INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL (IMPRS)
                   FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

                        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_2009.pdf


The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and
Astrophysics (earlier 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-Institut 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,
covering a wide range of topics from observational radio interferometry
to theoretical cosmology.

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, 2008,
for the program starting in mid 2009. 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/

IMPRS
Max-Planck-Institut fuer 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 Astronomy and Astrophysics -                        *
* A Marie-Curie Early Stage Training Site of the European Union *