The IMPRS-TP (International Max-Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry) is a structured Graduate Program that provides interdisciplinary training in molecular, cellular and systemic neuroscientific and psychiatric research to outstanding doctoral students. The Program exposes students to a wide range of scientific questions and methods covering the areas of molecular medicine, neuroscience, psychiatry, neuroimaging, design-based stereology and clinical studies in an environment that fosters scientific excellence and collaboration.
Special track for medical doctors
In addition to traditional PhD positions, we offer a unique integrated PhD/residence program in psychiatry for medical doctors. Highlighting the translational facet, PhD students receive insights into clinical aspects of disease and young medical doctors gain research expertise while also developing their clinical skills.
Partner Institutions
The IMPRS-TP is comprised of faculty members from:
> Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
> Max Planck Institute of Biological Intelligence
> Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
> Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, LMU Munich
> Institute of Psychiatric Phenomics and Genomics, LMU Munich
> Department of Neuroanatomy, LMU Munich
> Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
> Institute of Computational Biology ICB, Helmholtz Zentrum München
> Helmholtz Munich
> TUM School of Medicine
> University of Augsburg
Degree granting Partner Graduate Schools
Especially important for teaching are our partnerships with:
- The Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience (GSN) of the LMU, Faculty of Biology.
- The Munich Medical Research School (MMRS) of the LMU, Faculty of Medicine.
- The School of Medicine of the TUM.
National and International Network
We have established many international collaborations, for example with:
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- National Centre Competence in Research SYNAPSY, CH
- Neuroscience Graduate Programme "Neurobiology of Emotion Dysfunctions" of the University Regensburg.