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Application

Before you apply, please note the following:

This doctoral program only accepts applicants who have a supervisor from the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, the Department of Physics or the Department of Earth Sciences.

You will have to find suitable supervisors yourself. In addition, you first need to be admitted to the doctorate in the Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, the Department of Physics or the Department of Earth Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin.

You can find information on all these points on the following websites:

The doctoral program does not have any funding options.


Application requirements according to § 3 of the Doctoral Studies Regulations of Natural Sciences

Application documents

  • Application form

  • Admission notification

  • Language certificate or comparable proof

  • Short statement of motivation (max. 1 page)

  • Curriculum vitae with details of the activities and experience relevant to the intended doctoral studies

  • Short description of the planned thesis project

  • Supervision agreement including attachments (can be found here)

Please send the completed and signed application form together with the required documents to the following e-mail address: office@dpns.fu-berlin.de


Postdoctoral researchers who would like to apply for associate membership, please use the following form:

Application Form (Postdoctoral researchers)

Please send the completed and signed application form together with the required documents to the following e-mail address: office@dpns.fu-berlin.de