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EUTOPIA Co-tutelle Opportunities


The call for the EUTOPIA PhD Co-tutelle 2023 Programme is open

Deadline for applications is 20 May 2024 (12.00 UK Time / 13.00 CET)

The EUTOPIA’s PhD Co-tutelle Programme offers joint PhDs (3-4 years) co-supervised between a candidate’s home university and a second participating EUTOPIA institution. Awardees receive access to common training and academic exchange activities. Note that selection is by academic staff nomination only

The participating institutions are part of the EUTOPIA Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj); Ca’Foscari University of Venice; CY Cergy Paris Université; NOVA University Lisbon; and University of Warwick

The programme promotes high-quality research projects with global impact and provides exciting research opportunities for PhD candidates. Since 2020, this doctoral study programme has supported 37 students to research at Warwick (either as home or host institution).

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What are the benefits to PhD Co-Tutelles?

The joint programme runs between two world-class research universities and offers access to common training and academic exchange activities. We asked scholars who had taken part of the Co-tutelle at Warwick to provide an insight into their experience.


Broadening and Deepening Learning

Eva-Rosa Ferrand Verdejo, Postgraduate (Research) Film & Television Studies, CY Cergy Paris University and University of Warwick, found that not only did the programme offer the possibility of belonging to two different “fields” (Hispanic studies in France and Film and TV studies in the UK), but it offered access to the resources of two different universities. Through her Co-tutelle programme Eva-Rose will receive a double diploma from two different universities and, in her case, from two different departments.

The Rewards of Taking on the Co-tutelle Challenge

Mara Anselmo-Santana, Postgraduate (Research) Film & Television Studies CY Cergy Paris University/ University of Warwick found that two supervisors, who not only have different areas of expertise but who also work differently, both wonderful and challenging. She found it particularly interesting to have different insights to consider and resources to access. Being immersed in an even more international environment than a single university, broadened her horizons and started honing her professional and personal skills.

International Networks

Laura Vansina, Postgraduate (Research) FT, Politics & International Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)/ University of Warwick found the Co-tutelle program allowed her to combine ’the best of both worlds’. Pursuing a PhD at both the University of Warwick and VUB let her discover the Anglosaxon and continental traditions of academia. During her journey, she would immerse herself in the most valuable pieces of both traditions and broadened her network with peers from all around the globe.


“Be prepared for a Co-tutelle PhD. It is both Interesting and challenging at the same time. Working with two universities means that you will have two sets of advice and suggestions and you need to share your progress with both universities. But if you are organised, and enjoy collaborative working, the programme opportunities are far greater than normal PhDs”. - Khoa Bui (Postgraduate Research Student at WMG)

Application Results for Co-tutelle application 2023

Application results for 2023 are available to download using the button below.

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