German Research Institutions

“Marburg doesn’t have a university, Marburg is one!”, is a popular saying in the town. With over 25,000 students, Philipps-Universität Marburg still shapes the town and life in Marburg to this day. Philipps-Universität Marburg is a classical full university with a long tradition. Close involvement in distinguished research units and extensive support for early career researchers are qualities that set the university's courses apart.

Research in Marburg is characterised by close cooperation between researchers across subject boundaries.

Research

The fields of security, order and conflict, language dynamics, physics and chemistry of semiconductor interfaces, cognitive and applied neurosciences and biosciences and medicine, including a large number of intersections between disciplines, have developed as core research areas.

Philipps-Universität has excellent international networks, maintaining a large number of cooperation arrangements with universities both within Europe and beyond. The alliance “Research Campus of Central Hessen” was established by Philipps-Universität Marburg, together with Justus Liebig University Giessen and the Technical University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen, at the end of 2016 to advance the reputation of Central Hesse for top-level research.

Numerous funding opportunities exist for doctoral candidates. Funding opportunities are offered across the entire university by the Marburg Research Academy, amongst others.