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Find Ph.D scholarships for international students to study in Germany 2026-2027.
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: 16 Mar 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
Max Planck Institute is supporting the development of highly realistic human and animal avatars for use in research, film, virtual reality, biology and medicine. Using unique 3D & 4D capture facilities, machine learning, computer vision and advanced graphics, we are modeling human and animals sh
Published: 13 Mar 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
Originating in the ELLIS Unit Jena, the research project »AI Generalizability in Non-stationary Environmental Regimes: The Case of Hydro-climatic Extremes (GENAI-X)«, funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, addresses a fundamental AI challenge: achieving robust model generalizability in non-s
Published: 13 Mar 2026 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 09 Apr 2026
SFB/TRR 425 DEFINE brings together leading scientists in medicine (dermatology, pediatrics, internal medicine and surgery), molecular biology, immunology, biomedicine, and systems research to investigate fundamental mechanisms underlying development of diseases related to desmosome disorders. W
Published: 30 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
The University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences offer several positions as PhD Students with 65% of a full position (25.87 hours per week). This position should be filled by June 1st 2026 with a fixed term contract for these qualification positions up
Published: 19 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
The International Max Planck Research School “Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities” (IMPRS-KIR) invites applications for 3 doctoral positions, to begin on September 1, 2026. Each position will run for 3.5 years, with the possibility of extending once by si
Published: 15 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is an internationally oriented institution whose research focuses on the principles, mechanisms and effects of evolutionary change. Around 200 employees from more than 30 nations currently work at our institute in the departments of Theo
Published: 15 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
This is a team of international researchers led by Prof. Stefan Feuerriegel to push the frontier of AI for decision-making. The team is highly diverse and comes from different countries and areas (e.g., machine learning, statistics, economics, engineering). We develop, implement, and evaluate new AI
Published: 11 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
This highly motivated team, led by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Sellhorn, is based in the city of Munich. They are part of the transregional DFG project TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency and the Sustainability Reporting Navigator (SRN) team, and explore research questions related to
Published: 11 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
Immunotherapy has led to a paradigm change in systemic tumor therapy. Many patients now benefit from improved survival and sometimes cure. However, there is an urgent need to further improve immunotherapy, as a majority of patients will progress despite treatment. Recent preclinical, translational,
Published: 11 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
Bridging the gap between your doctoral studies and the kind of career challenge you’re looking for isn’t always easy. That’s why our ProMotion PhD programme gives you the opportunity to apply your passion and scientific expertise to very real challenges that could shape the future
Published: 11 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The research group works in low-dimensional topology and knot theory. We are interested in link homology theories, such as Heegaard Floer and Khovanov homology, and their application to open topological problems. The work is supported by an individual research grant (project number 505125645) from t
Published: 11 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: 19 Jan 2026
A doctoral and position in glia biology/neurobiology is available in Dioscuri Centre for Chromatin Biology and Epigenomics at the Nencki Institute for Experimental biology (Poland). Dioscuri is a program initiated by the Max Planck Society, managed jointly wit
Published: 18 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
This PhD project will develop new methods that combine remote sensing, physics-based modelling, and Bayesian machine learning to support risk management of bridge portfolios. You will create tools that transform complex data into reliable insights for infrastructure safety a
Published: 13 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
The Chair of Sustainable Mobile Drive Systems (NMA) at the Technical University of Munich, located at Schragenhofstr. 31, 80992 Munich, is seeking a PhD student (m/f/d) in the field of electric drives to start as soon as possible. Your responsibilities include: Development of a high-perform
Published: 13 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
Strategic Semiconductor Management is a systematic approach to ensuring a sustainable supply of technically and economically competitive semiconductors. Modern vehicle technologies such as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), connected vehicles, and electromobility are driving a steadily incre
Published: 10 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The International Max Planck Research School on Interdisciplinary Plant Biology is a local collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the University of Cologne, Germany. International students are closely supervised by an advisory committee, receive
Published: 07 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 05 Jan 2026
The International Max Planck Research School for Epigenetics, Biophysics and Metabolism (IMPRS-EBM) is looking for talented and motivated students with a passion for science, aspiring to work towards a doctoral degree in the fields of Epigenetics, Biophysics, Metabolism, Cell Biology, Biochemis
Published: 07 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 06 Feb 2026
The Emmy Noether group at LMU will focus on exploiting the next generation of galaxy surveys to study the large-scale structure of the Universe with unprecedented precision. We are particularly interested in developing and applying higher-order clustering statistics to extract cosmological informati
Published: 30 Oct 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich is offering two fully-funded doctoral positions in a five-year research project sponsored by the new Change! funding scheme of the Volkswagen Foundation. The Rachel Carson Center for Environment an
Published: 30 Oct 2025 Type: PhD Study in: Germany Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 30 Nov 2025