*** Call for applications / PhD stipends for successful applicants ***
   

     Boost your career and do your PhD in one of the largest centers
     for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Europe! Work with the leading
     scientists in the field to accelerate your scientific career!!

   
     The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics
     (IMPRS) is soliciting applications for its PhD program. Located in
     the beautiful Munich-Garching area in southern Bavaria (Germany),
     the school offers a unique environment for graduate students due to
     the presence of four internationally renowned institutes which form
     the school:
    
        * The Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)
        * The Observatory of the University of Munich (LMU/USM)
        * The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
        * The European Southern Observatory (ESO)
    
      IMPRS offers a highly competitive PhD program, including lectures, 
      seminars and a research project supervised by leading scientists at
      one of the participating institutions. Course language is English.
      Students have access to the world largest ground- and spaced-based
      observatories and instrumentation operated by the participating
      institutes as well as to supercomputers for advanced numerical
      simulations and theoretical studies.

      Applications for the PhD-program are open to students from all
      countries. Successful applicants will get a fellowship and we will
      assist you with all administrative matters. This means
      "Concentrate on your research -- we do the rest!"

      For more details see: http://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de/content/application
    
      The closing date for applications for the program starting in
      September 2015 is November 15, 2014. If for any reason you have
      problems keeping the deadline, please inform us ahead and we will
      extend it upon request.

      For questions please contact the IMPRS admission office
      <office @ imprs-astro.mpg.de> or call us on Skype <imprs-astro>
         
      With best regards,   
    
           Prof. Werner Becker

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      International Max-Planck Research School on Astrophysics
      at the University of Munich           I * M * P * R * S

      Giessenbachstrasse 1               
      PO BOX 1312                          http://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de/
      85741 Garching                      Phone: +49 89 30000 3650
      Germany                                  Fax: +49 89 30000 3655