The online application tool for 2011 is currently off-line and will be up and running in October 2010!

 

Should you wish to apply by 15 September 2010 – only possible if you have secured a scholarship or a research post BEFORE you apply! – please send your application as pdf files by e-mail to admissions-please remove this text-@mind-and-brain.de.

 

(1) Information you will have supply in the APPLICATION FORM (doc 59 kb)

Personal data. Name, DOB, address, telephone numbers, etc.

Education history, including transcripts and certificates. If available, upload your complete final Master’s or Diplom thesis (if completed) and an English-language summary (2–3 pages).
If thesis is not available yet: upload/supply a paper or publication demonstrating your academic writing skills.

Proof of proficiency in English for non-native speakers: Our doctoral program is conducted in English. If you are a non-native English speaker we require proof of your proficiency. Please upload in the space below either a TOEFL or an IELTS certificate. The minimum score required for a TOEFL paper-based test is 550. The minimum score for the TOEFL internet-based test is 95. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's TOEFL code is 8167. For the IELTS the overall band score should be 6.5.
Knowledge of German is not a prerequisite for studying at the School. We would, however, like to know your proficiency (if any) in the language.

Personal statement of motivation for participation in the Mind and Brain program as well as previous experience of transdisciplinary work at the interface of mind and brain research

Detailed project idea/research proposal with methodology (max. 5 pages, including bibliographical references).

You may also include references to:
     (a) current state of research
     (b) your own previous work    
     (c) hypotheses
     (d) questions
     (e) discussion of relevance of research project

Suggestions for supervisors.

(2) REFERENCES

Two letters of reference will be needed! Please send our guidelines for recommendation letters to your two referees:

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Please ask them to send a signed letter of reference (as a scan/pdf or by fax or by post) to:

admissions-please remove this text-@mind-and-brain.de

Fax: +49 30 2093-1802 (attn. of Annette Winkelmann)

By post:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Annette Winkelmann, M.A.
Luisenstraße 56, Haus 1
D-10099 Berlin, Germany