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Incoming PhD Students

Whether you are looking for a PhD position or are interested in completing a research stay during your current PhD program, the Department of Chemistry offers you an open, interdisciplinary and state of the art research environment. We support you in selecting the best funding option for either PhD positions or fixed-term reseach stays.

Your ticket to Cologne

  1. Please have a look at the research profile of the Department of Chemistry to find the best match for hosting you during your time in Cologne.
  2. Choose a funding scheme which is best suited for your situation. We have summarized some funding options below, but as there is a multutide of funding options available for different target groups, we cannot cover all options and will update the list accordingly.
  3. Contact your host and agree on the modalities of your stay as your host will be your main point of contact.
  4. We are supporting you and your host in all stages of your stay here in Cologne. Contact us directly.

Things to remember

Available Programs

Short-Term Grants

Excellently-qualified doctoral candidates and young academics and scientists who have completed a Master's degree or Diplom, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant-supported research, or those who have already completed a PhD (postdocs) will be supported to carry our a research project or course of continuing scientific education at the University of Cologne, which is being carried out in coordination with an academic adviser in Germany.

Funding Organization German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Traget Group Graduate Students, PhD Students, Postdoctoral Researchers
Funding Scheme Incoming
Region Worldwide
Funding Duration 1-6 months
Website https://daad.de/go/en/stipa50015434