PhD Opportunities in Neuropsychology in Germany

The Max Planck School of Cognition offers a doctoral programme in cognition based in Leipzig and delivered in English . It is a structured PhD programme designed to connect research across multiple fields, including artificial intelligence, biology, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, linguistics, mathematics, neurobiology, neuroimaging, neurology, neurophysics, philosophy, physics, psychiatry, and psychology. The programme is explicitly multidisciplinary and is aimed at excellent international ap...

The University of Tübingen offers a Doctoral Programme in Neuroscience in Tübingen, delivered in cooperation with a broad neuroscience network that includes the Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, the Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience, the Centre for Mental Health, the Centre for Neurosensory Systems, the Natural & Medical Sciences Institute, and the Max Planck Inst...

The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) at the University of Cologne offers a structured doctoral programme in the highly interdisciplinary field of ageing biology. It is run in cooperation with the CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research. The programme is designed to train a new generation of biomedical scientists focused on the basic biology of ageing and on trans...

CiM-IMPRS PhD Programme in Life and Natural Sciences at the University of Münster is an interdisciplinary doctoral opportunity jointly run with the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine. The programme is designed for excellent students interested in biomedical research with a strong emphasis on imaging and quantitative approaches. PhD projects span a wide range of topics, including the analysis of basic cellular processes, developmental and stem cell biology, vascular biology, immunolog...

A PhD position in Evolutionary Genomics is available in the group of Henrik Kaessmann at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. The project is part of a highly collaborative research environment at the ZMBH and is focused on major questions in the origins and molecular evolution of organs in mammals and other vertebrates. The lab’s research emphasizes the evolution of gene expression and its regulatory basis, using extensive comparative genomics resources such as single-cell RNA-seq and A...

The International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP) offers upcoming fully funded PhD positions in neuroscience and translational psychiatry in Munich, Germany. The program also includes an integrated residency/PhD track for exceptional medical doctors. Research spans molecular, cellular, and systemic psychiatric research, including molecular medicine, neuroscience, clinical psychiatry, molecular genetics in animal models, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, behavior...

Ruhr University Bochum in Germany is offering two fully paid PhD positions in Neuroscience and Machine Learning , supervised by Professor Laurenz Wiskott. The research covers machine learning and neural networks, neuroscience and brain modeling, generative episodic memory, cognitive planning and reasoning, and computational neuroscience. The positions are intended for interdisciplinary research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and brain science. Applicants shoul...

Fully Funded PhD Position in Cognitive Psychology Trier University in Germany is offering a fully funded PhD position in the Cognitive Psychology Lab under the supervision of Prof. Christian Frings. The thesis is titled “Visual Search Meets Action Control: The Role of Statistical Regularities.” The project focuses on cognitive psychology, visual search, action control, and the role of statistical regularities in human behavior and cognition. Applicants should hold a Master's degree in psychology...

Two PhD positions are available in Neuroscience at Mainz University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany. The DFG-funded SEXandGLIA projects examine how sex differences and stress shape OPC–neuron communication under physiological conditions. The research is likely to address glial biology, oligodendrocyte precursor cells, neural communication, myelin, and mechanisms relevant to psychiatric diseases. The projects are led by Prof. Giulia Treccani and Prof. Mittmann. Applicants should consult the link...