14 PhD programmes offered by the university

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”.

The integrated graduate programme in Plant Ecological Genetics (GEcoGen) provides early-career researchers a training environment for developing scientific and professional expertise in both Molecular Biology and Ecology.

What determines the identity of membranes and how do they control their dynamic processes in space and time? What is the role of their constituents, especially membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes? These are the fundamental questions addressed in this Identity and Dynamics of Membrane Systems - From Molecules to Cellular Functions CRC at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

the International Helmholtz Research School of Biophysics and Soft Matter (IHRS BioSoft) provides excellent research opportunities for Ph.D. projects at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

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

The DFG-funded International Graduate School for Plant Science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is offering an international PhD program in The Dynamic Response of Plants to a Changing Environment with excellent research possibilities for young scientists.

The Microbial Networking - From Organelles to Cross-Kingdom Communities research program at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf aims to understand microbial networking in its full complexity to explain how organelles evolve and how the microbiome functions.

The main goal of the research training group Algebro-Geometric Methods in Algebra, Arithmetic and Topology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is the application of tools and results from Algebraic Geometry to pure mathematics.

The RTG Genetic and Developmental Toxicology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf combines local scientific expertises in a multidisciplinary center of research and education in the field of toxicology.

The Research Training Group Modulation of Intersystem Crossing at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is focused on the study and modulation of ISC (Intersystem Crossing) in molecules.

The Manchot Graduate School Molecules of Infection (MOI) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf maps complex host-pathogen interactions and explores new strategies for the elimination of pathogens in infectious diseases.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf offers a doctoral degree. On an individual doctorate, you'll be conducting research largely independently on your own research topic.

The CLIB-Graduate Cluster Industrial Biotechnology is a joint initiative of three German universities: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Bielefeld University and TU Dortmund 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.