International Doctoral Program Computational Neuroscience

The International Doctoral Program at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (BCCN Berlin) is an interdisciplinary research program. Neuroscience is one of the most intensively developing and important sciences of the 21st century. Understanding the functioning of the brain requires the collaborative efforts of neurobiologists, neuropsychologists, cognitive scientists, medical researchers, computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists and engineers. Students who have completed the Doctoral Program will have the ability to communicate across these diverse disciplines which will help them to make their own contribution to the fast growing field of neuroscience.  

Application deadlines: March 15
Beginning of courses: October

Enrolled doctoral students will benefit of structured supervision through the faculty of the BCCN Berlin and a specific qualification program, including the lectures for Doctoral and Master students and a broad range of courses teaching transferable skills.

We are happy to announce that, after a competitive application process, our doctoral program was selected by the DAAD to nominate Graduate School Scholarship Program (GSSP) scholarship recipients!

In 2025 and 2026, we will nominate two excellent doctoral applicants to receive scholarships from the DAAD for up to 4 years. Details on the scholarships can be found on our application sub-page.