POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
We always welcome applications from qualified personnel interested in a postdoctoral position in Solvation Science in an excellent research environment. For detailed information on application requirements, please see the following announcement:
PHD STUDENTS
The integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) offers a graduate program that combines cutting-edge research with a curriculum of lectures, colloquia, and workshops.
PhD Positions and IGSS Memberships
We are searching for highly motivated students with a top-level Master's or Bachelor's degree (A-grade, at least 1.5 in the German grading system), who enter our graduate school either at iGSS Track I or Track II . If you are interested in one of our open doctoral positions, please check our official call to see if you match our application requirements and use the relevant application form to apply:
PhD application form: Track I for Master's degree holders
PhD application form: Track II including preparatory program
Please note: Applicants for Track I & II are required to discuss the application and the research project description with their proposed doctoral supervisor. Track II applicants will work with the iGSS Office to determine the appropriate preparatory program and subsequent matriculation details.
PhD students with a very good Master's degree, who are supervised by one of the PIs/PSs within RESOLV and who work on a project that fits to one of the three main research areas can apply for a iGSS membership to benefit from excellent personal and career development opportunities using the application form above.
All applications for the iGSS are pooled every month and are then sent to an independent selection committee chaired by the Dean of the iGSS (application deadline is the 15th of each month, each year). All applicants are informed about the outcome after the committee has made a decision.
GSSP, A special Program FOR INTERNATIONAL graduate Students
In cooperation with the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) , the iGSS will again offer in 2026 two promising international graduate students the opportunity to undertake their doctoral studies within RESOLV. The next call for applications will open in October 2025 for two scholarships holders to begin doctoral studies approx. May - 1 December 2026 (visa and paperwork time dependent). They will be funded by the DAAD for up to 4 years. To start the application process, please visit our GSSP website .
Master STUDENTS
Do you hold a B.Sc. in chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics or engineering? The international Master's program "Molecular Sciences - Spectroscopy and Simulation" (iMOS) offers a two years’ programme with the unique chance to acquire cutting-edge skills in laser spectroscopy and microscopy, computer simulation, and quantum chemistry. Applications for the 2024 class, starting October 2024, will be accepted from December 2023 - 15 June 2024. If also applying to iGSS Track II, please plan ahead and apply no later than 15 May. Please contact iMOS at RUB.de for more information outside of the typical application period.
Download the iMOS MSc. Application 1 .pdf here.
Internships
Our last call for current Master and PhD students for Your Step into Solvation Science with the Student Challenge accepted applications until 1st of December 2024. Students who submitted successful research proposals won a 3-month internship, to be completed by August 2025.
Current undergraduate students (enrolled in a BSc or combined study programme) are encouraged to apply for the annual Solvation Scholars Undergraduate Exchange to conduct a 2-3 month internship at RESOLV. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from 15. November - 15. January.