Exploring the mutual ground betwixt research and the arts; enabling artists in various artistic fields and researchers to work and invent together: This is the mission of the SACRe doctoral program.

The program is a result of the cooperation betwixt six institutes: five major national grandes écoles for arts— Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD: national theatre academy), Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP: national music and trip the light fantastic solarium), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD: national decorative arts university), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de 50'Paradigm et du Son (La Fémis: national moving picture academy), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Beaux-Arts : national fine arts academy) — and the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS). These institutes are all members of PSL Enquiry University.

The objective of SACRe is to facilitate the emergence and evolution of projects that associate art and research and that are original in both their methods and their results. Encompassing multiple domains, equally indicated past the name of the doctorate (SACRe: sciences, arts, design, and research), this truly interdisciplinary doctoral programme brings together artists, designers, and performers, as well equally researchers in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences, thus inculcating a close articulation of thought and sensitivity.

The SACRe doctorate places the creation of works of fine art within the heart of a research environment, strictly associated with a critical approach based on potentially diverse academic fields.

The doctoral program SACRe :

  • for artists, in the creation of works, closely associated with a reflexive approach based on various theoretical and scientific fields ;
  • for theorists, in the production of a written thesis.
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Terms of the doctoral program

Thesis management

The thesis management (HDR) may preferably be chosen from amid SACRe / Laboratory members (EA 7410), or ane of the laboratories attached to the 540 doctoral school, and volition include an artist also preferably from the EA 7410 or to 1 of the laboratories attached to the ED 540.

The list of members is available on the ED 540 website or by clicking here (pdf format).

The program gain for 3 years, as follows:

  • Specific instruction to exist chosen from the doctoral school 540 offer (more data on the website of the ED 540)
  • Specific instruction is conducted in the SACRe arts schools or conservatories. Each establishment arranges the type of reception, the organization, and the functioning of the program for the doctoral students.
  • A general SACRe seminar aiming to explore the links between research and cosmos for all doctoral students admitted to the program.

The program includes mandatory annual assessments and annual presentation of each student's work. It likewise seeks to assist students develop their portfolios and to fix them to defend their theses. In addition, the seminar includes conferences, meetings, or visits linked to the range of disciplines covered by SACRe.

Doctoral students are invited to participate in the evolution of publications, study days, and public events, as well equally conducting activities in partnership with other establishments of PSL.

Financial aid and offers related to the program

Doctoral students admitted by PSL receive doctoral contracts that provide them with an allocation during iii years, the legal duration of the program; postponement of thesis defense across the legal duration of three years is only possible under infrequent circumstances and, if approved, does not grant the right to prolong the doctoral contract.

The amount specified in the doctoral contract is 1,684.93 euros gross per month (amount in force since 1 July 2010).

Under sure atmospheric condition, doctoral students can do good from specific aid to mount events related to their doctoral project: support for creative production (works, exhibitions, concerts, etc.) and scientific activities (colloquies, publications, etc.).

Thesis characteristics and defence and issuance of the SACRe Doctorate in the Arts

The SACRe doctorate is primarily for artistic work by students from schools for the arts. It is the culmination of iii years of research to obtain a Doctorate in Art. The thesis consists jointly of works of art in the different formats and media proper to each discipline and of a portfolio. The latter highlights the sources, experiences, research, and other practices, whether artistic or not, that have influenced the piece of work. It provides a well-reasoned and critical reflection on the work achieved during the three years of the thesis. Its form is defined based on the characteristics and approaches specific to each discipline and is matched to the candidate's personal piece of work, with the blessing of the thesis directors.

The thesis defense for doctoral candidates in the arts is based on the presentation of the works completed for the doctorate in diverse forms (exhibition, performance, concert, projection, issue, or prototype) and the portfolio.

The thesis defense for theorists is based on the presentation of the written thesis. Practical work carried out inside the specific framework of this Ph.D.

In both cases, on successful completion of the public defence force, the national Ph.D. diploma is issued by PSL.

  • Contact: sacre@psl.eu
  • Website: http://sacre.psl.eu/