The SHAL Doctoral School in a few figures 
 
- The Doctoral School of Societies, Humanities, Arts and Literature trains doctoral students in 22 disciplines within languages, literature, the arts, humanities and social sciences.
  
- In 2017-2018, 265 doctoral students (104 men, 161 women) were enrolled and distributed as follows:

•  1st year enrollments: 71                     
•  2nd year re-enrollments:  57                          
• 3nd year re-enrollments:   51                           
•  4th year re-enrollments:   43                          
• 5th year re-enrollments and more 39
• Leave of absence: 4

- In 2017-2018, 265 doctoral students (107 men, 152 women) were enrolled and distributed as follows:

• 1st year enrollments:   57                  
• 2nd year re-enrollments:   67                        
• 3nd year re-enrollments:   53                           
• 4th year re-enrollments:  41                           
• 5th year re-enrollments and more 41
• Leave of absence:   4

  - Funded doctorates:
In 2017/2018, number of funded doctoral students enrolled in the 1st year:

• Regional young doctoral student contracts: 1
• Doctoral contracts with an MESR scholarship: 7 (including 2 also covering the 2nd year)
• ENS contracts: 0
•  CIFRE scholarships: 2

In 2018/2019, number of funded doctoral students enrolled in the 1st year:

• Regional young doctoral student contracts: 1
• Doctoral contracts with an MESR grant:  7
• CNRS contracts: 1
• IDEX grants: 1

  - Thesis defenses

• In 2016, 49 thesis defenses, 1 HDR defense
• In 2016, 49 thesis defenses, 2 HDR defenses
• In 2018: 38 thesis defenses, 4 HDR defenses
• In 2019: 37 thesis defenses, 4 HDR defenses

        Thesis defenses for an international joint doctorate (cotutelle): SHAL Doctoral School

• 2015: 8
• 2016: 5
• 2017: 9
• 2018: 8
• 2019: 5

- The annual budget of the Doctoral School is € 18,000 (university endowment).