Introduction to research - PhD program

ENSEIRB-MATMECA offers an "ingénieur-docteur" course for engineering students who wish to become involved in scientific research and its applications, in order to encourage R&D vocations and facilitate the understanding of doctoral studies (pursuit of a doctoral thesis). The aim of the "ingénieur-docteur" course is to promote and enhance the value of research among engineering students, and to demonstrate the importance of research and the need to develop high-level scientific expertise.

The "Initiation to research" module is part of the "engineer-doctor" course. It aims to develop bibliographical skills through the reading of a scientific article (conference, journal, book chapter, etc.) under the supervision of a researcher, the production of a bibliographical synthesis and an oral presentation of this.

Research articles are written in English. A good understanding of written English is required.

• beginning of semester: choice of an article from a list proposed by researchers in the laboratory concerned
• throughout the semester:
  • reading and understanding of the article, supervised by the researcher who proposed the selected article.
  • seminar participation: partial presentations of articles and discussions with other students taking the course, and the teacher in charge.
• end of semester: written summary (4-5 pages) and oral presentation