25 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.

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

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 Düsseldorf Graduate School of Economics and its doctoral program are an initiative of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf economics group within the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Professors at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Faculty of Law offer the possibility to do postgraduate doctoral studies with the aim to be awarded a Doctor juris degree.

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.

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 Graduate Programme Competition Economics is a PhD programme organised by the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

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

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 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 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 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.

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.