The different types of doctoral student status :

• scholarship doctoral student: they benefit from specific and punctual financial aid, e.g. scholarships from ministries, foreign governments, international programs (e.g. China Scholarship Council, etc.).
• the public-law employed doctoral student: they receive funding to complete their thesis on a full-time basis. The sources and duration of funding vary (public funds, private funds from the European Commission, etc.).
• the privately employed doctoral student: he or she has a salaried activity outside of his or her thesis and can carry it out on a part-time basis