Where should I be registered to follow the AIV courses?
You can be registered either at the Paris Descartes University (also known as Paris 5) or at the Paris Diderot University (Paris 7) as both are hosting the AIV Master.
What is the background of the AIV Master students?
Since the AIV Master is highly interdisciplinary, students with various backgrounds (biology, physics, medicine, mathematics, chemistry, computing, etc.) can enroll in the AIV Master program.
What do the AIV students become after graduation?
Most of our students (>80%) follow a PhD program either in France or in the top foreign Universities (Rockfeller, Harvard, etc.).
Others work in the industry.
What is ECTS?
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a unit of measure of the educational components of an education program. In order to validate their academic year, students must gather 60 ECTS.
Wikipedia : more about ECTS
How can I find my internships?
A list of M1 and M2 internship proposals is posted under the "Internships" section of our website.
In addition, you can contact one of our partner labs to discuss the possibility of doing a rotation with them.
What is the university annual tuition fee?
In 2011, the tuition fee was 245 euros. This most probably will not be raised by more than the annual inflation rate. The 2012 fee will be posted here once communicated by the ministry.
What is the living cost in Paris?
Judging from the experience of our past students, living expenses in Paris amount to approximately 1000 euros/month.
Are there any Fellowships available?
Unfortunately there are no governmental or university fellowships available in France for the master level.
We do not have any fellowships for the M1 level but have a very limited number of fellowships from other resources at the M2 level :
- 2 Liliane Bettencourt excellence fellowships, selected amongst the interviewed candidates, based on their excellent curriculum, motivation and coherence of their M2 plan.
- 4 Axa Paris Descartes Chair on Longevity fellowships - selected amongst the interviewed candidates, based on their excellent curriculum, motivation and interest in interdisciplinary research on aging and their engagement to carry out at least one internship within the laboratories associated to the chair as expressed in the candidature form and interview.
Where to look for fellowships?
We urge you to start now looking actively for fellowships, including contacting your home-country French Cultural Center (CCF), Embassy or Consulate. In event that your application for fellowship depends on acceptance to the program, please contact us and we will do our best to process swiftly your application.