International Max Planck Research School on Biomimetic Systems

The IMPRS on Biomimetic Systems is a international graduate program funded by the Max Planck Society and the State of Brandenburg. The school aims to give young motivated students research skills and strong theoretical and experimental background. Its major goal is to provide a common basis of knowledge on biomimetics which transcends the traditional boundaries between disciplines as different as physics, chemistry, and biology.

The location of the School is at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Golm-Potsdam and is run in collaboration with the University of Potsdam, with the Humboldt University in Berlin, with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research and with the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering.

The IMPRS on Biomimetic Systems terminates its activites in October 2012 and it will not be extended. Candidates interested in the scientific work of the IMPRS faculties can send their application directly to them.

Students member of the IMPRS who successfully complete the IMPRS curriculum and have been awarded the doctoral degree will receive an IMPRS certificate in addition to the official document of the University.