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PhDs 2019


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Having successfully completed degrees at the highest level of university education, these individuals should have been honoured in 2020, but the health crisis hindered our ability to celebrate in person. Not wanting to miss the opportunity to recognize their accomplishments, we present the 221 ULiege PhD recipients from the University of Liege, who graduated during the 2019 calendar year.

Every year, 200 to 250 PhDs are awarded by the University of Liège. Due to the health crisis of 2020, we were unable to host an in-person ceremony to honour the 2019 graduates. None-the-less, ULiege wanted to recognize the individuals in a virtual celebration!

Among the graduates who studied in one of the eleven faculties that make up the University, are 107 women and 114 men, representing more than 35 nationalities. Today, they are working in high value-added professions in very diverse institutions or companies throughout the world :

  • In Europe : Federal Planning Bureau (BEL), University of Fribourg (SWI), European Science Foundation (FRA), Umea University (SWE), Première Urgence Internationale (FRA), SPF Justice (BEL), Foundation for Future Generations (BEL), AMOS S. A (BEL), FNRS-FRS (BEL), King's College London (GBR), Eurogentec (BEL), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (FRA), University of Liège (BEL), Deloitte Luxembourg (LUX) ...
  • In Africa : Institute of Rural Economy of Bamako (MLI), UNIKIN Campus (DRC), Ifakara Health Institute (TZA), National Institute of Forensics and Criminology (ALG), National School of Commerce of Agadir (MAR), Lebanese American University (LBN), University of Kinshasa (DRC), University of Burundi (BDI) ...
  • In North America : Vanderbilt University - Nashville (USA), Toronto SickKids Hospital (CAN), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Harvard Medical School (USA), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (USA) ...
  • In Asia : College of Food Science and Technology (CHN), Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNM), Aspetar Hospital in Doha (QAT) ...

These 221 doctors are now the faces of ULiège throughout the world and are part of an international community of doctoral graduates. They represent for the University of Liège, a source of great pride as we have accompanied them in this journey, contributed to their training and achievement of excellence, along with having promoted and encouraged their skills development.

A look back at their careers...

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The next ceremony, to be held in March 2021, will honor PhDs who graduated in the calendar year 2020. 

A doctorate... and then what’s next?

The doctoral degree is not an end in itself, it is part of a longer-term professional perspective. Transversal skills acquired during the doctorate such as writing skills, autonomy and scientific independence, the necessary time management skills, etc, all these elements constitute important professional assets, an added value of the thesis experience. 

Charting the course of a doctoral project and developing a professional career takes time and leads to numerous professional opportunities, within research and academia but it also leads to other important work environments. The majority of PhD graduates practice their profession outside the university sector, in key positions of responsibility and great impact on society.

Since 2018, the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) has financed the Observatoire de la Recherche et des Carrières Scientifiques, which has been integrated into the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS. The mission of the ORCS is to monitor and analyze the careers of FWB researchers through surveys and cross-referencing data. In collaboration with the six universities of the FWB, the ORCS is responsible for developing information relating to the doctoral and postdoctoral careers. It formulates recommendations aimed at facilitating the professional integration of doctoral graduates and optimizing the doctoral process by making it consistent with the expectations of researchers and society. Particular attention is paid to the various obstacles related to scientific careers: issues of gender stereotypes and discrimination, constraints related to international mobility requirements, etc. The results of surveys and analyses are available on the site.

 

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