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Apply for Max Planck PhD and Postdoc Positions. Competitive TVöD salaries & premium facilities. Strict entry standards. Start your career in Germany!
The Max Planck Society is Germany’s most successful research organization. With over 80 specialized institutes, it provides a unique “excellence-driven” environment where the world’s leading scientists are given the freedom to pursue high-risk, high-reward research without the burden of heavy teaching loads.
Why Pursue Research at Max Planck?
- First-Class Funding: PhD candidates are typically employed under the TVöD (Public Service Wage Agreement), usually at 65% or 75% of the E13 level, ensuring a comfortable living standard in Germany.
- International Environment: More than half of all researchers at Max Planck Institutes come from outside Germany, creating a truly global and English-speaking academic culture.
- The “Harnack” Principle: Max Planck chooses the best “brains” and builds the research around them, rather than following pre-set rigid departmental structures.
Below, you will find the latest research vacancies across the various Max Planck Institutes, including roles in Biology and Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, and the Human Sciences.
Max Planck PhD and Postdoc Positions
Fully funded PhD Positions (Doctoral Researcher m/f/d) | Condensed Matter ScienceAugust 14, 2026Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Student Assistant (m/f/d) | Nonverbal Interpersonal Communication Exploration (NICE) ToolboxAugust 13, 2026Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Tübingen
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Molecular mechanisms of multimeric membrane protein assemblyAugust 13, 2026Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
Student Assistant (f/m/d) | Scientific Software Development for Computational MechanicsAugust 13, 2026Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Stuttgart
PhD Researcher Positions (f/m/d) | Quantitative Past Urban StudiesAugust 13, 2026Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena
Bioinformatician (m/f/d)August 13, 2026Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
Astrochemistry Postdoctoral positions (m/f/d) | Nanoparticle ExperimentAugust 12, 2026Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
Administrative Assistant (m/f/d)August 12, 2026Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
Bioinformatician (m/f/d)August 11, 2026Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Fully funded PhD positionsAugust 11, 2026Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne
Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Ultrafast Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Correlated MaterialsAugust 06, 2026Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Administrative Assistant (m/f/d)August 04, 2026Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Technician (m/f/d) | Laboratory InfrastructureAugust 03, 2026Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
Software Developer / Computer Scientist (m/f/d) specialised in AI and Machine LearningAugust 01, 2026Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Scientific Manager (m/f/d)July 31, 2026Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) | BioinformaticsJuly 30, 2026Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) | Graph LearningJuly 30, 2026Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Research Engineer (f/m/d) | Statistical 3D Model of QuadrupedsJuly 30, 2026Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Tübingen
Postdoctoral Researcher positions | Statistical Physics and Active MatterJuly 28, 2026Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
PhD positions | Statistical Physics and Active MatterJuly 28, 2026Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
In-house Technician (Mechanics) (m/f/d)July 24, 2026Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Proteomics core facility leader (m/f/d)July 22, 2026Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster
Graduate Assistant (m/f/d)July 20, 2026Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Student Assistant (m/f/d) | Machine Learning or Data ScienceJuly 16, 2026Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics or Mechanical Engineering / Process Engineering (m/f/d)July 16, 2026Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching), Garching
IT Specialist for Linux System Administration and HPC (m/f/d)July 13, 2026Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg
Postdoctoral Position in MRI Microscopy and Brain Metallomics (m/f/d)July 10, 2026Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Student Assistant (m/f/d)July 09, 2026Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Head of the Library (Florence, Italy) July 09, 2026Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute, Florenz, Italien
PhD or Postdoc position (m/f/d) | Behavioral NeurobiologyJuly 06, 2026Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (Seewiesen site), Seewiesen
Fully funded PostDoc Position (m/f/d)July 03, 2026Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Technical Assistant (f/m/d) in Algal Cell Culture and Molecular BiologyJuly 01, 2026Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Tübingen
Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)July 01, 2026Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
PostDoc (m/f/d) in Global Terrestrial Biogeochemical ModellingJune 29, 2026Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Humanities to Research the Macroevolution of European LiteratureJune 29, 2026Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main
Doctoral Candidate (m/f/d) in Computational Literary StudiesJune 29, 2026Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main
Veterinary Head of Laboratory Animal Facility (m/f/d)June 25, 2026Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg
Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) | Spectro-Microscopy Studies of Complex Processes in Thermal Catalysis and ElectrochemistryMay 29, 2026Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
Postdoc (m/f/d) | Molecular Plant BiologyMay 27, 2026Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne
Post-doctoral researchers (m/f/d) (EduTrack)April 30, 2026Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
Postdoctoral Position (f/m/d) | Integrated Assessment Modeling (Climate–Air Pollution–Economy)March 25, 2026Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz