For doctoral researchers

International office, first days at the institute, resources and points of contact, useful information for PhD candidates and postdocs, living and working in Germany and at MPS, leaving the institute, leaving Germany

Admission and enrolment. Curricular requirements: annual TAC meetings, annual talks, seminars, publications, conferences, teaching, lectures, annual retreats, qualification courses (all with their own individual detailed pages and links, take some time to read these carefully!). Forms and regulations: TAC forms, course assessment forms, and more. Graduation requirements.

Links to university Admission Regulations, Thesis Advisory Committee Agreement and Regulations, Thesis Advisory Committee Meeting PhD status report template, example study plans, List of Modules, Course Assessment Forms, university PhD Regulations, online university Admission forms, online thesis submission forms, online thesis publication portals

IMPRS telegrammes: Past and upcoming IMPRS defenses, prizes, press releases, and general IMPRS news, events and announcements.

IMPRS doctoral researchjers at University of Göttingen become part of one of the GAUSS PhD programs. The Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS) is the graduate school for mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Göttingen. Access information for doctoral candidates and supervisors of the various doctoral PhD programs within GAUSS, including important official documents and forms for doctoral candidates

MAX is your entry point to the Max Planck Society’s and to the MPS institute’s intranet, respectively, each with a wealth of additional information (IT FAQ: email, VPN, printers, ...!), as well as to various subsystems, e.g. SAP (pay slips, filing for vacation days), OHB (repository of all documents governing the Max Planck Society), ORBS (business travel booking), LMS (Planck Academy — Learning Management System) and more. The IMPRS pages on MAX link to points of contact in case of conflict, internal communication channels, important internal documents and related relevant MAX content.

If you are a student, you can log in with your y-number. Customize your personal start page for easy access to all of the relevant functions, information and documents for your studies.

The GWDG is a service organization which works in conjunction with the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Society as a data and IT service center. Services include Cryptshare, Nextcloud, Indico, HPC, Jupyter, LimeSurvey, E-Mail, Mailing Lists, GitLab, HedgeDoc (Pads), Matrix (Chat), ShareLaTex, URL Shortener, BigBlueButton (Videoconferencing), eduroam, VPN, PKI, Research Data Management ...

Max Planck Information and Technology (MaxIT) in Munich is a central institution of the Max Planck Society for research support and administration-related information and IT services. It combines the former Information and Communication Technology Department of the Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society and the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) under one roof and officially commenced operations on 1 January 2026.

MaxIT supports scientists and information service providers at all Max Planck Institutes with a broad portfolio of services in the fields of information provision, data analysis, publication services and research data management, as well as software product licensing. In addition, it provides all the IT systems and basic IT services required for administration.

MPDL supports Max Planck Society scientists with a broad service portfolio and provides easy access to data, scientific literature, commercial software licenses, scientific communication tools and services, and research-related software applications. Search in the categories Publishing & Reading | Software & Data Services | Strategic Services

Overview page to help you navigate to IMPRS web page areas on: Application — About the IMPRS: Concept, Partner Institutions, Funding — Curriculum — Downloads — Members — Research — News — Logos — Archive