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[CALL FOR APPLICATIONS] Join the Institut Pasteur in Paris as a PhD Student!

Applications are still ongoing for the international doctoral program (PPU) of the Institut Pasteur. Apply now to get the opportunity to do research alongside recognised scientists in a prestigious institution.

The Institut Pasteur in Paris has been organizing an international doctoral program (PPU) in collaboration with the Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université and the Université Paris-Saclay since 2009. Fully funded by this world-renowned French research institution, this 36 month-long program is destined to students with a non-French Master’s degree or equivalent degree in science, medicine or related fields. With 165 graduates since its creation, many of whom have been awarded prestigious international scientific prizes, the PPU program offers exceptional scientific training in the stimulating, dynamic and interactive research environment of the Institut Pasteur in Paris.



The goal of the program is to train promising young scientists in the Pasteurian tradition of disease prevention and treatment through research, teaching and contribution to public health.

Applications : from September 19th to November 2nd 2022

Invitation to the final selection on the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris : beginning of February 2023

Start of the PPU program : October 2023

Contact : Nathalie Pardigon, Dean of the PPU, phd@pasteur.fr

Learn more and apply here : https://www.pasteur.fr/en/education/ppu

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