Careers

What kind of job can you get with a PhD from STEP’UP? Our graduates can find work in various sectors including: research and teaching positions at French universities and abroad, research posts in  scientific organisations, or in companies involved in geophysics and the environment, or jobs in areas such as risk assessment and insurance, the space industry, statistical and market analysis, big data, image processing, IT and banking sectors, etc.

Below are some statistics:

  • Employability of PhD graduates 2015-2019 (196 graduates) : graphs by Pascale Besson
  • Employability of PhD graduates 6-12 months after the thesis (defended in 2015-2016, 102 graduates): graph
  • Employability of PhD graduates 5 years after the thesis (defended in 2011-2013, 150 graduates): graph , table
  • Employability of PhD graduates 5 years after the thesis (defended in 2011, 76 graduates): PU graph, TE graph

 

Since 6 March 2019, the PhD has been registered in the National Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP) : here is official notice of registration [in French only].

 

Translation carried out by the Masters 2 ILTS team