International Max Planck Research School

The Mechanisms of Mental Function and Dysfunction

The ‘International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for The Mechanisms of Mental Function and Dysfunction’ (MMFD) provides state-of-the-art training and research under the guidance of leading neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists and computational scientists in Tübingen. Excellent graduates will enjoy an unparalleled opportunity to start their research career in neuroscience.

The IMPRS is a joint project of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and the University of Tübingen. It is embedded in the Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience (GTC) and thus benefits from more than 20 years of successful cooperation in the training of young neuroscientists.

The IMPRS MMFD provides selected GTC master's students with a long-term perspective in pursuing their PhD within the program. Excellent master’s students will be funded in their final semester of their master’s program and the first year of their PhD projects by the IMPRS. Afterwards, they will be funded by the lab at which they are conducting their research.

The IMPRS supports also selected doctoral students who joined a Neuroscience lab in Tübingen and registered at the doctoral program of the GTC Neuroscience. Successful students benefit from the grants, networking events and additional training of the IMPRS.

Master and PhD students of the GTC are invited to apply to the IMPRS program once a year in fall.

Teaching and research in the IMPRS and at the GTC of Neuroscience are conducted entirely in English.

The IMPRS MMFD was launched in January 2020 and is one of about sixty International Max Planck Research Schools run by the Max Planck Society in partnership with various universities and research institutions. IMPRS programs provide an extraordinary framework and working environment for graduate students, and they provide unique opportunities for interdisciplinary research projects.

Find more information on the IMPRS MMFD Website