Faculty of Biology and Psychology

Doctorate at the Faculty of Biology and Psychology

At the Faculty of Biology and Psychology doctoral/Ph.D. projects to attain the grade Dr.rer.nat or Ph.D. can be undertaken within one out of ten programs. The doctoral programs are affiliated with the Georg-August-University School of Science (GAUSS). Most programs additionally are associated with GGNB (Göttinger Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences).


Doctoral programmes

GAUSS (Georg-August-University School of Science)
Docto-
rate
Biology		 Biological
Diversity		 Behavior
and
Cognition
(BeCog)		 GGNB (Göttinger Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences)
Biomole-
cules:
Structure -
Function -
Dynamics		 Molecular
Biology
of the
Cells		 Genes in
Develop-
ment, Di
sease and
Evolution		 Microbio-
logy and
Biochem-
istry		 Emerg-
ing
Infect-
ious
Disea-
ses		 Systems
Neuro-
science
*For the program in Biology it is possible to make an agreement for a binational joint supervision in the Cotutelle programm Molecular Biosciences and Biomedicine

Application

There are two ways to apply for a PhD position at the Faculty of Biology and Psychology:

  • Direct application to a supervisor / research group (possible for all programs)
  • Application via GGNB (only possible for GGNB programs)