INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL (IMPRS)
                   FOR RADIO AND INFRARED ASTRONOMY

                        PhD POSITIONS IN ASTRONOMY
                          Call for Applications

                  *** Deadline: November 15th, 2008 ***

 PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND POST IN YOUR INSTITUTION THE POSTER FOR THIS CALL FOR
    APPLICATIONS, FROM http://www.mpifr.de/pdf/imprs_2008.pdf


The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Radio
and Infrared Astronomy, funded by the German Max Planck Society,
invites applications for its doctoral program. Located in Bonn and
Cologne, Germany, the school offers a unique environment for graduate
students in astronomy due to the proximity of the Max-Planck-Institut
fuer Radioastronomie (MPIfR), the Argelander Institute fuer Astronomie
(AIfA) of the University of Bonn, and the I. Physikalisches Institut at
the University of Cologne.

IMPRS offers a competitive PhD program, including lectures, seminars,
and research projects supervised by scientists of the participating
institutions. Individual thesis committees monitor the progress of
the students. Successful completion of the IMPRS program will be honored
with an IMPRS certificate which supplements the doctoral degree (PhD).
The working language of the school is English.

PhD projects can be in both observational and theoretical astrophysics
on the following topics:

Structure and Kinematics of AGN Jets * Galactic Masers: Nature and
Application to Astrophysics * Intra-Day Variability * Infra-Red
Interferometry of Disks and Jets of Young Stars * Very-Long-Baseline
Interferometry Development * Interstellar Matter in Galaxies * Infra-Red
Interferometry of AGN * Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing * Galactic
and Extragalactic Magnetic Fields * High Precision Astrometry * Envelopes
of Evolved Stars * Radiative Transfer Modeling * Star Formation in
the Milky Way and Other Galaxies * Astroparticle Physics * Supermassive
Binary Black Holes in AGN * Observational Cosmology * Stellar Populations *
Star Clusters * Satellite Galaxies * Galactic Dynamics

Students have access to a wide range of ground- and space-based
observatories, including the unique 100-m radio telescope in Bad
Muenstereifel-Effelsberg and world class instruments in sub-millimetre
astronomy. The MPIfR is one of the world centres for
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry, which uses a global network of
radio telescopes. This call for applications is open, with closing
date on November 15, 2007, for the program starting in mid 2008. An
earlier start is possible in exceptional cases. Applications for the
program are open to students from all countries. The applicants should
have a master's degree or diploma (preferrably including a thesis) in
physics or closely related subjects. Candidates with a solid foundation
in astrophysics will be favoured in the selection process.

More details on the IMPRS program and the admission requirements can
be found at the IMPRS website:

http://www.mpifr.de/imprs/

A list of possible PhD projects is available here:

http://www.mpifr.de/pdf/PhD_projects.pdf


IMPRS
Max-Planck-Institut fuerr Radioastronomie
Auf dem Huegel 69
D-53121 Bonn, Germany
Tel. +49 228 525 299
imprs@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
IMPRS Speaker: Prof. Dr. J. Anton Zensus
IMPRS Coordinator: Dr. Eduardo Ros
IMPRS Secretariat: Ms. Gabriele Breuer

* IMPRS for Radio and Infrared Astronomy -                      *
* A Marie-Curie Early Stage Training Site of the European Union *