18 PhD programmes offered by the university

In a joint and multidisciplinary effort between the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, and the University of Düsseldorf, the Aortic Disease research group investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms of aortic disease holistically.

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 SciMed Doctoral College at the University of Bonn supports excellent students of Medicine and Dental Medicine during their doctoral thesis work.

The Synaptic Micronetworks in Health and Disease research group at the University of Bonn is committed to identifying fundamental rules that govern the dynamics of neuronal behavior at the network level, and the translation of neuronal network dynamics to mammalian and human behavior.

The Bonn and Melbourne Immunology Research and Graduate School is a joint PhD training program in immunology between the University of Melbourne and the University of Bonn.

Bonn International Graduate School of Mathematics is the graduate school of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and serves all mathematics graduate students at the University of Bonn.

The Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn is an international institute conducting interdisciplinary research on development-related issues all over the world.

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.

Economic inequality shapes our times. The research training group in The Macroeconomics of Inequality provides a unique research environment that brings together ambitious doctoral students, expert members of the University of Bonn economics faculty, and external academics.

Future Rural Africa is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center involving geographers, anthropologists, political scientists, agroeconomists, soil scientists and ecologists from the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne.

The Bonn International Graduate School Clinical and Population Science offers a structured PhD program at the University of Bonn covering a wide range of research activities in both individual and population health areas.

The Bonn International Graduate School of Drug Sciences is a structured graduate program focusing on pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences. BIGS DrugS scientists at the University of Bonn are dedicated to basic and applied research related to novel drugs and therapies.

The Bonn International Graduate School of Neuroscience at the University of Bonn is committed to providing a top-level, internationally competitive program in the rapidly developing field of neuroscience.

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.

The Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS) Immunosciences and Infection now provides a unique framework for all PhD students in the fields of immunology and infectious disease at the University of Bonn.

The research group in Tools and Drugs of the Future - Innovative Methods and New Modalities in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Bonn intends to educate and train a future generation of medicinal chemists that will be well prepared to master future challenges.

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.

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.