Doctorate
As part of its teaching-through-research remit, each year the School graduates more than a hundred doctoral students from one of its research centres, which are organised around thematic areas.

Thematic clusters
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Energy and Process Engineering
- Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Automation
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Economic and Social Sciences
Doctoral programs
The School offers French and foreign candidates wishing to enrol in doctoral studies after a Master’s or equivalent degree :
- a gross monthly salary in the first year of €1,884 (2007 figure)
- personalised support
- doctoral training of a high scientific and professional standard
- a real first professional experience open to the realities of the economic world
Financing
Depending on the contractual framework of each thesis, funding for doctoral studies may be provided in the following ways:
- on a fixed-term contract under public law with the School
- on a fixed-term contract under private law with the ARMINES Association
- through research grants
- through grants financed by external organisations
Energy & Processes
Energy, Environment and Processes Centre
Observation, Impact and Energy Centre
Processes, Renewable Energies and Energy Systems Centre
Economy, Management & Society
Centre for Industrial Economics
Centre for the Sociology of Innovation
Risk and crisis research centre
Earth & Environmental Sciences