The Max Planck School of Cognition invites applications from exceedingly bright students with strong academic experience in areas related to cognition such as artificial intelligence, biology, (cognitive) neuroscience, genetics, linguistics, mathematics, neurobiology, neuroimaging, neurology, neurophysics, philosophy, physics, psychiatry, and psychology.

The doctoral program at the Max Planck School of Cognition will offer exceedingly bright students a superior grasp of the different methods and approaches used in the rapidly evolving field of Cognition. We are driven by the passion to better understand human cognition and “mental phenomena” (potentially) occurring in non-biological systems and agents.

The School is comprised of an outstanding and world-renowned cluster of faculty researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds but with overlapping research interests. The researchers come from Max Planck Institutes, universities, Helmholtz Association and Fraunhofer Society. The program consists of an orientation year (basic courses, lab rotations) followed by three years of research for the doctorate and is fully financed.

Your complete application needs to be submitted through the online application portal. The deadline for Application is December 01, 2021.

Virtual Q&A Session for applicants

You can now register for a Q&A session about the application process at the Max Planck School of Cognition.
The next sessions will take place on Wednesday,  November 24  2021 at 10.00 am CET or at 18.00 pm CET.