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The Max Planck Society is one of Europe's leading basic research organizations. In its research laboratories, workshops, libraries, and administration, scientists and researchers perform demanding tasks with a high degree of autonomy and creativity.

The working environment is both open and stimulating – and international! Not surprisingly, the appeal of the Max Planck Society has achieved international fame. More than a third of around 12,000 scientists hold a foreign passport. They form a creative cosmos in which interdisciplinary and intercultural concepts and ideas of great minds come to bear. This, in turn, ensures the success of the excellent basic research for which our organisation is renowned.

We promote accomplished junior scientists, who complete formative years of their careers as student assistants, Ph.D. students, postdocs or research group heads at Max Planck institutes, and who benefit from the knowledge of their internationally networking scientific mentors.

We are also committed to providing young people with a sound basis in various skilled trades. Facilitating the career ascent of female scientists has been a priority for us for over a decade now. The Max Planck Society boasts the highest number of women on a scientific staff in Germany – even in leading positions.

Our family-friendly staff policy carries a seal of quality. As the first German research organisation, our institutes were granted the logo of the non-profit organisation berufundfamilie (“career and family”).

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Funded Ph.D. Positions at the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems

Apply to do your Ph.D. in our joint academic program between ETH Zurich, Switzerland and the Max Planck Society, primarily the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart / Tuebingen, Germany. We are currently accepting applications to join our program in 2025.

Staff Position

Contact: Sarah Danes

Funded Ph.D. Positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems

Stuttgart, Tuebingen

The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the Universities of Stuttgart and Tübingen collaborate to offer an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems (IMPRS-IS). IMPRS-IS will accept its ninth generation of Ph.D. students in spring of 2025.

PhD Position

Contact: Leila Masri Sara Sorce

Nomination sought for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Stuttgart & Tübingen

The MPI for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart and Tübingen expects to have an opening for one director and scientific member of the Max Planck Society (MPG) in each site. The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems combines – within one center – theory, software, and hardware expertise in the research field of intelligent systems. The opening for the Tübingen campus of the institute relates to areas like machine learning, including modern robotics, and natural language understanding. Research at the Stuttgart campus of the institute relates to small-scale robotics, self-organization, haptic perception, bio-inspired systems, medical robotics, and robotic materials.

Staff Position

Submit your application to: eva.laemmerhirt@tuebingen.mpg.de
Contact: Eva Laemmerhirt

Career Possibilities

Funded Ph.D. Positions at the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems

Funded Ph.D. Positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems

Nomination sought for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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