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GSC 249:  The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Subject Area Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
Term from 2007 to 2019
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 39338214
 
Final Report Year 2019

Final Report Abstract

The Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular & Cellular Biology Heidelberg, renamed to Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School (henceforth “HBIGS”) in 2018, was founded in Oct 2007 with the vision to attract the best and brightest doctoral researchers from around the world to pursue doctoral studies at Heidelberg University. Since then, HBIGS has developed into the largest and most visible structured graduate programme for life sciences at Heidelberg University. During the initial funding period, HBIGS implemented an innovative approach to doctoral training, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity, a structured PhD program, shared supervision by thesis advisory committees, a vocational concept, the integration of an MD/PhD program, and the implementation of measures to promote women and scientists with young families. During the second funding period, HBIGS has evolved from a thematically focused graduate school into a graduate school for molecular life science that embraces and serves the entire life science community at Heidelberg University as well as non-university institutions. As such HBIGS has managed more than a dozen national and international graduate programs. HBIGS represents a truly international graduate school with more than 40% international doctoral researchers and more than 80% international applicants. Indicators of academic excellence of the HBIGS student body are an impressive publication record of more than 1,500 peer-reviewed scientific articles authored by our doctoral researchers, a mean time to degree of 4.1 years, a low drop-out rate 7%, a balanced gender distribution, and excellent employment opportunities for graduates.

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