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317 PhD programmes in Germany
Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
Our Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention Program at German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg focuses on identifying risk factors (primary prevention), improve early detection and screening strategies (secondary prevention), as well as approaches to prevent disease progression and to improve quality of life (tertiary prevention).
Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites
TU Dresden researchers want to generate an innovative class of materials within the Research Training Group in Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites, i.e. fiber-reinforced composite materials including structurally integrated actuator and sensor networks.
Governance
The Doctoral Programme in Governance at Hertie School Berlin is an international three-year doctoral training programme. It is aimed at outstanding master's students from the social sciences and related disciplines. Today, several dozen PhD researchers study the conditions, structures and dynamics of governance in the Hertie School's doctoral programme.
Brown and Beige Fat - Organ Crosstalk, Signaling and Energetics
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) Brown and Beige Fat - Organ Crosstalk, Signaling and Energetics (BATenergy) at the University of Bonn investigates metabolism/diabetes and focuses on brown adipose tissue.
Oriental and Asian Studies
The Bonn International Graduate School - Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of Bonn investigates the cultures and societies of Asia and the Middle East in change through time and processes of global interaction.
Materials Chemistry and Catalysis
The University of Bayreuth doctoral programme "Materials Chemistry and Catalysis" is aimed at doctoral students who have a strong interest in materials and catalysis research, and want to collaborate with a high degree of professional competency and creativity in the development of high-performance materials or catalysts.
Mathematics
We invite excellent Mathematics students from Berlin, Germany, Europe and all over the world to join BMS and Freie Universität Berlin.
Language Education
The doctoral program of the Class of Language Education at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich offers a research-oriented and integrated curriculum open to doctoral candidates in all language education majors of the Faculty of Languages and Literatures at the LMU.
Environment and Society
The Environment and Society programme offered by Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich develops advanced expertise in human–nature interactions, socioecological change, and interdisciplinary environmental inquiry.
Oral Sciences
The PhD program “Oral Sciences” at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is an interdisciplinary program promoting research activities in oral health related issues, especially suited for young scientists planning a career at a university or dental research centre.
Solar System Science
The International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingen (IMPRS, Solar System School) is a collaboration of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Göttingen offering an international PhD programme in physics.
Accounting
Compelling for its in-depth coverage of issues in both financial and managerial accounting, the Ph.D. Program in Accounting at Darmstadt University of Technology offers a two-year cycle of doctoral-level courses developed specifically to transmit a rigorous methodological framework in the core areas of accounting as well as selected core areas of economics.
Pharmacology of 7TM-Receptors and Downstream Signaling Pathways
The interdisciplinary Pharmacology of 7TM-Receptors and Downstream Signaling Pathways RTG at the University of Bonn combines scientific expertise in the area of pharmacology and pharmacy.
Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Graduate School at Freie Universität Berlin offers a research-oriented, structured Muslim Cultures and Societies curriculum that aims to achieve a balance between specialisation in a given field of study and in-depth multidisciplinary training (“disciplne- based multidisciplinarity”).
Bioengineering and Biomaterials
Bioengineering is the application of life science, physical science, mathematics and engineering principles to define and solve problems in biology, medicine, the environment, materials and other fields. This Bioengineering and Biomaterials programme is offered at TU Dresden.
Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers degrees at the doctoral level.
Manchot Graduate School - Competitiveness of Young Enterprises
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.
German Studies
This doctorate degree programme in German Studies is offered to ou graduate students at the University of Passau.
Dimensions of Constructional Space
The Dimensions of Constructional Space Research Training Group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will explore a relatively new paradigm in linguistics that has become known under the name of Construction Grammar (CxG).
Heidelberg Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Heidelberg Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences is a central academic institute for doctoral candidates in the humanities, law and social sciences, who regard the exchange with academics from other disciplines as an important part of their own research. It is offered at Heidelberg University.