Application Process

Our 2025 recruitment call is open! Applications are only accepted through our online portal. The application deadline to join the 2025 cohort in September is February 7th, 2025.

We are recruiting new PhD students for our annual program starting in September 2025. Applications are accepted exclusively through our online portal.

In April 2025, we will host our Admission Colloquia, where approximately 30 applicants will present their research experiences and participate in interviews with our faculty members. Notifications regarding final decisions will be communicated shortly after the Admission Colloquium.

If you would like to apply, please follow these steps.

  1. Please make sure that you are eligible to apply before you register for the application process. 

  2. Register through our online application. Applications received via e-mail will not be considered.

  3. Fill in the application form and submit the required documents (see below). 

  4. Please submit the contact details of one to three referees, who will automatically receive instructions on how and when to submit their evaluations through our platform. Keep in mind that the later you submit their contact information, the less time they will have to complete their evaluations.

  5. Choose your top four preferred research groups. You find a list of recruiting group leaders here.

  6.  Submit your application and referee information before February 7, 2025.

Please note: You can save your application in our online portal and return later to complete it. Once you submit it, it can no longer be changed.

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Required Documents

Please submit the following documents in one PDF file with your application:

  • Transcripts and Certificates for all completed degrees
  • Preliminary transcripts for degrees that are not yet completed

All required documents have to be submitted in German or English (translation from other languages by a certified translator).

Optional Documents

If available, please submit the following documents in one PDF file:

  • Proof of English language skills
  • Certificates of scholarships, awards, or prizes  

Admission Colloquium

Druing the admission colloquium, candidates will give presentations on their research experience and will be interviewed by several faculty members.

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