12 doctoral schools, 3300 doctoral candidates among which 39% are internationational, over 800 new doctoral candidates per year, more than 600 doctoral degrees awarded each year in 81 disciplines/specialties, over 2500 qualified supervisors affiliated to 137 research units/teams of Aix-Marseille University and its partners.

Doctoral education at Aix-Marseille University represents an important part of its research and training offer. It covers a wide range of disciplines and scientific fields in the hard sciences, life and health sciences and in the humanities and social sciences, and benefits from a wide range of accompanying, disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transverse trainings.

12 doctoral schools federated within a Doctoral College whose main missions is to organize, coordinate and conduct doctoral education policy of Aix-Marseille University (AMU). To accomplish these missions, it relies on the Doctoral Education Directorate (DED), which its implementation administrative structure. The DED is one of AMU’s central services.