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Below is a list of Ph.D Scholarships in Germany for African students 2026-2027
Shape the future of the vehicle - be part of it. In whole vehicle development, you’ll join a challenging, cross-functional environment at the intersection of research, data analytics, and vehicle engineering. You’ll work with real vehicle and usage data, have a high degree of creati
Published: 01 Jul 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The field of active matter is represented by systems made up of individual units that consume energy to generate motion or mechanical forces, causing the system to organize and behave collectively. The energy is continuously injected at the level of the individual particles or agents, keeping the sy
Published: 29 Jun 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) investigates why and how people create art and how they perform, experience, and evaluate it. The Institute’s focus is on music, but we also engage with other arts such as literature, film, and dance. The&nbs
Published: 29 Jun 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Aug 2026
The State Graduate Support Act (LGFG) serves to support early career researchers and artists.
Published: 24 Jun 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 06 Jul 2026
This scholarship programme offers you the opportunity to complete your doctoral degree in Germany. The scholarships are funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Published: 17 Jun 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The position is part of the interdisciplinary project WildBrain, which investigates how environmental transitions shape neural plasticity and behavioural individuality across mice and humans. The successful candidate will work on the human side of the project and join a collaborative team spanning t
Published: 02 Jun 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 01 Jul 2026
Max Planck Institute invite applications from qualified and highly motivated students (m/f/d) for a 3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science. The PhD studentship is funded by the University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Demogra
Published: 29 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany, United Kingdom Deadline: 08 Jun 2026
The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI?FKF) in Stuttgart, Germany invite applications for a PhD position in experimental condensed matter physics focusing on spin textures in two?dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets and heterostructures. The aim is to understand how non?trivi
Published: 29 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
At the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scholars pursue research relating to basic issues and current developments in the areas of public international law, European Union law, and the constitutional and administrative law of individual states, together with num
Published: 12 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Jun 2026
The European Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at EuropaUniversität Flensburg, Germany, invites academically outstanding and highly motivated candidates from around the world and in particular from the Middle East/West Asia to apply for its doctoral program beginning 1st
Published: 11 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 30 Sep 2026
The EUTOPIA PhD co-tutelle programme supports high-quality PhD projects in all research areas co-supervised by academics of the EUTOPIA member universities. It offers PhD scholarships for 3 to 4 years, depending on the length of doctoral studies in the partner universities. It is expected to lead to
Published: 30 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom Deadline: Not Specified
The Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology of Behaviour – caesar (MPINB) is a neuroethology institute located in Bonn that studies how the collective activity of the vast numbers of interconnected neurons in the brain gives rise to the plethora of animal behaviours. Our research spans a large r
Published: 20 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (Director: Professor Jean-Louis van Gelder) is seeking to recruit for a PhD Position Short Term Mindsets and Crime: An Experimental Approach from the earlies
Published: 20 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 20 May 2026
Volkswagen Group bring the future into series production. Our department for "Development of Electric Drives, Power Electronics & Transmissions", which is part of Volkswagen Group Components at the Kassel, Wolfsburg, and Gaimersheim sites, plays a leading role in this endeavor. It
Published: 20 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The laboratory of Christoph Fahlke in the Institute of Biological Information Processing – Molekular und Zellphysiologie is looking for a PhD student with a thesis project that focuses on transport mechanisms of neurotransmitter transporters. We are an interdisciplinary group focusing on the m
Published: 20 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
In the coming decades, climate change and land use change will have a significant impact on the performance of terrestrial ecosystems in terms of their services (food, feed, fiber, energy) and the challenges facing society. At the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Agrosphere (IBG-3), we are develo
Published: 20 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany, India Deadline: Not Specified
The automotive industry is undergoing profound changes – from the electrification of product portfolios and the digitization of all areas of work to new forms of (collaborative) work. Communication plays a central role in this context: it shapes transformation processes, provides orientation,
Published: 15 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
The International Max Planck Research School for Sustainable Metallurgy (IMPRS SusMet) offers PhD positions for three years for the following projects: Project 1: “Optimizing microwave plasma-based reduction of metal oxides” under the supervision of Prof. von Keudell
Published: 14 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 16 May 2026
Have you ever wondered how time itself shapes biology? Nearly every cell in the body contains a circadian clock — an intrinsic 24-hour timing system that coordinates gene expression, metabolism and cellular communication. Yet we still understand surprisingly little about how these clocks influ
Published: 16 Mar 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 15 Apr 2026
The successful candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary and international research group comprising management, economics, and information systems scholars. You will proactively engage in developing ambitious research projects, publish in top academic journals, and contribute to the teaching e
Published: 16 Mar 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 15 May 2026