PhD Molecular Medicine (Doctoral Programme) at Ulm University

The International PhD Programme in Molecular Medicine is a full-time doctoral programme taught entirely in English and run by the International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm (IGradU) since 2005. It trains researchers in biomedical research using interdisciplinary approaches that combine molecular biology and genetics with informatics, mathematics, physics and engineering. Each doctoral student is supervised by a three-member Thesis Advisory Committee, and graduates can obtain either the Dr. rer. nat. or the PhD degree.

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine  |  Department: International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm (IGradU)  |  Duration: 3 years (maximum 4 years)  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Location: Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Students complete compulsory activities including the lecture Improve your Textbook Knowledge, a Journal Club, the biweekly Progress Report seminar, a series of 30 external-speaker lectures a year and the seminar Good Scientific Practice, plus at least two optional courses per year and at least two practical training sessions in other laboratories or industry within the first two years. Progress is assessed in two intermediate evaluations (poster and/or public talk) at the end of the first and second year.

Career pathways

Alumni have continued in research institutions such as Harvard Medical School, Stanford University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, McGill University, ETH Zurich and DKFZ, and in pharmaceutical companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche.

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