Information for Master’s Students

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics develops outstanding young scientists with a Bachelor's degree who want to enter research as quickly as possible. A direct application can be an excellent opportunity for a promising research career.  more

The ‘International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for The Mechanisms of Mental Function and Dysfunction’ (MMFD) provides state-of-the-art training and research under the guidance of leading neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists and computational scientists in Tübingen. Excellent graduates will enjoy an unparalleled opportunity to start their research career in neuroscience.
The IMPRS MMFD provides selected GTC master's students with a long-term perspective in pursuing their PhD within the program. Excellent master’s students will be funded in their final semester of their master’s program and the first year of their PhD projects by the IMPRS. Afterwards, they will be funded by the lab at which they are conducting their research.
The IMPRS supports also selected doctoral students who joined a Neuroscience lab in Tübingen and registered at the doctoral program of the GTC Neuroscience. Successful students benefit from the grants, networking events and additional training of the IMPRS. more

The Max Planck School of Cognition offers an international four-year doctoral program starting on September 1^st each year with a one-year orientation phase followed by three years of research for the doctorate (Figure 1). Students can enter the program with a bachelor’s (fast-track) or a master’s degree. more