Inscription en thèse

How to enrol in a dissertation

Update : 11/04/2024

Admission is accorded by the Director General of L'Institut Agro Montpellier on the basis of a proposal by the PhD school’s director after consultations with the thesis supervisor and the director of the research unit.


Registration is compulsory each year. This takes place from 1 July to 15 December. If you are doing a jointly supervised dissertation, you will have to register in both institutions each year, but you will only pay registration fees in one.

L'Institut Agro Montpellier can only enrol or re-enrol you after consulting your PhD school. If you are defending your dissertation between September 1 and December 20, you must re-enrol, be up-to-date with your social security contributions and provide proof of civil liability coverage during your presence in the laboratory.

1st year - Holder of a European Master's Degree

You obtained a master's degree or the equivalent within the past 4 years.

  1. Create an account on the l’ADUM website
  2. Print your registration application after validating the information entered.
  3. Obtain the signature and validation of the application from the PhD school.
     Make an appointment with your PhD school in order to submit your application:
    - GAIA: Cendrine Jay-Allemand
    - EDEG: Sabine de Béchevel
  4. Following acceptance of your application by the PhD school, validate your registration at L'Institut Agro Montpellier by making an appointment with the Office of Doctoral Studies between 15th of July to end of March.
    Contact: Elisabeth.bozsonyik@supagro.fr

Mandatory documents

• Dissertation charter
• Registration authorization
• ADUM certificate
• Copy of a Master's degree or equivalent
• Proof of funding for your dissertation
• Proof of civil liability coverage
• A photo ID (for your student card)
• Means of paying your registration fees (€391 excluding social security)

PhD students with a doctoral contract managed by the institution must register with Montpellier SupAgro before September 30th.

1st year – Non-holders of a European Master’s Degree

You have not obtained a master's degree or the equivalent within the past 4 years: you must submit a waiver request to the PhD school.

Based on the recommendation of the PhD school, your application will be examined by Montpellier SupAgro and a decision will be sent to you by e-mail.

If the response is positive, you can start the registration process:

  1. Create an account on the l’ADUM website
  2. Print your registration application after validating the information entered.
  3. Obtain the signature and validation of the application from the PhD school.
     Make an appointment with your PhD school in order to submit your application:
    - GAIA: Cendrine Jay-Allemand
    - EDEG: Sabine de Béchevel
  4. Following acceptance of your application by the PhD school, validate your registration at L'Institut Agro Montpellier by making an appointment with the Office of Doctoral Studies between 15th of July to end of March.
    Contact: Elisabeth.bozsonyik@supagro.fr

Mandatory documents

• Dissertation charter
• Registration authorization
• ADUM certificate
• Copy of a Master’s degree or equivalent
• Proof of funding for your dissertation
• Proof of civil liability coverage
• A photo ID (for your student card)
• Means of paying your registration fees (€391 excluding social security)

2nd and 3rd years

Contact your PhD school to know the re-registration conditions (dissertation committee...), then:

  1. Create an account on the ADUM website and print your registration application after validating the information entered:
    - authorization of registration
    - ADUM registration certificate
  2. Obtain the signature and validation of the application from the PhD school.
     Make an appointment with your PhD school in order to submit your application:
    - GAIA: Cendrine Jay-Allemand
    - EDEG: Sabine de Béchevel
  3. Following acceptance of your application by the PhD school, validate your registration at L'Institut Agro Montpellier by making an appointment with the Office of Doctoral Studies between 1 September and 15 December.
    Contact: Elisabeth.bozsonyik@supagro.fr

Mandatory documents

• Re-registration authorisation
• ADUM certificate
• Proof of civil liability coverage
• Means of paying your registration fees (€391 excluding social security).

4th year

You must file a waiver request for registration in the 4th year with your PhD school.

  1. Update your account on the ADUM website and print your registration application after validating the information entered:
    - authorization of registration
    - ADUM registration certificate
  2. Make an appointment with your PhD school to submit your registration (deadline 20 November).
  3. Following acceptance of your application by the PhD school, validate your registration at L'Institut Agro Montpellier by making an appointment with the Office of Doctoral Studies.
    Contact: Elisabeth.bozsonyik@supagro.fr

Mandatory documents

• Report of your last dissertation committee (less than 3 months before the waiver request)
• Written request for a waiver for a 4th year providing the reasons
• Letter from your dissertation supervisor, including the proposed timetable for the work and mentioning the proposed dissertation defence date
• List of your publications
• List of modules taken
• Proof of your dissertation funding for the additional term.

After acceptance of your application by the PhD school:

• Re-registration authorisation
• Proof of civil liability coverage
• Means of paying your registration fees (€391 excluding social security).

Contacts

L'Institut Agro Montpellier
2 place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier - France
Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00 Tél. : +33 (0)4 99 61 22 00
Fax : +33 (0)4 99 61 29 00
contact@supagro.fr

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