Graduate School Life Science Munich: From Molecules to Systems (LSM) at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

About

The Graduate School Life Science Munich - From Molecules to Systems (LSM) offers an internationally structured doctoral programme to outstandingly qualified students in the life sciences. Students benefit from the excellent quality of research, complemented with coursework and teaching at the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy at Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitÃ¤t MÃ¼nchen, while they are able to live in the attractive city of Munich. The members are integrated into a stimulating research environment composed of excellent faculties and a large network of institutions and facilities. The HighTechCampusLMU in Grosshadern-Martinsried is synonymous with well-connected and internationally renowned research in life sciences at Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitÃ¤t MÃ¼nchen. This one-of-a-kind cluster supports research at the highest level, often in direct collaboration with the adjacent Max Planck Institutes for Biochemistry and Neurobiology and with the German Research Center for Environmental Health (Helmholtz Zentrum MÃ¼nchen). The special characteristic and incentive of the LSM lies in its transdisciplinarity and intersectoral broadness. The school not only covers all biological disciplines at Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitÃ¤t MÃ¼nchen from anthropology to ecology, molecular cell biology, botany, and zoology, but also includes life sciences relevant to pharmacy and chemistry. This combination of disciplines provides a transdisciplinary environment by combining training elements from natural science, public/private entrepreneurship, ethics, responsibility in science, and public outreach. Doctoral researchers at the LSM acquire state-of-the-art knowledge of biology and biochemistry and are given a profound overview of the current fields of research in the different areas of life sciences. They are also encouraged to attend international conferences to present their research and get in touch with the international research community. Additional support is offered by the GraduateCenter.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Requirements include a Master's degree or Bachelor's degree with honours in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biophysics, biotechnology, medicine, or in a related discipline. Requirements for the four-year Bachelor's degree include the following: a written thesis and written or oral final examinations. It is not necessary to hold the respective degree at the time of application. However, the degree must have been awarded before the doctoral project commences.