Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The network of the European Doctoral School on CSDP consists of:
- Academic institutions of the European Union accredited to offer doctoral diploma (hereafter 'accredited institutions')
- Research, education and training institutions of European Union Member States not accredited to offer doctoral diploma but which have relevant CSDP expertise and are members of the European Security and Defence College network (hereafter 'non-accredited institutions');
- European Union agencies and bodies that are active in CSDP (hereafter 'nonaccredited institutions');
- The European Security and Defence College (ESDC).
Only accredited institutions can be designated as 'leading institutions' for supervising candidates' PhD research and award doctoral degrees.
Associate membership can be granted to entities that actively contribute to achieving the objectives of the European Doctoral School on CSDP.
Institutions may apply to become a member of the Doctoral School network by transmitting its application together with information on its expertise on CSDP to the ESDC Secretariat (send to: esdc-docschool@eeas.europa.eu).
The Working Group of the European Doctoral School on CSDP examines the applications presented by the ESDC Secretariat and approves membership by consensus.
Once your participation to the network has been approved by the Working Group, you will receive a link to the database in order to register the Institution and the key Points of Contract.
In the case where you would wish to update the already register information you are requested to get in touch with the Doctoral School's Training Manager, Dr.Georgicã Panfil at: georgica.panfil@eeas.europa.eu
Once the Institution's participation to the network has been approved by the Working Group, you will receive a link to the mentor's and supervisors database in order to register their fields of expertise and their contact details.
In the case where you would wish to update the already register information you are requested to get in touch with the Doctoral School's Training Manager, Dr.Georgicã Panfil at: georgica.panfil@eeas.europa.eu
Candidates for the CSDP Doctoral School programme are eligible if they:
- Are enrolled PhD students of a CSDP Doctoral School’s accredited member institution or have received confirmation of the acceptance by one or more of the CSDP Doctoral School’s accredited member institutions, according to their regulations, to act as leading institution(s) for the doctorate and have paid any fees required under the rules and procedures of those institution(s) or under the inter-institutional agreement in force between them;
- Have completed a scientific higher education degree worth at least 300 ECTS or gained professional experience in a relevant topic, which is recognised as equivalent to this level of degree within the European Higher Education Area;
- Can produce evidence that they master English to level CEFRL C1;
- Fulfilling the conditions for 'EU Confidential' security clearance is an asset
When the CSDP PhD Fellow has completed his obligations in the framework of the European Doctoral School on CSDP and that the leading institution has authorised the CSDP PhD Fellow to defend his or her thesis, the supervisor(s) inform the members of the Working Group of the decision and the details of the organisation of the defence. The Working Group takes note of the defence.
The defence of the thesis shall take place either at one of the leading institutions or, if so agreed by the PhD committee, at one of the non-leading institutions or in Brussels.
Special arrangements shall then be made for hosting the audience as needed and permit the presence of the PhD supervisors. The defence is public and takes place in English or French, virtually or physically, in accordance with the internal regulations of the leading institutions.
After the defence, the candidate shall submit his or her thesis in English or French to the European Strategy PhD competition organised by Egmont, the European Union Institute for Security Studies and the ESDC.
All PhD fellows are entitled to participate to training courses provided either by the ESDC or by the Doctoral School's network members.
These offers can be found below:
- ESDC courses can be accessed from here. Should you wish to participate to any of the ESDC courses, email your requests to esdc-docschool@eeas.europa.eu
- Offers provided by our network members can be found in the below table
The ESDC Secretariat will provide details about the registration and access information together with the invitation and agenda of the meeting.
The above information is only sent to the registered members of the Doctoral School, as reflected in the respective database.
The participation to the plenary meetings of the Working Group, if organized on two days, is eligible to ERASMUS + funding for the accredited institutions’ representatives.
Please address your request for a participation certificate to Dr.Georgicã Panfil at: georgica.panfil@eeas.europa.eu
- Go to our ILIAS LMS at https://esdc.adlunap.ro
- Click on 'LOGIN' in the top-right corner of your screen
- If you are visiting the site for the first time, click on Login via EULOGIN and create a new account ; otherwise, please enter the point of contact’s existing email and password to login to EU login.
- Complete (or update) the point of contact’s personal data
- Go to REPOSITORY
- Search for CSDP European Doctoral School (CSDP DocSch) folder
- Click in the right edge on "JOIN" to request access to the folder; complete the reasons and the point of contact’s name and institution/university
- The ESDC training manager will check the point of contact’s name on the CSDP Doctoral School list and will grant access to the restricted folder
- At the bottom of the login page you will also find a 3' video tutorial on how to go through the registration procedure
If you are an official and registered Doctoral School Insititution representative you can submit a request to Dr.Georgicã Panfil at: georgica.panfil@eeas.europa.eu and he will provide you access to the respective page.
The specific page can only be used for the publication of activities/events relating to the Doctoral School or research performed in the field of CFSP & CSDP
You can download the European Doctoral School's Internal Procedures document from here