International Max Planck Research School for
Neurosciences
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, also known as IMPRS for Neurosciences, is a 1½-year
MSc program or a 4-year
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program with a possibility to have
MD-PhD degree for those who have completed a
medical school
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. The first year is common for both tracks, after which students take a qualifying examination and decide whether to work towards a MSc or PhD thesis. A maximum of twenty
student
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s are admitted annually to the program, half of whom are to be international students.
As
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911.
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is regarded as one of the focal points in
neuroscience
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research
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in
Germany
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, this international
graduate school
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is providing various and diverse research opportunities in the fields of the neuroscience, biochemistry, structural biology and related disciplines.
Participating institutions in this program are:
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University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...
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Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (MPI-bpc)
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Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (MPI-em)
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Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology.
Its founding history goes back to Ludwig Pran ...
(MPI-ds)
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German Primate Center The German Primate Centre (German: Deutsches Primatenzentrum, DPZ, founded in 1977) is a non-profit independent research and service institute located in Göttingen. It is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community and funded by ...
(DPZ) - Leibniz Institute
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European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI)
References
Website
Max Planck Society
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