27 PhD programmes in Physics in Germany

In the 3-years Matter to Life (PhD Phase) programme delivered by Max Planck School Matter to Life , you will pursue interdisciplinary research at one of the MtL Fellow laboratories, which are distributed all over Germany.

The Heidelberg Graduate School for Physics from Heidelberg University offers a doctoral programme for students that culminates in the degree "Dr. rer. nat.". In order to enter this programme, the usual requirement is that students must have obtained the minimum of a Master´s degree in Physics or equivalent.

The GGNB doctoral program Physics of Biological and Complex Systems is a member of the Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB). It is conducted jointly by the University of Göttingen, the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization.

Biophysics is an increasingly popular discipline that applies the approaches and methods of physics to unravel the underlying organizational principles of biological systems. This programme is offered at TU Dresden.

As part of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) acts as an interdisciplinary hub for research on photonics and optical technologies in Erlangen.

The Catalysis at Liquid Interfaces research group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) aims to explore the highly dynamic, anisotropic environment of liquid interfaces to create, tailor and stabilise catalytically active sites with unique reactivity and performance.

The Bonn-Cologne Graduate School for Physics and Astronomy BCGS is a joint program of graduate studies between the University of Bonn and University of Cologne.

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.

Whether you want to start a career in science or industry, a PhD in Physics from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz opens many doors.

Research in this Correlated Magnetism - Frustration to Topology research training group at TU Dresden aims at investigating novel phases of magnetic materials.

The Quantum Cooperativity of Light and Matter research group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) aims to establish the field of quantum cooperativity of light and matter for the next generation of researchers at the national and international level.

This doctoral programme in "Optical Excitations in Organic and Inorganic Semiconductors" is offered at the University of Bayreuth. 

The Soft Matter Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Solid State Physics doctoral programme at University of Bayreuth, supported by the entire physics department, prepares particularly well-suited students for independent research. 

The Max Planck Graduate Center is a virtual department across two Max Planck Institutes and four faculties of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, created for interdisciplinary projects. We offer an advanced PhD program in these research topics to excellent candidates from all over the world.

Our Doctoral Photonics program at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena greatly assists in developing individual science careers in the fields of Optics, Photonics and Quantum Technology by providing professional and practical course opportunities and advancing soft skills development. 

Full position within a research group led and supervised by one of the Max Planck School of Photonics Fellows. Close supervision of our fellows ensured for your PhD project with our network of universities throughout Germany, and encouragement to carry out brief or medium-term research stays under the direction of their co-supervisor's research group.

The core research idea of this Research Training Group (RTG) in Dynamics and Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems at Leipzig University is to investigate, understand and compute the emergence of complexity in gravitational and quantum field theories starting from their foundations.

The collaborative research center in Open System Control of Atomic and Photonic Matter at the University of Bonn will explore the physics of open systems, i.e. the physics resulting from external time-dependent drive and coupling to tailored reservoirs, in a comprehensive way across different experimental platforms.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed and implemented a Ph.D. program in the area of Optics and Photonics. The doctoral researchers are not only part of an excellent research environment, but are also trained in a well-balanced and perfectly structured manner.

The Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) programme from the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, Ruhr Explores Solvation, provides a strong support network for researchers of chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and engineering to investigate the key roles solvents play in phenomena from protein reactions in cells, sustainable reuse of CO2, drug manufacturing and design to the origin of life.