Honoring Doctors honoris causa & PhD's (November 2021)
On November 20th, the 11th ceremony honouring Doctors Honoris Causa & PhD graduates was held at the University of Liège. Among those recognized were 216 Doctors and 11 Belgian and internationally renowned academics (one per Faculty), including 6 women and 5 men, in accordance with the gender parity policy for honorary degrees awarded by ULiège.
216 new PhD graduates during the calendar year 2020
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ach year some 200 to 250 doctoral candidates graduate from the University of Liège. In 2020, they were 216, including 103 women and 113 men, representing no less than 40 nationalities from among the 11 faculties that make up the University.
These 216 doctors are now the faces of ULiège throughout the world and are part of an international community of doctors. They represent a great source of pride for the University of Liège, that of having accompanied them on this journey and of having contributed to their excellent training, but also of having developed their qualities and their skills.
2020 was a particularly unique year for our new PhDs : the arrival of Covid-19 and the lockdown created a lot of uncertainties and additional difficulties on their thesis journey. However, these young researchers pushed through, took up this unprecedented challenge with courage and despite the circumstances, they were all able to defend their theses ! !
Listen to their personal stories about their journeys :
11 Doctors honoris causa
Pictures and a video from the event
Replay
2021 DHC and Doctoral Thesis Ceremony
Review the entire ceremony of November 20, 2021.
Pictures
Ceremony :
GALERIE 1 | © Michel Houet - GALLERY 2 | © Sandrine Seyen
Studio :
A doctorate... and then what’s next?
The doctoral degree is not an end in itself, it is part of a longer-term professional perspective. Transversal skills acquired during the doctorate such as writing skills, autonomy and scientific independence, the necessary time management skills, etc, all these elements constitute important professional assets, an added value of the thesis experience.
Charting the course of a doctoral project and developing a professional career takes time and leads to numerous professional opportunities, within research and academia but it also leads to other important work environments. The majority of PhD graduates practice their profession outside the university sector, in key positions of responsibility, with a great impact on society.
Since 2018, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) has financed the Observatoire de la Recherche et des Carrières Scientifiques, which has been integrated into the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS. The mission of the ORCS is to monitor and analyze the careers of FWB researchers through surveys and cross-referencing data. In collaboration with the six universities of the FWB, the ORCS is responsible for developing information relating to the doctoral and postdoctoral careers. It formulates recommendations aimed at facilitating the professional integration of doctoral graduates and optimizing the doctoral process by making it consistent with the expectations of researchers and society. Particular attention is paid to the various obstacles related to scientific careers: issues of gender stereotypes and discrimination, constraints related to international mobility requirements, etc. The results of surveys and analyses are available on the site.
MORE ABOUT DOCTORAL STUDIES AT THE ULIÈGE
DISCOVER THE CATALOG OF CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TRAININGS ACCESSIBLE FOR ULIÈGE RESEARCHERS
Evelyne FAVART
+32 (0)4 366 30 82
doctorat@uliege.be
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