Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Speer	Dr. Artemis Klidis-Honecker	Graduate School ( Excellence Initiative)
Dynamics of Conventionality (400–1550)	Prof. Dr. Karl Ubl	Dr. Anica Schumann	Research Training Group 2212

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Department-wide Graduate Schools

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
Graduate School for Biological Sciences	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Dohmen	Dr. Isabell Witt	Graduate School of the Department for Biology (head organisation)
CEPLAS Graduate School	Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker	Dr. Justine Groenewold	Graduate School (Excellence Initiative)
Neural Circuit Analysis on the cellular and subcellular level (Cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine)	Prof. Dr. Ansgar Büschges	Dr. Katerina Vlantis	Research Training Group 1960
Mitochondrial regulation of cellular function (with subprojects in the Faculty of Medicine)	Prof. Dr. Elena Rugarli	Dr. Katerina Vlantis	mito-RTG of the Collaborative Research Centre 1218
Understanding Complex Plant Traits using Computational and Evolutionary Approaches	Prof. George Coupland	Dr. Stephan Wagner	International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
Marie Curie ITN REMIX (Cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine)	Prof. Trifunovic	Heike Brucherseifer	Marie Curie Innovative Training Network: Regulation of Mitochondrial Gene Expression
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (Cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine)	Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Herzig	Marion Rozowski, PhD	Graduate Program (University of Cologne and Bayer Schering Pharma)
CECAD: Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (together with the Faculty of Medicine)	Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen	Dr. Daniela Morick, Dr. Julia Zielinski	Graduate School (Excellence Initiative)

Cologne Graduate School Chemistry (CGSC)	Prof. Dr. Klaus Meerholz	Dr. Heike Henneken	Graduate School of the Chemistry Department (head organisation)

Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS)	Prof. Dr. Boris Braun	Dr. Karin Boessenkool	Graduate School of the Department of Geosciences (head organisation)
Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate Research (HITEC)	Prof. Dr. Uwe Rau	Maurice Nuys	Helmholtz Research School
Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy (HDS-LEE)	Prof. Dr. Axel Klawonn	Dr. Ramona Kloß	Helmholtz Research School

Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS)	Prof. Dr. Johannes Berg	Dr. Petra Neubauer-Günther	Graduate School of the Departments of Physics (Excellence Initiative), (head organisation)
SFB 956 Conditions and Impact of Star Formation	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stutzki	Dr. Susanne Herbst Dr. Nina Gardemann	Doctoral candidates Program of the Collaborative Research Centre 956
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Prof. Dr. J. Anton Zensus	PD Dr. Rainer Mauersberger	International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
Control and dynamics of quantum materials	Prof. Dr. Paul H.M. van Loosdrecht	Clara Berthet	Collaborative Research Centre 1238
Entangled States of Matter	Prof. Dr. Alexander Altland	Karin Krüttgen	Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 183
BioSoft	Dr. Thosten Auth	NN	Helmholtz Research School

Graduate School Mathematics	Prof. Dr. George Marinescu	NN	Graduate School of the Department for Mathematics and Computer Science (head organisation)
Graduiertenkolleg Kölner MINT-Fachdidaktiken (KoM)	Prof. Dr. Michael Meyer	Dr. Lena Holembowski	Research Training Group of the Department for Mathematics and Natural Science Education

Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS)

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Adminitrative coordinator	Type of Program
Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS)	Prof. Dr. Marita Laske	Katharina Laske	Graduate School
The Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (gem. mit MPI for the Studies of Societies)	Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert	Dr. Susanne Berger	International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
Cologne Graduate School of Economics (CGS-E)	Prof. Dr. Andreas Schabert	Katharina Laske	Graduate School

Faculty of Human Sciences

Graduate School Managing Diversity & Transition

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
Graduiertenschule der Humanwissenschaftlichen Fakultät	Prof. Dr. Jutta Stahl	Dr. Caroline Gaus	Graduate School

Faculty of Medicine

Graduate School of the Faculty of Medicine

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC) (gem. mit Math.-Nat. Fakultät)	Prof. Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz	Dr. Monika Schlosser	Graduate Program
Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences (IPHS)	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Wiesner	Dr. Christoph Aszyk	Graduate School
Graduiertenschule Human- und Zahnmedizin (GSHZ)	Prof. Dr. Thomas Langmann	Dr. Sören Moritz	Graduate School
SFB 829 Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skin Homeostasis	Prof. Dr. Thomas Krieg Dr. Sandra Iden	Dr. Julia Zielinski	Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Centre 829
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Herzig	Marion Rozowski, PhD	Graduate Program (University of Cologne and Bayer Schering Pharma)
CECAD: Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (gem. mit Math.-Nat. Fakultät)	Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen	Dr. Daniela Morick Dr. Doris Birker Dr. Alexandra Zuk	Graduate School (Excellence Initiative)

Faculty of Law

Graduate School of the Faculty of Law

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
Graduiertenschule der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät	Prof. Dr. Christoph Thole	Dr. Tatiana Chekushina	Graduate School

Cross-faculty Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Overview Graduate Schools and Doctoral Programs

Name	Speaker	Administrative coordinator	Type of program
Graduiertenschule für LehrerInnenbildung (PhilF, HumF, Math.Nat.)	Prof. Dr. Michael Becker-Mrotzek Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Hennemann Prof. Dr. Daniela Schmeinck	Dr. Gabriele Schwager-Büschges	Graduate School
Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM) (MedF, Math.Nat.)	Prof. Dr. Mats Paulsson Prof. Dr. Elena Rugarli	Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher Dr. Christoph Aszyk PD Dr. Catherin Niemann	Graduate School
Graduate School GROW (Gerontological Research on Well-Being (HumF, MedF, WiSo)	Prof. Dr. Susanne Zank	Dr. Ursula Stangel	Research Training Group
Colaborative Research Centre 806: Our Way to Europe (PhilF, Math.Nat)	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter	Dr. Andrea Miebach	Integrated Research Training Group of the Collaborative Research Centre 806