The Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience

The Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience consists of three international neuroscience graduate schools which provide research oriented career tracks that lead to a master and doctoral degree thereby preparing for a career in science and academia. The three graduate programs complement one another ideally and, thus, provide a markedly broad spectrum of neuroscience research and training opportunities in Tübingen. Teaching is entirely in English.

At the University of Tübingen, neuroscience research has a long standing tradition and has been continuously growing over the past 25 years, both with regard to numbers of research groups and the spectrum of neuroscience topics.
The Graduate Training Centre for Neuroscience (GTC) comprises the Graduate School of Neural Information Processing, the Graduate School of Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience and the Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences/International Max Planck Research School. One goal of the GTC is to enforce co ordination and co-operation between the above mentioned diverse research institutions in order to establish in Tübingen international, state-of-the-art graduate training at the master and doctoral degree level.

The first international neuroscience graduate school was established at the University of Tübingen in 1999. The Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences was a joint effort of the Medical School, the School of Biology and the Max Institute for Biological Cybernetics. In 2007, the Graduate School of Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience was established through the joint efforts of the Medical School, the School of Biology and the School of Biochemistry & Pharmacy. Since 2011, three Schools, including the newly established Graduate School of Neural Information Processing, provide research oriented career tracks - leading to a master or doctoral degree - that provide an ideal preparation for a career in science and academia.

The three graduate programs complement one another at best and, thus, provide a markedly broad spectrum of neuroscience research and training opportunities in Tübingen. The curricula are designed to train students from various backgrounds (biomedical, cognitive and computer sciences, molecular biology, psychology, mathematics and engineering) and to provide a broad, basic training in all aspects of neuroscience.

A large international faculty of renowned scientists together with state-of-the-art facilities provide an outstanding environment for interdisciplinary research and training in neuroscience. Participating institutions include:

• University of Tübingen - Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine
• Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
• Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics
• Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research
• German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases - Tübingen
• Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience - Tübingen
• Natural & Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen

Teaching in the Graduate Centre of Neuroscience is entirely in English.
The Application Deadline for the Masters Programs is January 15. Doctoral Students can apply throughout the year (no application deadline) and are asked to send their application directly to the research group of their interest.