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Graduate School (IMPRS)
Curriculum and Supervision

IMPRS

Curriculum and Supervision

Students in our Graduate School should use their membership in the IMPRS to develop into research personalities who can help shape the future of their field. At the heart of this development is the work on one's own dissertation, which is supervised by a scientific member of the school. In addition to this very personal collaboration, the IMPRS has common standards of supervision and a core curriculum from which all doctoral students benefit.

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Core Curriculum

The aim of the core curriculum is to ensure that all graduates have a broad scientific basis, as the name of the program "Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" implies. At the same time, it is intended to break down the rigid boundaries of one's own research area and to promote interaction with doctoral students from other groups in the School. The core curriculum therefore consists of three components: The Ringvorlesung, the IMPRS Retreat, and the IMPRS Combo. In addition, our graduate students can participate in all the events offered by one of the partner institutions.

Ringvorlesung

The heart of our curriculum certainly is the Ringvorlesung. Each semester, Scientific Members of all three working groups come together to offer a joint lecture series. The exact format of the lecture series may vary slightly from semester to semester, but the goal is to provide an overview of various mathematical topics of general interest and related to the sciences.

IMPRS Ringvorlesung: Winter semester 2024/2025

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Ringvorlesungen of Previous Semesters

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IMPRS Retreat

Once a year, our doctoral students go on a retreat. During the 3-day workshop outside the usual environment, the focus is on the exchange of ideas among the doctoral students. Participants receive valuable peer-to-peer feedback, learn from each other, and have the opportunity to network beyond the group. Aspects of academic life are also regularly discussed, for which there is little room in the daily routine.

IMPRS Combo

The IMPRS Combo is an event organized by the doctoral students themselves. The program usually consists of two mini-courses on current developments in a field relevant to mathematics in the natural sciences. The mini-courses are held by external experts. This is supplemented by further program items, the design of which depends on the doctoral students entrusted with the organization in the respective semester.

IMPRS Combo III

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IMPRS Combo II

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IMPRS Combo I

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Supervision

The supervision concept of this IMPRS aims at clearly defined responsibilities of the supervisors, PhD students and mentors. The intention is to provide an optimal environment for the student with regard to supervision and career development, helping him/her to perform top level research, and to complete the thesis within the foreseen time frame. For this, we assign a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) to each PhD student.

Each TAC consists of a chair, the supervisor, a mentor, and—as a guest—the MPI MiS’ officer responsible for doctoral affairs. The roles and duties, both of the PhD student and the TAC members, are fixed in a supervision agreement, which is signed from all parties involved at the beginning of the PhD project.