• Zulassung Promotionsverfahren Dr. med.
• Zulassung Promotionsverfahren Dr. med. dent.
• Dr. nat. med. (IPMM)
• PhD in Health Sciences bzw. MD/PhD in Health Sciences (IPHS)

Graduate Programs and Schools at the University of Cologne:

• Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research 
• Integriertes Graduiertenkolleg SFB 829
• CCRC Graduate Program
• Interdisciplinary Program Molecular Medicine (IPMM)
• Interdisciplinary Program Health Sciences (IPHS)
• Graduiertenschule Human- und Zahnmedizin (GSHZ)
• Marie Curie ITN REMIX

Please note, to finish a PhD thesis, a PhD candidate within one of the above mentioned programs must formally fulfill the criteria of the regulations of the respective Faculty. For further information on this, please contact Dr. Christoph Aszyk. 

Albertus Magnus Center (AMC)

• the AMC webpage

Career development

• Career development center of the University of Cologne
• Professional Center of the University of Cologne 
• Vitae: realising the potential of researchers: https://www.vitae.ac.uk/

Social counselling

The department social counselling of the Kölner Studierendenwerk offers consultation hours on a regular basis which are open for all topics related to the doctorate.

First generation doctorate

The non-profit association "Erste Generation Promotion e.V." is an initiative of doctoral students at the Faculty of Arts, University of Cologne . The focus is on discussion and mentoring for master students and doctoral candidates.

External Courses

• on course: a search engine for biomedical postgraduate courses in Europe and associated countries: http://www.on-course.eu/