Doctoral Degree
At the Faculty of Sciences PhD students are awarded with the degree “Doktor der Naturwissenschaften” (Dr. rer. nat.).
Structured graduate programs at the Faculty of Sciences:
- Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT)
- Graduate School Advanced Materials and Processes (GS AMP)
- Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS)
- International Max Planck Research School for Optics and Imaging (IMPRS PL)
- GRK 1161: Disperse Systems for Electronic Applications
- GRK 1660: Key Signals of Adaptive Immune Response
- GRK 1896: In-Situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning Probes
- GRK 1910: Medicinal Chemistry of Selective GPCR Ligands
- GRK 1962: Dynamic Interactions at Biological Membranes – From Single Molecules to Tissue
- GRK 2162: Neurodevelopment and CNS vulnerability
- GRK 2339: Interfaces, Complex Structures, and Singular Limits
- GRK of SFB 643: Strategies of cellular immune intervention
- GRK of SFB 796: Erlangen School of Molecular Communication
- GRK of SFB 1181: Checkpoints for Resolution of Inflammation
- GRK of SFB / Transregio 130: B cells: Immunity and Autoimmunity
- GRK of SFB / Transregio 154: Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Optimisation Using the Example of Gas Networks
- i-Target: Immunotargeting of cancer
- Measuring and Modelling Mountain Glaciers and Ice Caps in a Changing Climate (M³OCCA)
- Receptor Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms for Novel Drugs
- Physics Advanced
- Emil Fischer Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Molecular Medicine (EFS)
- Junior research group at the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF)
- Anthropologie der Religion(en)
Doctoral degree regulations
In January 2013, FAU passed general degree regulations which are valid for doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Sciences, too.
Guidelines
- Guidelines on doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Sciences (updated on Feb. 14th, 2025) (German version)