PHD POSITIONS IN CANCER RESEARCH at The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Do you want to join our lively and international community of over 500 PhD students to do your PhD at Germany’s largest biomedical research institute? Then apply now!

PHD POSITIONS IN CANCER RESEARCH: SEEING BEYOND - RESEARCH FOR A LIFE WITHOUT CANCER

INTERNATIONAL PHD PROGRAM: 

Are you looking for excellent research opportunities for your PhD studies at the forefront of cancer research? The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg invites international students holding a Master’s degree in (molecular) biology, (bio-)chemistry, (bio-)physics, computational biology, computer science, epidemiology/public health studies, health economics and related subjects to apply for the International PhD Program.

PhD students are supported by a Thesis Advisory Committee, participate in scientific and professional skills courses, attend international conferences and receive career development support. The language of the PhD program is English. Full funding is provided for the duration of the PhD, either by the DKFZ, third party sources or in collaboration with the DAAD within their Graduate School Scholarship Program.

Research at the DKFZ is organized into the following programs with a lot of interaction and interdisciplinary PhD projects available across different topics:

• Cell Biology and Tumor Biology
• Functional and Structural Genomics
• Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
• Tumor Immunology
• Imaging and Radiooncology
• Infection, Inflammation and Cancer
• Translational Cancer Research

For more information and to apply online visit: www.dkfz.de/phd

Application deadline: 5th January 2019