The individual thesis follow-up committee (CSI) is defined by “ Article 13 de la loi de 25 mai 2016, modifié par l’article 11 de l’arrêté du 26 Août 2022 and by the Doctorate Charter of the Universities of Strasbourg and Haute Alsace”.
According to the law, “The individual thesis follow-up committee provides support for the latter throughout the doctorate. It must meet before registration in the second year and then before each new registration until the end of the doctorate.
This interview is an opportunity for everyone (doctoral student, thesis director, management of the research unit and the Doctoral School) to take stock of the path already taken by the doctoral student, to reorient or clarify the research and to envisage the next phases. It allows a researcher or teacher-researcher from outside the research unit to be involved in the work.
From 01/01/2023 onwards, the individualised follow-up committee will be annual and mandatory. There will be no derogation.
The individualised follow-up committees must therefore meet from March onwards, before the re-registration campaign.
NEW in 2025: CSI management module via the AMETHIS platform (FR and EN procedure): CSI report submitted to AMETHIS, validated first by the doctoral school management, then by the doctoral student, the thesis supervisor, and research unit director.
YEAR 2025 ==> 10 July 2025 : deadline for sending the CSI report on the plateform amethis améthis : https://amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-client/faq > Comité de Suivi Individuel (CSI) > [Correspondant·e du CSI] Comment transmettre le compte-rendu d’une réunion du comité et déposer l’avis du CSI ?)
NB: When re-registering on the AMETHIS application, doctoral students must upload their CSI. Without a CSI, re-registration will not be possible.
CSI form FR word
CSI form EN word
Implementation of the monitoring committee (FR) : click to upload
Composition of the CSI:
During the launch campaign for the composition of the ISC addressed to 1st-year doctoral students : the doctoral student and his/her thesis supervisor consult each other at the start of the thesis to decide on the composition of the committee. The doctoral student must explicitly agree to the composition. The composition is validated by the Doctoral School and will be included in the individual training agreement (CIF).
Composition of the CSI : see details in the document Implementing the ISC.
However, it is not compulsory for the ISC to have three members: a minimum of two is required. With one specialist in the discipline and one “external to the field” = to the field of research activity, not a specialist in the discipline
Documents required for the CSI and its members :
* Synthesis: written report on the activity developed in the research work for the thesis. This exercise allows the PhD student to familiarise himself/herself with and anticipate the writing of the thesis. Format: a 2-4 page summary, to set the context and highlight the important results of the thesis work.
* Training plan: provide the training report that can be downloaded from the AMETHIS application, list of further coming training courses if needed (according to the Convention Individuelle de Formation (CIF)) and/or complete with other training courses in view)
REMINDER: 2 mandatory training courses must be completed in order to enrol in 2nd year
1st : Integrity charter in Scientific profession
2nd: MOOC Research integrity in scientific professions (Bordeaux)
* Portfolio: see HERE
Thesis Monitoring Committee
The individual thesis follow-up committee (CSI) is defined by “ Article 13 de la loi de 25 mai 2016, modifié par l’article 11 de l’arrêté du 26 Août 2022 and by the Doctorate Charter of the Universities of Strasbourg and Haute Alsace”.
According to the law, “The individual thesis follow-up committee provides support for the latter throughout the doctorate. It must meet before registration in the second year and then before each new registration until the end of the doctorate.
This interview is an opportunity for everyone (doctoral student, thesis director, management of the research unit and the Doctoral School) to take stock of the path already taken by the doctoral student, to reorient or clarify the research and to envisage the next phases. It allows a researcher or teacher-researcher from outside the research unit to be involved in the work.
From 01/01/2023 onwards, the individualised follow-up committee will be annual and mandatory. There will be no derogation.
The individualised follow-up committees must therefore meet from March onwards, before the re-registration campaign.
NEW in 2025: CSI management module via the AMETHIS platform (FR and EN procedure): CSI report submitted to AMETHIS, validated first by the doctoral school management, then by the doctoral student, the thesis supervisor, and research unit director.
YEAR 2025 ==> 10 July 2025 : deadline for sending the CSI report on the plateform amethis améthis : https://amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-client/faq > Comité de Suivi Individuel (CSI) > [Correspondant·e du CSI] Comment transmettre le compte-rendu d’une réunion du comité et déposer l’avis du CSI ?)
NB: When re-registering on the AMETHIS application, doctoral students must upload their CSI. Without a CSI, re-registration will not be possible.
CSI form FR word
CSI form EN word
Implementation of the monitoring committee (FR) : click to upload
Composition of the CSI:
During the launch campaign for the composition of the ISC addressed to 1st-year doctoral students : the doctoral student and his/her thesis supervisor consult each other at the start of the thesis to decide on the composition of the committee. The doctoral student must explicitly agree to the composition. The composition is validated by the Doctoral School and will be included in the individual training agreement (CIF).
Composition of the CSI : see details in the document Implementing the ISC.
However, it is not compulsory for the ISC to have three members: a minimum of two is required. With one specialist in the discipline and one “external to the field” = to the field of research activity, not a specialist in the discipline
Documents required for the CSI and its members :
* Synthesis: written report on the activity developed in the research work for the thesis. This exercise allows the PhD student to familiarise himself/herself with and anticipate the writing of the thesis. Format: a 2-4 page summary, to set the context and highlight the important results of the thesis work.
* Training plan: provide the training report that can be downloaded from the AMETHIS application, list of further coming training courses if needed (according to the Convention Individuelle de Formation (CIF)) and/or complete with other training courses in view)
REMINDER: 2 mandatory training courses must be completed in order to enrol in 2nd year
1st : Integrity charter in Scientific profession
2nd: MOOC Research integrity in scientific professions (Bordeaux)
* Portfolio: see HERE