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This page is only interested in the progress of the thesis, from the first day of your contract to your defense. For everything that happens afterwards, a dedicated page can be consulted by clicking [[doctorants: | This page is only interested in the progress of the thesis, from the first day of your contract to your defense. For everything that happens afterwards, a dedicated page can be consulted by clicking [[doctorants: | ||
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===== The Beginning ===== | ===== The Beginning ===== | ||
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The beginning phase of the thesis can roughly correspond to the first year of the thesis, but a more accurate approximation would be 10 months (if you start your thesis in September/ | The beginning phase of the thesis can roughly correspond to the first year of the thesis, but a more accurate approximation would be 10 months (if you start your thesis in September/ | ||
- | Your second objective for the beginning of your thesis is to familiarize yourself with your working environment for at least the next 3 years. This means getting to know the places and people but also the global functioning of the laboratory and of research in general. More prosaically, | + | Your second objective for the beginning of your thesis is to familiarize yourself with your working environment for at least the next 3 years. This means getting to know the places and people but also the global functioning of the laboratory and of research in general. More prosaically, |
Nevertheless, | Nevertheless, | ||
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===== The beginning of the third year ===== | ===== The beginning of the third year ===== | ||
+ | The global structure of a thesis is divided into 3 years: The first year, the second year and the last year which can often last more than 12 months (beyond the joke, it always hurts less to say that you are in your last year than in your fourth year =) ). This last year always starts at the beginning of the third year of the thesis, a period that overlaps with the first results. | ||
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+ | Normally, by the time you get there, you should be on the road to first results and first experiments, | ||
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+ | The objective of this first half of the third year is above all to get organized in order to progressively complete your scientific proposals, notably by writing large articles, and why not a journal article. And slowly, in the background, start thinking about the organization of your thesis and its writing phase. This does not mean starting to write, but rather thinking about the plan and trying to estimate your writing skills to better organize your time at the end of the thesis. | ||
===== The transition to the writing phase ===== | ===== The transition to the writing phase ===== | ||
+ | On average, writing a thesis takes 6 months and is not a very pleasant moment to live (see the [[doctorants: | ||
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+ | Following the previous period, it is better to define and decide on your scientific contributions before starting to write. This is not always possible with experiments or late implementation and in this case you will experience the end of the results and the beginning of the writing in parallel. Nevertheless, | ||
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+ | No matter what, there will be a time when you will shit to the writing of your thesis, and it is quite possible that you will see that time coming, perhaps even have a date set in stone with your supervisor a few weeks in advance. It is important to be aware of this moment and to prepare it well, especially physically. This means a lot of sleep beforehand in order to start writing your thesis in the best conditions, especially because we usually start writing with the state of the art, which is not fun and can even be mentally exhausting. And even if you have prepared yourself and are in good shape for the transition to writing, remember that thesis writing is a long process (again, see [[doctorants: | ||
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+ | Once you start writing, there will come a time when you will see the end of the thesis coming, and maybe even have time to think about the aftermath. For these two phases, find the pages dedicated to the [[doctorants: | ||
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