PhD Opportunities in Energy Engineering in Germany

The International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (IMPRS-ESM) is a doctoral programme at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, in cooperation with the Universität Hamburg. The programme offers interdisciplinary PhD training in Earth System Modelling, with research centered on the development, application, and evaluation of a hierarchy of Earth system models across different temporal and spatial scales. Doctoral researchers work on questions of global change, u...

Forschungszentrum Jülich is offering a PhD position at the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), within the Department of Circular Economy. The doctoral project addresses the sustainability of a planned data center supporting the Einstein Telescope, a next-generation gravitational-wave detector that will require extensive computing and data-storage infrastructure. The research will assess how high-performance computing infrastructure can meet demanding enviro...

The International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) is a doctoral programme at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, offered in cooperation with Friedrich Schiller University Jena . It focuses on the fundamental processes that move carbon, oxygen and nitrogen between land, ocean and atmosphere, and on how these cycles respond to climate change and human activity. PhD researchers join an international, structured research environment and work...

The International Doctoral Programme Environment Water (ENWAT) at the University of Stuttgart is an interdisciplinary doctoral programme hosted by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences Department. It brings together doctoral researchers working on water-related environmental topics and currently includes roughly 50 doctoral candidates. The programme is broad by design: the specific dissertation topic depends on the participating institute and the current research directions available ...

The IRI THESys Graduate Programme at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin invites doctoral applicants to join a structured research environment focused on the transformations of human-environment systems. The programme is based in Berlin and is developed in cooperation with leading research partners including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, the...

The Integrated Research Training Group in Molecular Evolutionary Sciences (IMES) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is an interdisciplinary doctoral programme within CRC 392, focused on molecular evolution and the origin of life. Doctoral candidates work in a highly collaborative environment that brings together physical, chemical, biological, geological, astronomical, and theoretical perspectives to address fundamental questions about life’s emergence and evolution. The programme is desi...

The HZDR Doctoral Programme in Energy, Health, Matter & Data Science offers doctoral research within Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, a non-university research organisation based in Dresden and working closely with partner universities. The programme is designed for young scientists who want to develop an independent scientific profile while contributing to grand societal, scientific, and industrial challenges across energy, health, matter, and data science. Doctoral researchers are embedde...

This PhD position in Physics of the Earth is offered at the Geophysical Institute (GPI) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Black Forest Observatory (BFO) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The project focuses on understanding how atmospheric forces deform the Earth’s crust. The successful doctoral researcher will work across the full scientific workflow, from field deployment to modelling and application. A major part of the work is designing and operating a large-N barometer network, buildi...

This PhD project in Earth physics and geophysics investigates how atmospheric pressure loading deforms the Earth's crust and how these effects can be identified and corrected in highly sensitive rotation measurements. The doctoral researcher will develop deterministic, physics-based quantitative models of crustal deformation caused by atmospheric pressure. A major part of the work involves designing, deploying, and operating a large-N array of autonomous barometers around the Black Forest Observ...