Max Planck Schools

Be part of the Max Planck Schools and explore your Passion For Science with our excellent and fully funded PhD programs! We are looking for highly talented applicants with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from all over the world, aiming to further develop their research skills and network in one of the most innovative graduate programs. In Germany, the best researchers in a specific field are often working at different universities and non-university research organizations spread throughout the country. The Max Planck Schools serve as hubs gathering this distributed knowledge. Here, the brightest minds in their respective fields have come together from within the scientific community to interconnect in faculties. The Max Planck Schools believe in creating an environment where students, faculty, and staff may live and work productively together, making use of the rich resources of the Max Planck Schools and their diverse network of partners, in the individual and collective pursuit of academic excellence and personal development. Currently, there are three Max Planck Schools in the fields of Cognition, Matter to Life, and Photonics.