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Jump in French PhD awards

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But official figures also show decline in enrolment on international doctoral programmes

The number of people obtaining a PhD in France jumped by 9.6 per cent in 2023, according to official figures.

A report from the research ministry’s statistics office Sies noted that 15,187 people were awarded PhDs in 2023, compared with 13,852 in 2022, 13,588 in 2021 and 11,806 in 2020.

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