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We need 1 Documents file (compiled in a single pdf, maximum 4 MB), containing all information listed below, e.g. scanned certificates (maximum 300dpi, grayscale).

Include certified English or German translations of all official documents, in case the documents are neither in English nor in German.

1. Letter of Application

Stating your motivation, qualification, main scientific experiences, and a brief outline of your current and future scientific interests (1 page). In this, you can refer to our research fields as presented on our web page https://www.iboc.uni-duesseldorf.de/en/our-research . If you apply for a certain time slot (e.g. MSc thesis for 5 months starting next March), include the details.

2. Short tabular CV

Listing your personal information, contact details, languages, and all relevant secondary education, profession and trainings after leaving school (college, Gymnasium etc.) in tabular form (maximum 2 pages), including the start and end dates (mm/yyyy).

3. Transcript of records, including detailled lists of courses/topics/subjects of your studies:

a. university entrance qualification (equivalent to German Abitur)

b. 1st university degree or intermediate examination (e.g. B.Sc., Vordiplom)

c. 2nd university degree (e.g. Master, Diploma)

d. if applicable: transcript of additional university degree(s)

4. Proof of language competence

If English or German is not your first language:

It helps us if you include an English language certificate (TOEFL, IELS or similar) or any other qualified proof of language proficiency (e.g. school education).

5. Additional information (optional)

List all conferences you attended, your honours/prizes (e.g. scholarships), and your publications, including thesis (title), journal publications (citations only), conference talks (title and conference) and posters.

6. Letter(s) or Contact person(s) of Recommendation (optional)

Include one or two letters of recommendation or contact details from qualified referees (e.g. group leaders). This might increase your chances of a successful application.

7. If you aim at doing an external thesis (B.Sc./M.Sc.) at IBOC

Ask your outsending university and supervisor(s) for OK before applying. Sometimes it needs a certain contract or cooperation agreement from your and/or our university for this.

The early support of scientific interest is important to us, which is why we are happy to try to facilitate early (voluntary) career exploration through internships. Due to a certain risk potential of our working materials and equipment in the laboratory, you should already have some laboratory/experimental experience. Unfortunately, we can therefore only offer internships for school students from the upper school level onwards - and if our limited supervision capacities allow this. Therefore, please plan a lead time of about half a year and convince us of your honest interest in your cover letter.

If you would like to do a student internship (also before the upper school) or similar at the Research Centre, then the P-Z department of the Research Centre is the right contact for you. On the homepage you will find helpful information on internship and training opportunities as well as details on how to apply for an internship.

If you would like to do an internship exclusively at our institute, you can also send us a direct application - in this case, please do not apply centrally at the Research Centre. What we need for an application:

    Cover letter (motivation for the internship, area of interest, duration and period of the internship)
    Tabular curriculum vitae including contact details*
    last (half-year) certificate*
    accompanying letter from the school* if applicable

*as a PDF attachment with scans (b/w, 300dpi or readable).

Please send your application exclusively electronically to  Frau Dr. S. Meyer zu Berstenhorst. Please use a plain-text e-mail address (e.g. Max.Mustermann@telepom.de instead of Einhorn98@fakemail.com); in the case of minors, this can also be the address of their parents, who will sooner or later be involved in the application process anyway.

Some degree programmes or training courses require an orientation internship of two to six months. We would be happy to support you in this, as long as we have free capacity and it falls within our area of expertise. Please note the necessary lead time of about 6 months. Please note: The summer holidays (after leaving school and before starting training or studies) are usually too late for these longer internships. There is a supervision bottleneck lurking here due to the summer months and other teaching obligations. Therefore, plan such internships in advance of your graduation - as a rule, they can also be broken down into individual parts. The same guidelines apply to application documents as for school internships. In addition, it may be advisable to enclose the (university) school regulations/study regulations once again or to send us the link.

We look forward to receiving your -early - application.

We would be happy to support you in the laboratory work of a technical paper or other school research work in the fields of (synthetic) chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology. The initiative is taken by you. Send a sketch of your research idea and how you would like us to participate to Frau Dr. Meyer zu Berstenhorst. Together we will then evaluate whether we can be of support.