Graduate Schools
During graduation at the Department of Biology we offer an integrative and international education. Participants will independently work on a research project within a current field of modern life sciences and can either apply through one of the existing graduate schools or directly through a local research group.
Application through graduate schools:
Applications are to be submitted to one of the following graduate schools:
Application through individual research groups:
Please contact the research group of your interest for further details.
Characteristics of graduation at the Department of Biology:
- experimental research project within a current field of modern life sciences; topics may be chosen from a multitude of work groups at the Departments of Biology, Medicine, Chemistry and Pharmacy, and Physics as well as at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine.
- mentoring (supervision) by a graduation committee of three professors
- graduation-accompanying program teaching soft skills as well as professional competences
Requirements
- Master's degree (or Diploma-degree) in life sciences or biosciences (other degrees may require the participation in modules of the Master's program)
- for further details see the „Promotionsordnung“
- Promotionsordnung (Doctoral regulations) - English version. Not legally valid!
Registration of the doctorate work:
The registration takes place a the graduate examination office (Promotionsprüfungsamt)
Habilitation
Information on the Habilitation Request
Here you find the relevant examination regulations.