25 PhD programmes in Medicine in Germany

The Medical Sciences course from European University Cyprus (EUC) provides advanced training in the primary areas of Basic Science, Clinical and Translational Science and Medical Education. 

The Faculty of Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University has the authority to award doctoral degrees. The degrees awarded by the Faculty are doctor of medicine, Dr. med. for short or doctor of dentistry, Dr. med. dent. for short.

In a joint and multidisciplinary effort between the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, and the University of Düsseldorf, the Aortic Disease research group investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms of aortic disease holistically.

The Medical Life Science and Technology at Technical University of Munich provides high-level scientific training for students with a background in medicine, natural and life sciences or engineering.

ATLAS - Translational Medicine at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is an international graduate program with a strong focus on translational medicine. ATLAS covers immunotherapy, computational biology, infectious diseases, cardiovascular, aging and regenerative biomedicine.

The fundamental and prospective aim of the CRC Master Switches in Cardiac Ischemia at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is to identify new targets, i.e. molecules, pathways and mechanisms that are critical for the acute and subacute response to myocardial ischemia, which we define as “master switches”.

Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research PhD students at Heidelberg University conduct research at the forefront of basic, computational, epidemiological and translational cancer research.

The mission of the Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences at University of Lübeck is to train outstanding doctoral students through a structured teaching and research programme within an interdisciplinary and international environment. The programme for doctoral education is characterized by professional supervision and a quality curriculum.

The Auditory Sciences program at Hannover Medical School has been developed within the framework of the Joint Research Academy of the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all. It is one of the PhD Programs of the Hannover Biomedical Research School, integrated into the Hannover School of Medicine (MHH).

The Faculty of Medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf confers the academic title of Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.) subject to completing regular doctoral examination proceedings.

This Natural Products and Natural Product Analogs Against Therapy-Resistant Tumors and Microorganisms research program is offered at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

The University of Freiburg offers a dynamic interdisciplinary training Biology and Medicine program that prepares students for future scientific challenges.

The aim of the In Vivo Investigations Towards the Early Development of Type 2 Diabetes research program at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is to better understand the critical molecular mechanisms in the early development of T2DM.

The SciMed Doctoral College at the University of Bonn supports excellent students of Medicine and Dental Medicine during their doctoral thesis work.

Welcome to the Doctoral/PhD Programme Medicine and Health Sciences offered at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg!

Doctoral candidates with a Diploma or master’s degree in the natural sciences who are working on their project at one of the labs of the School of Medicine (or at other eligible locations), have the possiblity to enrol into the Experimental Medicine doctoral program at Technical University of Munich - an individually structured doctoral program.

The Graduate School of Life Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) offers an interdisciplinary structured training programme for scientific and medical doctoral students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Biology.

Major aims of this Molecular Medicine programme at Ulm University is to improve graduate training by creating an active, motivating, excellent and international research environment.

The three-year Experimental Medicine program from University of Tübingen consists of three pillars: your research, your supervision and your training. 

The Medical Research - International Health degree was established as an integrative institution, which aims to coordinate existing excellence projects on development cooperation at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich.