Doctoral Degree Programmes
Doctoral degree programmes offer the opportunity to pursue doctoral studies in a highly interdisciplinary and international atmosphere, and to exchange ideas and network beyond the borders of one’s own research group. Within the framework of a curriculum comprising a combination of subject-specific and general further education and training, these courses guarantee a level of qualification which goes above and beyond the research topic, laying the foundations for a successful career path. In a doctoral degree programme, the thesis is supervised intensively, with the aim of being able to complete the project within a maximum of three years.
Some doctoral degree programmes have fixed application deadlines. Please consult the relevant webpages to find out more.
At the Faculty of Life Sciences you can undertake doctoral studies for example in the following structured doctoral degree programmes:
Structured doctoral degree programmes in Biology/ Biophysics
- Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (BSIO)
- Berlin School of Mind and Brain
- Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT)
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) und GRK1589
- CompCancer
- FMP Graduate School
- Humboldt-ProMINT-Kolleg
- GRK2318
- GRK2406
- International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences
- Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences (IRI Life Sciences)
- International Max Planck School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC)
- International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS-CoNI)
- International Max Planck Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology (IMPRS-IDI)
- International Max Planck Research School for Infectious Diseases and Immunology (IMPRS-IDI)
- Leibniz Graduate School on Chronic Inflammation am Deutschen Rheumaforschungszentrum (LGRh und LeGCI)
- MDC Graduate School
- Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (GRK 2046)
- Robert Koch Doktorandenkolleg
- SignGene - German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School
- SFB1315/1
- ZIBI Graduate School
Structured doctoral degree programmes in Psychology
- Berlin School of Mind and Brain
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) und GRK1589
- International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences
- International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS-CoNI)
- International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (IMPRS-LIFE)
- International Max Planck Research School on Computational Methods in Psychiatry and Ageing Research (IMPRS COMP2PSYCH)
- Max Planck School of Cognition
- Science of Intelligence
Structured doctoral degree programmes in Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
- Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys)
- Promotionskolleg Agrarökonomik - Agricultural Economics
- SignGene - German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School
GRK - Research Training Groups
SFB - Sonderforschungsbereich (Collaborative Research Centre)