Honoring Doctors honoris causa & PhD's (November 2021)

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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 :

The next ceremony, to be held March 19 2022 (date subject to current sanitary measures), will honor PhDs who graduated in the calendar year 2021. 

11 Doctors honoris causa

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Ceremony :

GALERIE 1 | © Michel Houet - GALLERY 2 | © Sandrine Seyen

Studio :

STUDIO | © Sandrine Seyen

 

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.

 

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