The Doctorate Program

The International Doctorate Program NanoBioTechnology (IDK-NBT) is an international doctoral excellence program in NanoBioTechnology, funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB). The IDK-NBT offers outstanding graduate students the opportunity to earn their doctoral degree in a stimulating scientific and academic environment providing interdisciplinary research conditions and excellent education. The program involves faculty members from Physics, Biophysics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, and Environmental Sciences as well as Medicine and is administrated by the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (Bavaria).

The IDK-NBT gives students from all around the world the exciting opportunity to earn their PhD in an international environment of nanoscientists. Approximately 30% of the PhD students and alumni of the program come from outside of Germany, i.e. from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Iran, Poland, Ukraine. In addition to the excellent offer of multidisciplinary research and education, they also enjoy being in one of Germany’s most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities. As Tom from Australia says: “Munich and Bavaria are a great place to live and do a PhD, with outstanding investment in facilities, large numbers of outstanding research groups, and outstanding collaboration between these groups."