In France, the accreditation to supervise doctoral research (habilitation à diriger des recherches or HDR) is a diploma that "confers official recognition of the high scientific level of the candidate, the originality of his or her approach in a field of science, his or her ability to optimally manage a research strategy in a sufficiently broad scientific or technological field, and his or her ability to supervise young researchers".1 It is the highest academic title in France, earned after obtaining a PhD.
There are six HDRs at IFP School, distributed among our four main training areas:
Powertrains and Sustainable Mobility
| Name | Title of the thesis defense HDR | Awarded by | Year |
| EL GANAOUI-MOURLAN Ouafae | Study of powertrains: Transition to sustainable and smart mobility through electrification, connectivity, and cooperative eco-driving | Université Paris-Saclay | 2025 |
| MILIANI El Hadj | Contributions to the study of power electronics systems in electrical energy production and conversion chains | Université de Lorraine | 2019 |
Energy Economics and Management
| Name | Title of the thesis defense HDR | Awarded by | Year |
| FARNOOSH Arash | Economic analysis of energy systems: a large-scale regional approach | Université Paris Nanterre | 2021 |
| LANTZ Frédéric | Robustness of econometric analyses: applications to energy and marine resources exploitation | Université de Bourgogne | 2004 |
Processes for Chemistry and Energy
| Name | Title of the thesis defense HDR | Awarded by | Year |
| De HEMPTINNE Jean-Charles | Thermodynamic methods in petroleum engineering | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | 2000 |
Georesources and Energy
| Name | Title of the thesis defense HDR | Awarded by | Year |
| ADELINET Mathilde | Interpreted acoustic measurements, multi-scale tools for characterizing rocks and reservoirs | Sorbonne Université | 2018 |
1Order of November 23rd,1988 concerning the accreditation to supervise doctoral research, Article 1