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Submitting your thesis

Before the defense

2 months before the defense, you must send via FileSender using the form "Services - Submitting your thesis" :

  • Your thesis file in PDF (version 1.4 minimum), which you can test on the CINES
  • A Word or LibreOffice document including the titles, abstracts (4000 characters maximum, including spaces) and keywords of your thesis, all in French and English

Once this deposit has been made, you must sign Certificate of Submission Before Defense  and send it to Françoise Leynaud (site Écully) ou à Clara Gioiak (ENISE site).

After the defense

Within a maximum of 3 months after the defense, even in case of confidentiality clause, you must send via FileSender using the form "Services - Submitting your thesis" the definitive version of your thesis file in PDF (version 1.4 minimum).

This will include any corrections requested by the jury, and must include on the title page the national thesis number and the name of the jury president.

You must also provide the following documents to the school:

Dissemination of the thesis

At the time of submission, you must indicate in the authorization form the distribution methods you wish:

  • either immediate distribution of your thesis on the Internet,
  • or a dissemination on internet from the date of your choice (during the embargo period, your thesis will be in restricted access under authentication for members of the French academic community)
  • either a refusal to distribute on the internet, in which case your thesis will be in restricted access under authentication for members of the French university community.

If the thesis has been declared confidential by the jury, you must also indicate in the form your choices for distribution once the confidentiality period has passed.

If you choose to distribute your thesis on the internet, it will be accessible on the following sites: