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About the IMPRS for Translational Psychiatry

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Welcome

Welcome to the website of the International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP).

The IMPRS-TP PhD program provides first class training to internationally outstanding students who are passionate about molecular, cellular and systemic neuroscientific and psychiatric research.

Research areas covered within the Program are molecular medicine, neuroscience, psychiatry, quantitative epigenetics and imaging, neuroimaging, design-based stereology and clinical studies.

In addition to traditional PhD positions, we offer a unique integrated PhD/residence program in psychiatry to exceptional medical doctors.

Important dates

The application window for the IMPRS-TP PhD program that starts in 2027 is open from August 15^th2026, and all applications will have to be submitted in English through our Online Application Tool.

Application deadline: October 31^st, 2026 (24:00 Central European Time)
Deadline for references: November 7th, 2026 (24:00 CET)
Final selection process: March-May 2027
Start date: September to October 2027

About

IMPRS-TP is a joint initiative of leading scientists from the Max Planck Institutes of Psychiatry and of Biological Intelligence and the Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich (LMU).

Further collaborations have been established with the Munich Medical Research School (MMRS), the Helmholtz Center Munich, the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN), Martinsried, Germany, the TUM School of Medicine, the University of Augsburg and King’s College London, UK.

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