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Study and Research in Göttingen Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Study and Research
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Profile
Founded in 1737
Research-oriented teaching
46 Nobel Prize laureates (14
Göttingen researchers)
THE Ranking 2014: No. 2 in
Germany.
International Student Barometer
2012: 90 % would encourage to
apply to the University of Göttingen
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Four disciplinary domains: • Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Informatics (7)
• Law, Economic Sciences, Social Sciences (3)
• Humanities and Theology (2)
• Medicine (1)
13 faculties, over 180 institutes
14,000 employees (including Medicine)
including 500 Professors
180 Programs (81 Bachelor's / 77 Master's),
thereof 50+ in English Medium 49 International Ph.D. programs; 27 International Master Programs, 1 BSc Program in English
Faculties
Students
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Staff – Welcome Centre
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INDIA
OFFICE
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN: INDIA COOPERATION
Göttingen-India Student Mobility
Indian Students in Göttingen (2007-2014) S
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• Academy of Sciences
Göttingen
• University of Göttingen
• Max Planck Institutes for: • Biophysical Chemistry
• Experimental Medicine
• Dynamics & Self-
Organisation
• Solar System Research
• Study of Religious & Ethnic
Div.
• German Primate Centre
• Laser Laboratory Göttingen
• European Neuroscience
Institute
• German Aerospace Centre
Göttingen Campus Institutions
Committed to Excellence
Göttingen Campus – Joint Activities
Research
Interdisciplinary research centers,
collaborative research programmes
Teaching
MSc/PhD programmes, graduate
schools, teaching by non-university
scientists, research-oriented teaching
Infrastructure
Excellent labs, joint facilities
• Bernstein Centre for Computational
Neuroscience Göttingen
• DFG Research Centre for Molecular
Physiology of the Brain (CMPB)
• Göttingen Centre for Molecular
Biosciences
• Centre for Systems Neuroscience
• European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
• Göttingen Centre for Biodiversity and
Ecology
• Center for Nature Conservation
• Center for Statistics
• Center for Informatics
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
Interdisciplinary Centers: Natural Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
Interdisciplinary Centers: Law, Economics and Social Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Center for Sustainable Development
(IZNE)
• Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the
Economy (CeGE)
• Center for Empirical Research on Teaching and Schools
(ZeUS)
• Center for Interdisciplinary Media Science (ZiM)
• Center for Knowledge Management and Knowledge
Markets (ZWW)
• Center for Medical Law
• Center for Comparative Law
• Centrum Orbis Orientalis (CORO)
• Center for European Cultures and the Cultures of
the Mediterranean in the Ancient World (KEMA)
• Center for Interdisciplinary Linguistics Research
• Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
(ZMF)
• Center for Modern Humanities (ZTMK)
• Center for Comparative Literature Studies
• Center for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)
• Center for Modern East Asian Studies (CEMEAS)
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
Interdisciplinary Centers: Humanities & Theology
Göttingen State and University Library
Founded 1734
One of the largest libraries in Germany
Library of the Year 2002 (Die Zeit)
Academic journals in digital form
Multilingual
Libraries of the Max Planck Institute
Degree structure in Göttingen
1 2 3 4 0
Year
Entry
(BSc) Examinations
Doctoral Thesis
Thesis Defense
MSc degree First segment
(90 Credits)
MSc
Thesis
Doctoral Programme (30 Credits)
• Normally: Bachelor (3 years), Master (2 years), Doctorate (3 years) • MSc/PhD – programme: direct access into PhD after first year of Master
Phd Programmes
Individual PhD
Structured PhD programmes
International Max-Plank Research
School
Graduate Schools:
Georg August University
School of Science – GAUSS
Graduate School of Social
Sciences Göttingen – GGG
Graduate School of the
Humanities Göttingen – GSGG
Medical School (GGNB)
International Research
Training Groups (IRTGs)
International Master Programmes at Göttingen University
→ 20 International Master Degrees
English Master English-German Degrees
- MSc/PhD Molecular Biology - MA Euroculture
- MSc/PhD / MD-PhD Neurosciences - MA International Economics
- MSc/PhD Molecular Medicine - MSc Information Systems
- MSc International Agribusiness - MSc Mathematics
- MSc Mathematical Finance
- MSc Tropical & International Forestry
- MSc Hydrogeology & Environmental Geosciences
- MSc Sustainable International Agriculture (2009)
- MSc Microbiology & Biochemistry (2009)
- MSc Behavioural & Neural Science (2009)
- MA Intercultural Theology (2009)
Double Degrees
- MSc International Nature Conservation
- MSc Sustainable Forest & Nature Management
-MA Intercultural German Language & Literature Studies
Further Information
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/46551.html
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
International Master Programmes
21 International Doctoral Programmes
International Doctoral Programmes of the Göttingen Graduate Schools
- Biomolecules: Structures – Function – Dynamics (PhD / Dr.)
- Molecular Biology of Development and Interaction between Organisms (PhD / Dr.)
- Molecular Biology (PhD)
- Neurosciences (PhD / MD-PhD)
- Molecular Biology of Microbial Animals and Plant Cells (PhD / Dr.)
- Molecular Physiology of the Brain (PhD / Dr.)
- Systems Neuroscience (PhD / Dr.)
- Sensory and Motor Neurosciences (PhD / Dr.)
- Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (PhD / Dr.)
Anglophone Doctoral Programmes
- Molecular Medicine (PhD)
- Neurosciences (PhD / MD-PhD)
- Biological Diversity and Ecology (PhD / Dr. rer. nat.)
- Wood Biology and Technology (PhD)
- Applied Statistics and Empirical Methods (PhD / Dr.)
- International Programme for Agricultural Science (PhD)
- „Euro-Eastern Identities“ (working titel, starting 2009/2010)
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
International PhD Programmes
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN
Study & Research in Göttingen: Financing
Tuition/Administration Fees
Undergraduate & Graduate Students
→ administrative fees: 250 €
→ tuition fee: no tuition fee
Exchange Students / Students on
Scholarships
→ administrative fees: 120 €
→ no tuition fee
Doctoral Students
→ administrative fees: 200 €
→ no tuition fee
Living Costs
ca. 600-700€
incl. accommodation
Part-Time Jobs
Student Assistant
Research Assistant
Local Job Market
Further Informaion
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/48483.html
DAAD: A New
Passage to India
Exchange
Bachelor,
Master, PhD
DAAD
PROMOS
Exchange
Germany to India
Erasmus Mundus Action 2
EXPERTS I, II, III
NAMASTE, Erasmus +
Bachelor, Master, PhD,
PostDoc, Staff
DAAD
WISE Internships
Bachelor
India to Germany
DAAD
RISE Internships
Bachelor
Germany to India
DAAD Scholarship
Database
www.daad.de
Funding within
the PI-Projects.
Research Training
Groups,
Graduate Schools
UNIVERSITY OF GOETTINGEN: INDIA COOPERATION
Funding Opportunities
Alexander von
Humboldt (AvH)
PostDocs
Funding & Mobility
Programmes
USA, Canada, Japan, Oceania
South-, Southeast-,
Centralasia, Middle
East
China, Taiwan,
Mongolia, Korea
Latin America, Africa
Europe, Russia, Israel
Regional Desks – Göttingen International
Liaison Office – India: Pune
Liaison Office – China: Nanjing
RESEARCH
Bilateral Projects, Research Groups, IRTG, CRC
PARTNERSHIPS
Best Universities, Institutes, Industry
Networking with Funding Institutions
DWIH New Delhi, Marketing, Alumni
STUDENTS
Incoming, Outgoing
Exchange, Regular,
Internships
EDUCATION
Joint/Double Degrees
Joint Master Courses
Intensive Courses
Summer & Winter Schools
UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN: INDIA COOPERATION
INDIA OFFICE (est. 2008)
Gujrat Vidyapeeth
Ahemdabad
JNU
New Delhi
TISS Mumbai
GIPE Pune
University of Pune
Euroculture, Indology, German
Institute Partnership
Study
IUCAA Pune
TIFR Mumbai
Physics Maths
Chemistry Biology Social Sciences
Development
CeMIS Humanities
Social Sciences
Economics
Study
Research
Study
Research
Study
Research
Politics
Economics
UNIVERISTY OF GÖTTINGEN: INDIA OFFICE
Partner Institutions: MoU(12), Non-MoU(10)
IISc Bangalore
IIT Kanpur
IIT Guwahati
IISER Mohali
IISER Bhopal IMSc Chennai
UAS Bangalore
University of Delhi
Study
Research IRTG
Bioinspired
Chemistry
IRTG
Molecular
Spintronics
FRI Dehradun
Uni Mumbai
GIP
IIT Mumbai
Alumni
Alumni Göttingen – the International
Network of the University of Goettingen;
Founded in 2001;
Connects 15,000 alumni around the world
with each other and with the University;
Of these, 4000 people are members of the
Alumni Association.
We offer: Annual meetings and reunions in
Göttingen;
International alumni events in more and
more countries.
Services for International Students and Scientists
Administrative support
Accommodation office
Cultural integration: InDiGU
programme, Foyer International,
excursions, cultural evenings
Free of charge language classes:
German, Chinese, Russian,
Portuguese and many others.
Exchange Buddy Service
Welcome Center for International
Scientists – Dual Career and other
Student Life
Safety
Affordable prices
Young and international spirit
Sports
Festivals: literature, films,
music
Few key aspects
Communication – how to
approach faculties?
Website
Specific
Research synopsis
Contact – India office (Do
not write to many)
Admission – Requirements,
Criteria, Dealdines
Scholarships and Funding
We’ll keep you updated!
Facebook.com/University.of.Goettingen (in
English)
Facebook.com/georgiaaugusta (in German)
www.uni-goettingen.de/international
New videos youtube.com/unigoettingen
We’ll keep you updated!
D Chandrika
Country Officer
Göttingen India Office
University of Goettingen
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Netra Bhandari
Head of Region: South and South-
Asia/ Director India Office
University of Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Contacts
Questions?
