Terms of student recruitmentStudents are recruited on the basis of their application and possibly an interview, whereby both the students' prior degree course and personal career plans are taken into account. First-year recruitmentThe MPRI is a two-year programme. First-year recruitment concerns students who wish to take the whole programme. The following students may apply for the MPRI within this framework:
Second-year recruitmentThe MPRI is also open to students who wish to enter the programme directly in the second year. These students must have done their first year either:
Entrance requirementsWe have set, for both first- and second-year recruitment, entrance requirements which should allow students to appreciate the knowledge required in order to join the MPRI. Application ProcedureWhile the M2-MPRI programme is unified, there are really 3 distinct M1-MPRI programmes run respectively by University Paris Diderot, ENS Ulm, and University Paris Saclay. If moreover you want to apply for a scholarship then you should visit the grants page. Application for M1Applicants for the first-year (M1) of MPRI at University Paris Diderot should apply to the first-year (M1) of the Master Ingénierie Informatique. Informations on this curriculum are available from the Paris Diderot Computer Science Department. Applicants for the first-year (M1) of MPRI at ENS Ulm should consult the informations available from the ENS Ulm Computer Science Department. Applicants for the first-year (M1) of MPRI at Université Paris-Saclay (track ENS Paris-Saclay or track Faculté de Sciences d'Orsay) should consult the M1 Parisian Research Master in Computer Science Applicants for the first-year (M1) of MPRI at IP Paris should consult the Master Foundations of Computer Science of IP Paris. Application for M2There are 4 cases. Case 1. Students who are awarded a scholarship by a partner institution to attend the M2-MPRI are automatically admitted and they will enroll in the partner institution granting the scholarship. Learn more about the funding schemes and the corresponding application procedures. Case 2. Applicants who have validated the M1 at ENS Ulm are admitted following an advice of the ENS Ulm Study Director. They will enroll at ENS Ulm. Case 3. Applicants who have validated an M1 at University Paris Saclay should apply to theM2 Parisian Computer Sciences Research of University Paris-Saclay. Admitted students will enroll at University Paris Saclay. Case 4. Applicants who have validated an M1 at IP Paris should apply to the Master Foundations of Computer Science of IP Paris. Admitted students will enroll at IP Paris. Case 5. All the other applicants, should follow the following procedure, and if admitted they will enroll at University Paris Diderot. Students applying for funding should follow the application procedure of fellowship granting institution IN ADDITION to the standard admission procedure.
The following elements compose the application:
As a rule of thumb, the 3 main conditions to be accepted in the M2-MPRI programme are: a very good scholar curriculum, a clear motivation to do research in the areas covered by the Master MPRI, and a (good) recommendation letter from a recognized researcher. Applications, complete in all respects, must reach the MPRI's Main Secretariat before JUNE 15. Late applications are processed at the discretion of the recruiting committee. Incomplete applications will not be considered. The SELECTION RESULTS will be available by the end of June at the latest on the application server. The selected candidates (and only them) will also be informed by regular mail of the selection results and of the administrative procedure. In case of urgency concerning an M2 application, you may send an e-mail to direction-mpri@dptinfo.ens-cachan.fr. |