PhD Postions
You may find a position as a doctoral candidate via specific newsletters and the websites of universities and research institutes. In case you are looking for a good place for your research project you might be successful by using the Research Explorer.
Please note:
For an employment contract with a German university or research institution you need a Statement of Comparability of your foreign higher education qualification, issued by the "Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen" (Central Office for Foreign Education – ZAB)
> Portals for finding doctoral positions
PhDGermany
Database with open positions for doctorates in Germany
International Programmes
Datenbase of the DAAD for international Study- and Doctoral Programmes
EURAXESS
Information and assistance to mobile researchers
Academics
Career portal offering positions in science.
Jobvector
Job Portal für scientists, physicians, and engineers
> Scholarships
> Current opportunities
Hector Fellow Academy: Bewerbungsphase für Promotionsstellen im MINT, Medizin und Psychologie
A new application phase for fully funded doctoral positions at the Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) in the natural sciences, engineering and medicine is starting again this year.
It runs from January 15 to March 31, 2024.
The job advertisements are aimed at excellent Master's graduates. Applications must be sent via the application portal.
The following doctoral positions are currently advertised in 2024:
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- Sebastian Frank (Psychology, Neuroscience): PhD Project on Behavioral and neuronal mechanisms involved in learning in children
- A. Stephen Hashmi (Chemistry): Bewerbung mit einer eigenen Forschungsidee
- Klaus-Robert Müller (AI): Development of a foundation model for the sciences with a focus on histopathology
- Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (Physics/Chemistry): PhD Project on Hybrid Quantum Architecture for Single Spin Readout with a Superconducting Qubit
- Eberhart Zrenner (Biology/Engineering/Medicine): PhD Project on Inducible CRISPR Gene Editing System to Target Common USH2A Mutations in Patients with Usher Syndrome and Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Jingyuan Xu (Engineering/Energy): PhD project on Solid-State Elastocaloric Cooling
All information about a PhD at the HFA and the application process can be found on the HFA website. A video clearly explains how interested candidates can apply.
PhD-fellowships Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships of 2 to 3.5 years to outstanding junior scientists worldwide who wish to pursue an ambitious PhD project in basic biomedical research in an internationally leading laboratory.
There are three deadlines each year: 1 February, 1 June, 1 October.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards MD fellowships of up to 18 months to outstanding medical students to pursue ambitious, experimental projects in basic biomedical research worldwide. Fellowship holders must study human medicine in Germany and change cities and institutions for at least ten consecutive months to work in an internationally renowned laboratory. Applications can be submitted at any time, but no later than three months before the change of location or the intended start of the research.