www.uni-goettingen.dex Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Auf dem ‚fast track‘ zur Promotion International MSc/PhD Programs Neurosciences and Molecular Biology in Göttingen Michael Hörner Auf dem ‚fast track‘ zur Promotion International MSc/PhD Programs Neurosciences and Molecular Biology in Göttingen Michael Hörner Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Auf dem ‚fast track‘ zur Promotion
International MSc/PhD Programs Neurosciences and Molecular Biology in Göttingen
Michael Hörner
Auf dem ‚fast track‘ zur Promotion
International MSc/PhD Programs Neurosciences and Molecular Biology in Göttingen
Michael Hörner
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Facts and Figures
� founded in 1737
� 13 faculties, 180 institutes
� 25,000 students (compared to
130,000 citizens of Göttingen)
� 12 % students from abroad (37 % in
the natural sciences at graduate level)
� 1,300 research cooperations in 80
countries
� one of 9 German universities awarded
by the Excellence Competition
Key Data
The Georg-August-Universität GöttingenThe Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen
The Max Planck Institutes in GöttingenThe Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Max Planck Institute for Solar Systems Research (near Göttingen)
Source: J. Winkler
The North Campus
University and Max Planck Institutes -Collaboration in Research and Training in the Natural Sciences
The Göttingen Natural Sciences Research Community
Neuroscience Program IMPRS: Participating InstitutionsMolecular Biology IMPRS
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1. Uni-Bio (Biology: Institute of Microbiology and Genetics)
2. Uni-Med (Medicine: University Hospital)
3. Uni-Phy (Physics: New Physics Building)
4. Uni-Che (Chemistry: Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry)
5. European Neuroscience Institute (ENI-G)
6. MPI-bpc (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
7. MPI-ds (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
8. MPI-em (Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine)
9. DPZ (Leibniz Institute: German Primate Center)
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The Göttingen Natural Sciences Research Community
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The Göttingen Natural Sciences Research Community
The Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
Concept of GGNBConcept of GGNB
GGNB forms a common roof for thematically focused doctoral programs in the molecular life sciences and the neurosciences regarding ...
� Training
� Measures for quality assurance
� International recruitment
� Examinations and degrees
� Service and organization
The Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
Key Features� MSc degree as entry level� interview-based student selection� 3 (+ 1) year PhD projects� thesis committees� methods courses� professional skills & language courses� industry excursions� student-organized conferences� gender equality measures� cultural events
GGNB doctoral programs as the student‘s “home base“
individually tailored curriculum in English
� Molecular Biology (MSc/PhD)
� Neurosciences (MSc/PhD/MD-PhD)
� Biomolecules: Structure – Function – Dynamics
� Biology of Microbial, Animal and Plant Cells
� Molecular Biology of Development and Interaction between Organisms
� Physics and Advanced Microscopy of Biological Systems
� Molecular Physiology of the Brain
� Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
� Sensory and Motor Neuroscience
� Systems Neuroscience
The Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
currently 141 faculty members - up to 400 PhD students
The Doctoral Programs of GGNBThe Doctoral Programs of GGNB
� created in 2000
� integrated MSc/PhD programs
- BSc degree as entry level
- one year of MSc-level courses
- performance-based, direct transfer to PhD project
The International MSc/PhD Programs in Molecular Biology & Neurosciences
A success story!� heavily oversubscribed
10-20 applicants / place
� concepts adopted by many programs in Germany
DAAD & Stifterverband Award 2006
... and the students ...
The International MSc/PhD Programs in Molecular Biology & Neurosciences
Key Features• Four year program from the BS to the PhD
• International
� 60-70% students from abroad
� from admission to graduation in English
• 20 students per year, individually selected bya three-step evaluation procedure
• Intensive course program (1st year)
� no semester structure
� 90 credits
• All courses newly established
� lectures (open to all university students)
� tutorials (groups of 10 students)
� methods courses (groups of 5 students)
� lab rotations (3 individual projects)
� seminars (2 presentations per student)
• Research-oriented training
• Direct admission to PhD program after 1 year (without MSc thesis = ‚fast track‘)
PhD/MD-PhD/Dr. rer. nat.
The International MSc/PhD/MD-PhD Program Max Planck Research School Neurosciences IMPRS