• "I am part of an incredible research group and I'm able to attend all the events that are constantly happening at the universities or other institutions, while getting to travel around the world for regular conferences and workshops. Due to this wonderful mix of activities I get to grow more and more academically and personally."

    /// Sofía Garzón, Colombia, Berlin Mathematical School - BMS

  • „Berlin offers an excellent environment for my doctoral studies in the history of ancient Israel, providing access to renowned experts in the field and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for a comprehensive exploration of the subject.“

    /// Jonathan Böhm, Germany, Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies

  • “The foundation of my research lies in the seamless collaboration of diverse disciplines. The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies not only provides me with a comprehensive platform to embark on my PhD journey, but also offers me invaluable opportunities to foster interdisciplinary perspectives.”

    /// Lu Tian, China, Berliner Antike-Kolleg

The capital region
of Germany is the place to be for

doctoral researchers:

Five universities offer doctoral programs with excellent funding opportunities and join forces with outstanding
non-university research institutions to generate a unique, vibrant academic environment.

This website will give you an insight into what the Berlin area has in store in all disciplines,
ranging from ancient history to astrophysics – browse and be inspired!

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Doctoral Programs

  • The Literary and Epistemic History of Small Forms

    /// Humanities, Languages and literature

    The graduate program will advance the analysis of small forms by exploring their literary and epistemic history in broad historical scope from antiquity to the present. With its…
  • Berlin School of Integrative Oncology

    /// Berlin School of Integrative Oncology, BSIO, Cancer

    The Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (BSIO) is a joint graduate school of the Charité, HU, FU and non-university research institutions.BSIO, which is funded under the…
  • Berlin School of Mind and Brain

    /// Berlin School of Mind and Brain, mind sciences, brain sciences, linguistics

    The Berlin School of Mind and Brain is an international, English-language research school based at HU Berlin. Founded in 2006 as part of Germany’s Excellence Initiative, it…
  • Berlin School for Regenerative Therapies

    /// Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, BSRT, endogenous tissue...

    The Berlin School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) is a joint graduate school of Charité, HU and FU in collaboration with the TU, Universität Potsdam and other renowned research…
  • Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

    /// Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, BCNN Berlin, brain

    The International Einstein Foundation Doctoral Program Computational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (BCCN Berlin) is an…
  • Clinical Exercise Science

    /// exercise, prevention and rehabilitation

    The Master's and doctoral program Clinical Exercise Science (CES) is the acquisition of research based and occupational skills for professions in the field of exercise, prevention…
  • Biomedical Sciences (DRS)

    /// life sciences, infectious diseases

    The Doctoral Program Biomedical Sciences is jointly offered by the Department of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin.…
  • Hertie School of Governance

    /// Governance, social science

    The Hertie School’s Doctoral Program in Governance puts students at the cutting edge of social science knowledge in one of the most important and dynamic fields of inquiry. It…
  • International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain

    /// Erasmus Mundus, laboratory-based, language, brain

    The Erasmus Mundus doctoral Program International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB) is a laboratory-based program offered jointly by an…
  • MDC Exchange Program in Medical Systems Biology

    /// Genomics, Medical Systems Biology, single cell, transciptomics, translation, DNA,...

    The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (Max Delbrück Center, MDC) offers a doctoral exchange program with interdisciplinary research projects…
  • International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences

    /// Neurosciences, central nervous systems, peripheral nervous systems, medical...

    The International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences is hosted by the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and cooperates with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Freie…
  • Multiscale Bio-Systems

    /// biosystems, macromolecules in aqueous solutions, molecular recognition, free energy...

    The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Multiscale Bio-Systems is an international doctoral program offered jointly by the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and…
  • Plant Sciences

    /// Plant Sciences, extinction of species, climate change

    The Graduate School of Plant Sciences at the Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences provides a structured program for doctoral candidates in the various subjects encompassed by the plant…
  • ZIBI Graduate School Berlin

    /// infection biology, immunology, virology, bacteriology, parasitology

    Since 2005, the ZIBI Graduate School Berlin has provided an umbrella structure for graduate training programs with a focus on research in infection and immunity. The unique…
  • The International Max Planck Research School on Computational Methods in Psychiatry and Ageing Research

    /// computer science, applied mathematics and statistics, psychology, psychiatry

    The International Max Planck Research School on Computational Methods in Psychiatry and Ageing Research (IMPRS COMP2PSYCH) teaches and trains concepts and methods from computer…
  • Einstein Center of Catalysis/Berlin International Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Engineering

    /// catalysis-related research, natural sciences, engineering

    The Berlin International Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Engineering (BIG-NSE) was founded in 2007 as a doctoral programme of the DFG-financed Cluster of Excellence UniCat.…
  • Berlin Mathematical School

    /// Mathematics

    The Berlin Mathematical School is the graduate school of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+ (www.mathplus.de) and a joint endeavor of the mathematics departments at the universities…
  • Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science

    /// molecular natural science, Molecular Switches on Surfaces, Protonation Dynamics in...

    The Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science (DRS MS) is a graduate school run jointly by the departments of physics, biology, chemistry and pharmacy at FU Berlin. Its focus is…
  • Dynamical Phenomena in Complex Networks

    /// Networks with complex topology, self- organization in evolving complex networks

    The International Research Training Group (IRTG) Dynamical Phenomena in Complex Networks is an international joint project involving Brazilian and German scientists from HU Berlin,…
  • Gravitational Wave Astronomy

    /// gravitational waves, astronomy, GEO600 gravitational wave detector

    A unique mix of theory and experiment: the International Max Planck Research School of Gravitational Wave Astronomy (IMPRS-GW) offers a unique opportunity to learn about…
  • Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience

    /// Biomaterial Science, Macromolecular Bioscience, natural sciences, engineering

    The Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience is a collaboration between the Institute of Biomaterial Science (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht) in Teltow, Universität…
  • Mass, Spectrum, Symmetry: Particle Physics in the Era of the Large Hadron Collider

    /// Large Hydron Collider, elementary particle physics, astro-particle physics

    The Research Training Group is a collaboration between HU Berlin, TU Dresden and the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron at Zeuthen and is hosted and coordinated by HU Berlin.In…
  • Research School Materials for Solar Energy Conversion (MatSEC)

    /// kesterite materials, semiconductor, absorber material, film solar cells,...

    The Research School MatSEC is a graduate school funded by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie. It is an innovative network of research groups from FU, HU, TU…
  • Molecular Biophysics

    /// biophysics, biomolecular processes, protein-protein interactions

    The Leibniz-Graduate School of Molecular Biophysics aims for an alliance between basic biophysical and biomolecular research. Biophysical techniques are becoming increasingly…
  • PharMetrX: Pharmacometrics & Computational Disease Modelling

    /// life sciences, pharmacy, drug development, drug therapy, pharmacotherapy,...

    PharMetrX: Pharmacometrics & Computational Disease Modelling is a joint initiative between FU Berlin (Clinical Pharmacy) and Universität Potsdam (Mathematics). Based on a new…
  • IMPRS for Molecular Plant Science

    /// biochemistry, biology, plant science, plant growth, plant biomass, primary metabolism

    The International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Plant Science (IMPRS MolPlant) is a joint doctoral program at the Universität Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute of…
  • Quantitative Spectroscopy in Astrophysics

    /// Quantitative Spectroscopy, Astrophysics, solar physics, stellar research,...

    The Leibniz Graduate School for Quantitative Spectroscopy in Astrophysics is a collaborative project between the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Institute…
  • School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof

    /// chemistry, biology, physics, natural sciences, analytical sciences

    The School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) offers fellowships for doctoral candidates in chemistry, biology, physics and natural sciences. Doctoral research within SALSA…
  • Helmholtz Research School on Security Technologies (HRSST)

    /// physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, informational techniques,...

    The Helmholtz Research School on Security Technologies (HRSST) is a joint endeavor of the Helmholtz Association, the German Aerospace Center and TU Berlin. The Helmholtz School…
  • Service-Oriented Systems Engineering

    /// Software Systems Engineering, IT Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Computer...

    The Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering GmbH (HPI) at Universität Potsdam is Germany’s university excellence center in Computer Science. Since 2012, it has…
  • Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies

    /// transnational relations, international relations, globalization, governance, regional...

    The Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) is the full-time doctoral program of the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script"…
  • Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies

    /// Berliner Antike-Kolleg, ancient languages and texts, ancient philosophy, ancient...

    The Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS) is jointly run by FU and HU. It is part of the Berliner Antike-Kolleg, preceded and further developed by the Excellence…
  • Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences

    /// sociology, political science, social inclusion, democratic performance

    The Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences offers a structured doctoral program and a research environment for doctoral researchers interested in problems of democracy and…
  • Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

    /// Islam, muslim cultures, muslim societies, Area Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies

    The debate on Islam shapes the political sphere and influences social discourse. To meet the growing need for sound knowledge in this area, the Berlin Graduate School on Muslim…
  • Doctoral Program in Business Research

    /// business administration, management, marketing, information systems, FACTS, business...

    The Doctoral Program in Business Research (DPBR) is the structured doctoral education program offered by the School of Business & Economics at FU Berlin. DPBR is aimed at all…
  • Graduate School Global Intellectual History

    /// intellectual history

    The graduate school Global Intellectual History explores intellectual reactions to processes of entanglement from the 18th to 20th century. It is interested specifically in the…
  • Centre for Contemporary History

    /// Cold War, contemporary german history, contemporary european history, communist...

    The Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF) is a research institute in the Leibniz Association, based in Potsdam. It focuses on contemporary German and European history during and…
  • Das Wissen der Literatur

    /// deutsche Literatur, german literature

    The PhD-Net Das Wissen der Literatur is a binational doctoral program, hosted by the Institut für deutsche Literatur at HU. The program closely collaborates with the Department of…
  • European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies

    /// socio-economic research, labor markets, employment, inequality, Welfare state, social...

    The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies (Sess.EuropePhD) is an international, interdisciplinary graduate program which builds upon the cooperation between nine…
  • Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies

    /// literature, textaul practice, transnational perspective, intermediality

    Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS) is a structured doctoral program which was funded through the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state…
  • Graduate School of East Asian Studies

    /// east asia, social sciences, institutions in east asia, interdependence of...

    The Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) offers area studies research on East Asia with thorough, discipline-based methodological training in social sciences. GEAS builds…
  • Graduate School of North American Studies

    /// American Studies, Area Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, American Literature,...

    The doctoral program at the Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS) offers close individual supervision and excellent theoretical and methodological training in the…
  • High Dimensional Non Stationary Time Series

    /// stochastics, statistics, volatility, copulae, high-dimensional time series,...

    The International Research Training Group (IRTG) “High Dimensional Non Stationary Time Series” is a joint doctoral program offered by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Xiamen…
  • International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)

    /// development of human behaviour, human life course, evolution of culture, learning,...

    The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) is a joint international Doctoral Program offered by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, FU, HU,…
  • Knowledge of the Arts

    /// artistic knowledge, art history, media studies, philosophy, engineering, pedagogy

    The graduate program Knowledge of the Arts is located at an institution where a variety of arts are not only taught and researched but also practiced.The program sheds light on the…
  • Latin American Studies from a Comparative and Transregional Perspective

    /// Cultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Gender Studies, History, Literature of...

    The doctoral program at FU Berlin's Institute for Latin American Studies enables young researchers to write their thesis in their chosen areas of specialization (Cultural and…
  • Ludwig Rosenberg Kolleg: Historical Relations between Labor Movements and Modern Jewry

    /// european-jewish studies, laboro movements, modern jewry

    The Ludwig Rosenberg Kolleg (LRK), named after the chairman of the Confederation of German Trade Unions Ludwig Rosenberg (1903-1977), is an interdisciplinary Doctoral Research…
  • DIW Graduate Center PhD in economics

    /// economics, microeconomics, macro-economics, econometrics, public economics,...

    The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. We are an independent, non-profit institute involved in…
  • THESys Graduate Program - Transformations of Human-Environment Systems

    /// IRI THESys, use of land, use of resources, urbanization, climate change impact, ...

    The THESys Graduate Program is the doctoral program of HU’s Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys). It is organized by the…
  • Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg (ZJS)

    /// jewish studies, jewish history, jewish philosophy, jewish theology, jewish...

    The Selma Stern Zentrum für Jüdische Studien Berlin-Brandenburg (ZJS), founded in 2012, is a joint project between FU, HU, TU, EUV, UP, the Abraham Geiger Kolleg and the Moses…
  • Thinking Differences: Structures – Order – Communication

    /// comparative history, histoire croisée

    The Franco-German doctoral research group is an integral part offered by the multi-disciplinary doctoral program of the EHESS (l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales) in…
  • Walther Rathenau Kolleg: Liberalism and Democracy

    /// European-Jewish Studies, democratic constitutional state, european post-war...

    The Walther Rathenau Kolleg (WRK), named after the Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic, is an interdisciplinary PhD Research Group funded by the Friedrich…
  • Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy

    /// public administration, climate change, demographic tranistion, international...

    Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy (WIPCAD) offers a structured qualification program to international doctoral candidates of public…
  • Computational Systems Biology

    /// biological networks, cellular systems, protein-protein interactions, systems biology

    CSB is a joint initiative of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max Planck Institute for Molecular…
  • Global and Area Studies PhD Program

    /// Globalization, Alternative Futures

    The Global and Area Studies is a joint venture doctoral program comprising several institutions worldwide. These include Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chulalongkorn University…
  • Philosophy, Science and the Sciences

    /// philosophy, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, ancient Arabic, classicist, ancient...

    The Research Training Group Philosophy, Science and the Sciences offers a structured doctoral program in ancient philosophy and science. Research and dissertation projects involve…
  • Berlin Graduate School of British Studies

    /// british studies

    The Berlin Graduate School of British Studies is located at the Centre for British Studies, an interdisciplinary teaching and research institution within the Humboldt-Universität…
  • Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems

    /// Parasite Infections, Immunology, molecular approaches, cellular interactions,...

    The DFG Research Training Group „Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems“ offers a cutting edge curriculum to educate Next Generation Parasitologists.…
  • Berlin International Graduate School in Model and Simulation based Research (BIMoS)

    /// Modellierung, Smimulierung, modelling, modeling, simulation, optimation

    Two of the main focus areas of Technische Universität Berlin are data science and integrated mathematical modelling, with applications in engineering and natural sciences. To…
  • Urban Water Interfaces (UWI)

    /// urban water (systems), interfaces, modelling, urban soil, surface water, groundwater,...

    UWI is an interdisciplinary research training group of engineers and natural scientists located at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater…
  • IMPRS for Mathematical and Physical Aspects of Gravitation, Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory

    /// Gravitational Physics, Geometric Analysis, String Theory, quantum mechanics, black...

    The International Max Planck Research School for Mathematical and Physical Aspects of Gravitation, Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory is a joint programme of the MPI for…
  • Religion – Knowledge – Discourse

    /// Humanities, Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Sciences, Economics, Law

    The programme has been established in 2014 as part of the Excellence Initiative – an initiative for German universities which encourages and rewards academic excellence. Five…
  • Berlin School of Movement Science (BSMS)

    /// Humanities, Social Sciences, Sociology,

    Movement and mobility are relevant components for the quality of human life. The ability to move is one of the most impacting factors for self-determined human living. It is…
  • ProMINTion

    /// education, mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, technology, engineering

    The Graduate School "ProMINTion" is part of the Humboldt-ProMINT-Kolleg, an interdisciplinary institution for teacher education in mathematics, informatics and the natural…
  • Identity and Heritage

    ///

    The DFG-Graduate Program 2227 Identity and Heritage offers outstanding doctoral students the opportunity to pursue a doctorate in a unique and interdisciplinary environment. The…
  • StRATEGy: Surface processes, Tectonics and Georesources: The Andean foreland basin of Argentina

    ///

    The DFG International Research Training Group “StRATEGy” emphasizes research activities between surface processes, tectonics, and georesources. The goal of the PhD program is to…
  • CropStrengthen - European Industrial Doctorate

    /// PhD training, stress acclimation in plants, crop improvement, plant priming

    CropStrengthen is an European Industrial Doctorate Programme funded by the European Commission. The project provides advanced systems biology training for 5 young researchers at…
  • Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World

    /// natural hazards, risk, climate change, floods, landslides, earthquakes

    The research training group “Natural hazards and risks in a changing world (NatRiskChange)” aims to foster the scientific knowledge in the field of natural hazards and climate…
  • BioMove - Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in dynamic agricultural landscapes

    /// Biodiversity, Movement Ecology, Biological Science, Natural Science

    'Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in dynamic agricultural landscapes' [BioMove] is a Research Training Group (RTG) funded by the German Research Foundation…
  • Minor Cosmopolitanisms

    /// Humanities; Social Sciences; Postcolonial Studies; Cultural Studies; Anglophone...

    The DFG-funded RTG Minor Cosmopolitanisms is located at the University of Potsdam. In cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin, the RTG offers…
  • Theory – Empirics – Practices of Pedagogical Teaching Processes

    /// Educational science – adult and further education – music pedagogy – school pedagogy...

    The graduate school “Theory – Empirics – Practices of Pedagogical Teaching Processes” (TEP) allows the qualification and continued support and mentoring of scientific trainees in…
  • Agricultural Economics

    /// Agriculture, Doctoral Program

    Since 2005 the Doctoral Certificate Program in Agricultural Economics (DCPIAE) offers the first permanent, structured training of doctoral candidates in agricultural, food and…
  • Research School Future Information Technologies (FIT)

    /// information technologies, energy consumption, fundamental physics, communications...

    The Research School FIT aims to integrate different topics in fundamental physics research and provide a more unified structure and scientific environment for PhD students working…
  • Biodiversity, Evolution & Ecology

    /// Biological sciences, Natural Sciences

    As a member of Dahlem Research School, the Graduate Program Biodiversity, Evolution & Ecology at Freie Universität Berlin provides a structured program for doctoral candidates in…
  • CRC 1114 Scaling Cascades in Complex Systems

    /// /// Mathematics, Biochemistry, Physics, Geo-Sciences

    The Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) is a structured training and support program for the PhD students of the CRC 1114. PhD students work on their research projects under…
  • CRC / TRR 227 Ultrafast Spin Dynamics

    ///

    The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 227 of Freie Universität Berlin and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg together with non-university institutions…
  • TRR 170 Integrated Research Training Group in Planetary Sciences

    ///

    The integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) TRR 170 'Late accretion onto terrestrial planets' teaches methods and concepts from the fields of…
  • Cinepoetics - Center for Advanced Film Studies

    /// poetologies, audiovisual images, cinema, film philosophy, aesthetics

    Cinepoetics - Center for Advanced Film Studies is a research group based at Freie Universität Berlin in cooperation with Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and is funded by the…
  • BB3R - Innovations in the 3R Research: Genetic Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Bioinformatics

    /// Berlin-Brandenburg research platform BB3R, 3 R, Genetic Engineering, Tissue...

    The Berlin-Brandenburg research platform BB3R with the integrated graduate program "Innovations in the 3R Research – Genetic Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Bioinformatics"…
  • CRC / SFB 1078 Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function

    /// CRC SFB Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function

    The Integrated Graduate School 1078 is a joint graduate school of the Freie Universität (FU), Technical University Berlin (TU), Humboldt University (HU), Charité –…
  • Re-Figuration of Spaces

    ///

    The integrated research training group (MGK) is part of the collaborative research centre 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces”, which is hosted by TU Berlin. Partner institutions are…
  • Helmholtz Einstein International Berlin Research School in Data Science (HEIBRiDS)

    ///

    In 2018, the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) and the Helmholtz Association established a joint graduate program in Data Science: the Helmholtz Einstein International Berlin…
  • Health Data Sciences

    /// Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Meta-research, Big Data, Health Data Sciences, Causal...

    The newly established PhD Program in Health Data Sciences at the Charité is aimed at qualified young scientists interested in deepening their methodological knowledge in the fields…
  • IMPRS Biology And Computation

    /// sequence analysis, theoretical structural biology, computational chemistry, drug...

    The International Max Planck Research School for Biology And Computation offers a dual education with supervision from experimental and computational groups and the opportunity to…
  • Robert Koch Doctoral Program

    /// Robert Koch Doctoral Program, RoKoDoKo

    The Robert Koch Doctoral College (Robert Koch Doktorand*innenkolleg; RoKoDoKo) is a voluntary association of doctoral students and young Post-Docs of the Robert Koch Institute. …
  • Fluorine-Specific Interactions: Fundamentals and Functions

    /// Collaborative Research Center 1349 „Fluorine-Specific Interactions: Fundamen-tals and...

    (DFG SFB 1349 “Fluor-Spezifische Wechselwirkungen: Grundlagen und Anwendungen”) The CRC 1349 is a joined network of scientists from the field of chemistry, biochemistry, physics,…
  • Research Training Group (RTG) "Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis"

    /// Natural Sciences, Computer and information sciences, Chemical sciences, Biological...

    The Research Training Group (RTG) “Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis” offers a structured education on peptide research for doctoral students.…
  • Berlin School of Economics

    ///

    The Berlin School of Economics offers career development programs in economics, accounting, finance and management at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure.…
  • Max Delbrück Center Graduate School

    /// Biochemistry, Cancer research, Cardiovascular biology, Cell biology, Computational...

    The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) is devoted to biomedical research, with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of health and…
  • Differential Equation- and Data-driven Models in Life Sciences and Fluid Dynamics: An Interdisciplinary Research Training Group

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    DAEDALUS is a collaboration of Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. The main goal of DAEDALUS is the analysis of…
  • BfR Doctoral Training Programme

    /// Aasessment of food and feed, microbiological and chemical substance safety, safety...

    The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR) offers doctoral candidates the opportunity to conduct research on current and applied…
  • Stochastic Analysis in Interaction

    ///

    The IRTG 2544 „Stochastic Analysis in Interaction“ is a DFG-funded research initiative of the Berlin universities (FU, HU, and TU Berlin) and the Weierstrass Institute with the…
  • iNAMES-MDC-Weizmann Helmholtz International Research School for Imaging from the NAno to the MESo

    /// computational sciences, imaging data sciences, artificial intelligence, machine...

    Imaging bridges a crucial gap in space and time in life science and medicine. New molecular and cellular insights are obtained from imaging. These findings should be integrated…
  • BIOphysical Quantitative Imaging Towards Clinical Diagnosis

    /// Bridge, imaging, clinical, translation, medicine

    The Research Training Group (GRK2260) "BIOQIC – BIOphysical Quantitative Imaging Towards Clinical Diagnosis" was established in 2017 and offers an interdisciplinary and cohort-wise…
  • Berlin School of Optical Sciences and Quantum Technologies (BOS.QT)

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    The Berlin School of Optical Sciences and Quantum Technologies (BOS.QT) is a joint Graduate School of the Physics Departments of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin), the…
  • Berlin Industrial Engineering and Management (BIEM)

    /// Engineering, Technology, Economics, Business

    TU Berlin’s doctoral program “Berlin Industrial Engineering and Management” (BIEM) aims to provide high-quality training to young scholars with the goal of producing excellent…
  • Doctoral Program History and Cultural Studies

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    The doctoral program (HCS) based at the Department of History and Cultural Studies, FU Berlin offers a structured, research oriented three-year curriculum in cultural studies…
  • Berlin Institute for the Foundation of Learning and Data (BIFOLD)

    /// Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computer and information sciences, Physical sciences,...

    The Graduate School of the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD) offers a strongly research-oriented qualification program. Integrated within the range…
  • "Charging into the future": Understanding the interaction of polyelectrolytes with biosystems

    /// GRK 2662 „Charging into the future“: Understanding the interaction of...

    The DFG-funded International Research Training Group GRK 2662 aims for a better understanding of the molecular interactions between polyelectrolytes such as DNA, proteins or…
  • Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)

    /// Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computer and information sciences, Physical sciences,...

    Science of Intelligence (SCIoI) is a joint project between the Technische Universität Berlin and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, but also includes research groups at other…
  • Dynamic Hydrogels at Biointerfaces

    /// IRTG of CRC / SFB 1449 Dynamic Hydrogels at Biointerfaces Biophysics,...

    (DFG CRC / SFB 1449 "Dynamische Hydrogele an Biogrenzflächen") The Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) 1449 is a joint graduate school of the Freie Universität (FU),…
  • Doctoral Program Natural Sciences

    /// Natural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics

    The doctoral program Natural Sciences is jointly supported and designed by the two departments of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Physics of Freie Universität Berlin and is a…
  • IMPRS - Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities

    /// Media and communications Humanities History and archaeology Languages and...

    The IMPRS-KIR is an international PhD program based in the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine. It is a collective undertaking by the Max Planck Institute…
  • Normativity - Critique - Change

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    The GRK 2638 is dedicated to questions concerning the nexus of norms, their critique and how norms relate to social change. It seeks to study the specific structures of normative…
  • CRC1644: Phenotypic plasticity in plants – Mechanisms, constraints, and evolution

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    Plants colonized almost every habitat on Earth by adapting their growth and development to different environments. This success hinges on phenotypic plasticity, a genotype's…
  • Data assimilation - the collaborative research centre SFB1294

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    The program is dedicated to the fascinating and challenging mathematical research field of data assimilation. It aims to provide early-career researchers with the skills to carry…
  • Global Health

    /// Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Meta-research, Big Data, Health Data Sciences, Causal...

    The structured PhD program Global Health at the Charité is a collaboration between seven partnering institutions. It aims to train excellent scientists for leadership positions in…
  • Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin

    /// neurology, neuroscience, neurosciences, translation, translational neuroscience,...

    The Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin (ECN) was initiated in 2016 to establish an umbrella structure that specifically fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative research by…
  • TJ-Train – Tight junctions and their proteins: Molecular features and actions in health and disease

    /// proteins, tight junctions, medicine, translation, molecular, regulation,...

    The Research Training Group GRK 2318 “TJ-Train” began its work in October 2017 and offers an interdisciplinary, cohort-wise, doctoral program with 12 PhD and 12 MD doctoral…

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