PhD Opportunities in Petroleum Engineering in Germany

The Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena offers an interdisciplinary doctoral programme focused on the many ways microorganisms communicate and interact. The programme brings together research spanning health, environment, biology, optical technologies, and bioinformatics , creating a broad training environment for PhD candidates interested in both fundamental and applied microbiological research. Students are embedded in a large collaborative netw...

International PhD Programme for Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Food Systems (IPPAE) at Justus Liebig University Giessen is a structured doctoral programme offered in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim. The programme is designed for candidates interested in research on agricultural development, bioeconomy, and sustainable food systems, with a strong emphasis on problems in the candidate’s home country. The dissertation is expected to address an important issue of agr...

International Max Planck Research School – Biological Intelligence (IMPRS-BI) is a structured doctoral programme based at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Planegg, Germany, in cooperation with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Technical University of Munich. The school provides doctoral training for students interested in how nervous systems develop and evolve, and how animals use behaviour to navigate their environments and adapt to their ecological niches. T...

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...

PhD position in integrated power, gas and hydrogen systems at the Institute of Climate and Energy Research – Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, in Jülich, Germany. The research focuses on developing scenario-based modelling, simulation and analysis methods for coupled electricity and gas infrastructures in Europe. The project will investigate how electricity, natural gas and hydrogen systems interact under future energy-transition scenarios, supporting informed de...

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...