Information for PhD Candidates
In collaboration with German universities, in particular the University of Tübingen, students with an outstanding Master's degree in the neurosciences, biomedicine, computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, AI and technical sciences can complete a doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. They benefit from a dynamic and interdisciplinary environment and excellent scientific resources.
Due to the localization of a number of excellent research institutions as well as educational and advanced training centers at the research site Tübingen, the PhD students get access not only to the colloquia on Max Planck Campus Tübingen, but also to additional training possibilites throughout the whole field of neurobiological, cognitive and medical research.
Junior researchers with a diploma or master's degree who are interested in applying for an open doctoral position can contact the relevant department or research group at the Institute, stating their interests, a description of their research project, a CV and references (diploma/master's degree).
Graduate Program in the Neurosciences
Particularly talented students can apply for admission to the doctoral program of the Graduate School of Neurosciences and receive first-class training after funding has been clarified by the Institute.
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 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.
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The Max Planck School of Cognition offers an international four-year doctoral program starting on September 1
st each year with a one-year orientation phase followed by three years of research for the doctorate (Figure 1). Students can enter the program with a bachelor’s (fast-track) or a master’s degree.
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