have been accepted before by the
administration on a legal level (validity). Two
members of this Specialists Committee write a
report on every candidate (compatibility between
the expected profile and that of the candidate).
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (5)
The Specialists Committee builds for every
position a list of candidates which are allowed
to present orally they profile (less than 5 for
every position). The oral presentations are
about of 15 mn length for every candidate and
must precise the compatibility between the
position and the profile of the candidate.
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (6)
The Specialists Committees finally build a
classified list of at most 3 candidates for every
position. Every candidate which has been
selected on at least one list has to classify his
wishes on an application by the Ministry. A
software then determines the "best" affectation
of every candidate on every position.
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CONCOURSES IN THE UNIVERSITIES (7)
Special cases of law, political sciences,
economics and management the Professeurs des
Universités must also obtain the Agrégation in
their discipline. Special recruitment of Maîtres
de Conférences to Professeurs des Universités for
"old" MCF (more than 10 years activity) or for
professionals, members of the CNRS, (more than
6 years activity).
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NOMINATION BY THE MINISTRY (1)
As soon as the software has finished, the
candidates are affected by the french Ministry to
the corresponding university. The "young" Maître
de Conférences is affected as a non permanent
teacher (for one year). Then the Specialists
Committee discusses its situation and validates
or not the transformation to a permanent position.
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NOMINATION BY THE MINISTRY (2)
In 2003 Number of positions 3814 (2406 MCF
1408 PR) Number of positions occupied through
mutation, detachment, recruitment 3363 (2305
MCF 1058 PR) Number of positions occupied by
recruitment 3202 (2176 MCF 1026 PR)
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NOMINATION BY THE MINISTRY (3)
In 2003 The proportion of positions occupied
through mutation is about 12,1. The proportion
of positions occupied through detachment is less
than 0,5. Paris and its region is attractive
(31 of the total number of mutations).
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NOMINATION BY THE MINISTRY (4)
In 2003 , the reasons for which positions are not
occupied are 0 candidate (17,5) change of
the wishes of the candidates (22,9) decision
of the Administration Council or of the head of
the institute (49,5).
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SOME NUMBERS
Numbers of students in France 2,2 millions
students Total budget 17 milliards Mean cost
of a student per year 8680 6850 for a
student in a general formation 9100 in a DUT
(two years prof. Studies) 10860 in a STS (other
two years prof. Studies)