Paris Doctoral Programme

Educate and train future top international researchers - ambassadors of ESCP research excellence, future peers and collaborators in research.

Join our unique programme in the vibrant city of Paris and become part of our dynamic PhD students’ community!

Doing a PhD is a great intellectual and personal journey. It is the foundational step of a stimulating professional trajectory. We have developed a four-year programme that is demanding but helps each student to reach international standards of research quality. Our Ph.D programme offers a great environment where our PhD students are provided not only with the indispensable academic and financial guidance but also with social and moral support. This supportive environment is a cornerstone for their academic fulfilment.

Our distinctive objective is to strive for academic excellence and at the same time produce “relevant” and impact-oriented knowledge for society and organisations.

Prof. Valentina Carbone, Dean, Ph.D. Programme , ESCP

Prof. Valentina Carbone
Dean, PhD Programme

Logo of the State-controlled programme label awarded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (“Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche”): “Diplôme national de Doctorat contrôlé par l'État ”

Our programme values

Knowledge Diversity

Doing the PhD programme gives an opportunity to invest in one of the five specialisation tracks. The students will explore several methodological perspectives. In addition, we also foster transversal initiatives across knowledge fields and methodologies. We value exchanges with PhD students from our Berlin campus and we actively support international exposure of research activities.

Research Collaboration

If research is sometimes considered as an individual, even solitary, activity, at ESCP the students will be part of a research community encompassing our six European campuses. During your four-year curriculum, PhD students will benefit from close supervision in departments and will learn through co-writing with the faculty staff. Your success is our success, and vice versa.

Professional Ambition

Doing the ESCP programme gives the opportunity to open new and ambitious professional horizons. Whatever the post doctorate objectives - joining the academic or the business research world-, we support ambitions to go “one step further”. Joining a top university research team; boosting the R&D activities of a cutting-edge organisation.

Key facts


Supervisors

47

Professors habilitated to supervise Doctoral Research

Key Performance Indicators

101

Defences since the launch of the programme in 2003

Number of enrolled students

63

Students

International

16

Nationalities

How to apply

Applications

Admission Calendar for September 2025 Intake

  • Opening of application platform
    17 January 2025
  • 1st round
    - Deadline for submitting applications:
    23 February 2025
    - Interview dates with the admission committee:
    14, 17 & 20 March 2025
  • 2nd round
    - Deadline for submitting applications:
    27 April 2025
    - Interview dates with the admission committee:
    13, 15 & 16 May 2025

Partner

Ecole doctorale de Management Panthéon Sorbonne

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