25 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences Graduate School at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf offers a structured doctoral program covering the fields of molecular plant sciences, plant genetics, plant-microbe interactions, synthetic biology as well as quantitative and computational biology.

How do we conceive of the world? What is the structure and composition of our concepts? How do we represent in our minds categories, individuals, relations, properties, events, or sentence meanings? The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is a research centre that addresses such issues.

The Faculty of Medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf offers a PhD degree programme in Medical Sciences.

The HITEC Energy and Climate programme at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf intends to create optimal conditions for these talented young researchers. Joint lectures and practical training encourage their understanding of topics and the related methods, including joint use of the scientific infrastructure.

The Manchot Graduate School - Competitiveness of Young Enterprises (WEJU) of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf explores how young companies can achieve a competitive market position and how they are able to become market leaders within highly competitive environments.