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.