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International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and 
Astrophysics 
at the Universities 
of Bonn And Cologne

PhD POSITIONS IN 
ASTRONOMY 

Call for Applications

*** Deadline: November 15, 2013 
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www.mpifr.de/imprs 
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND POST THIS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, AT:
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/49119/Call_for_Applications_2013__Poster_.pdf

General:
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for 
Astronomy and Astrophysics, is funded by the German Max Planck Society and is 
operated by the Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie (MPIfR) in 
collaboration with the Argelander Institut fur Astronomie
(AIfA) of the 
University of Bonn and the I. Physikalisches Institut at the University of 
Cologne. It offers three-year financed PhD courses. The official language is 
English. Currently it hosts roughly 65 students from 20 countries around the 
world.

Fields of Research:
The IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics offers a 
broad spectrum of topics in observational and theoretical, galactic and 
extragalactic astrophysics, observational and theoretical cosmology, fundamental 
physics with astronomical tools and instrumentation:
AGN Astrophysics – 
Structure and Kinematics of AGN Jets – Extragalactic Relativistic Flows – 
Multi-band Blazar Astrophysics – Multi-frequency AGN Polarimetry – VLBI Studies 
of AGNs – Infrared Interferometry of Disks and Jets of Young Stars – 
Protoplanetary Disks – Radiative Transfer Modeling – Galactic Masers – Infra-Red 
Interferometry of AGN – Gravitational Lensing – Galactic and Extragalactic 
Magnetic Fields – High Precision Astrometry – Stellar Astrophysics and Stellar 
Evolution – Supermassive Binary Black Holes in AGN – Stellar Population Studies 
– Astro-chemistry – Galactic Dynamics – Binary Pulsars – Neutron Stars – 
Experimental tests of gravity – Transient Radio Sky – Faraday Galaxy Tomography 
– Radio Pulsars – Gravitational Wave Detection with Pulsar Timing – Stellar 
Custer Dynamics – Dark Matter – Galactic Center Studies
Besides the expertise 
of the MPIfR in radio astronomy the IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics 
provides the opportunity for scientific activity in almost all fields of 
contemporary astrophysics, techniques and energy bands.
A list of indicative 
PhD projects can be found at:
http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/old_mpifr/imprs/projects/

Training:
The IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics offers a competitive 
PhD program on the basis of a structured curriculum, including:
• advanced 
lectures on fundamental astrophysical fields ("Blackboard Lectures")
http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/old_mpifr/imprs/bbl/ 

• soft skill seminars (e.g. presentation skills, time management, scientific 
reading)
http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/old_mpifr/imprs/sss/
• 
weekly students seminars
http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/old_mpifr/imprs/seminar/
• 
annual, “students-only” workshop where they develop team activities aside from 
their main research interests
• colloquia at the three hosting institutions 
given by experts from all over the globe
• university courses
• thesis 
committees monitoring the progress of each student and provide scientific 
feedback to the PhD course.

The students are encouraged and funded to travel to international schools, 
conferences and the best observing facilities around the world. They are exposed 
to techniques and methods using state-of-the-art earth-bound or space 
observatories, such as the unique 100-m radio telescope in Effelsberg and the 
most advanced instruments in millimeter and sub-millimeter astronomy as well as 
high-energy band observatories

Application Procedure:
The call for applications is open until November 
15, 2013. Encouraged to apply are students with a M.Sc. degree or diploma 
(including a written thesis) in Physics or closely related subjects. Solid 
astrophysical background is highly favoured.
All the details for application 
and admission can be found at the IMPRS website:
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/imprs/application_and_admission

IMPRS
Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie
Auf dem Hugel 
69
D-53121 Bonn, Germany

Tel. +49 228 525 218
Fax. +49 228 525 229
imprs@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

IMPRS Speaker : Prof. Dr. J. Anton Zensus
IMPRS Coordinator: Dr. 
Emmanouil Angelakis IMPRS Secretary : Mrs Simone Pott

NOTE: In special cases and after agreement with the corresponding scientists, 
applications can be processed before the normal deadline.

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