Recurrent events - Calendar
DS Important Dates 2025-2026
Common dates and deadlines per semester
Please check with the academic unit concerned and refer to the specific pages of the website/or formal communication (mail,etc.) for work-term deadlines.
Consult the calendars below to find out more about some important dates and deadlines or recurrent milestones.This information can change without notice.
1st Semester
(Re-)Enrollment for 2025/2026 session begins
July
Course (selected registration): French course for PhD students (Semester 2)
February 6 2026 to April 10 2026
Holidays – University not closed but service may be slowed down
Winter holidays - february 14 to March 2 2026
André Verbert’s Day – DS PhD student congress
Phygital edition - recorded online video + on site communications
December 2, 2025
Course (selected registration): Animal Experimentation handling course
November and December 2025 (Thursday, Friday mostly)
"Graduate Programme day - Master and doctorial students meeting"
November 5, 2025
"Rentrée doctorale" orientation for all incoming grad students, to help bridge the transition to doctorate studies.
December 16, 2025
Course: Practice Makes Perfect
January 12, 2026 to March 30, 2026
PhD Welcome for all incoming international grad students. A seminar to help the transition to doctorate studies.
January 27, 2026
Challenge Doc
date to come
(Tuition fees) Payment deadline
December 19, 2025
University closed for the winter break.
December, 22 2025 to January,2 2026
Recommended tuition fee payment deadline for students enrolling or starting their program in October.
mid-September
Recommended tuition fee payment deadline for Health PhD students enrolling or starting their program in November
mid-October
Final date to submit final doctoral theses to DS and DAS for a defence before the end of the civil year (in any cases, request is due 8 weeks before the defence)
without having to enrol in next academic year
mid-October
Recommended CSI report transmission to DS deadline
mid-October
Deadline for standard admission in doctoral program (appart from Joint or Double diploma, CIFRE, …)
Late November
2nd Semester
PhD Job Day:
February 23, 2026 to March 13, 2026, remote
March 16, 2026 in person (LILLIAD)
MT180s 2026
- preselections: March 12
- finale régionale: April 8
- GoMT180: to come
Course (selected registration): Integrity in Research Day
May 20, 2026
Course (selected registration): MC - Approches CRISPR/Cas : de la théorie à la pratique en laboratoire
date to come
Course (selected registration): MC - La chromatographie en phase supercritique, une technique verte pour la purification chirale : de l’échelle analytique à l’échelle semi-préparative.
June 5, 2026
Doctoriales Hauts-de-France
June 9, 2026 to June 12, 2026
Talk Like Ted
April 28 ; May 5-12-19 ; June 2-9 2026
Jury : June 23 or June 30 2026
University closed for the summer break
July, 27 2026 to August, 16 2026
Enrollment deadline for CIFRE
Late April
Deadline for supervisors to propose Doctoral position to the entrance Exam for Doctoral Contracts
mid-March
Application deadline for the International Selection for foreign PhD candidates
mid-March
Submitting the application to the entrance Exam for Doctoral Contracts (candidates)
usually late april
Examinations - Entrance Exam for Doctoral Contracts
late may, early june
Derogatory extension requests (lenght of the thesis)
July
