International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)

The GGL is a structured interdisciplinary doctoral programme covering life-science fields across medicine, biology, chemistry, nutrition, agriculture, and related areas. Doctoral projects are embedded in research sections and accompanied by a three-year graduate curriculum and professional-development programme.

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

German requirements

Not required

Accepted bachelor fields

Applicants need a master's degree or equivalent for all doctoral positions. The official GGL application page states that applicants may choose from one of ten interdisciplinary research sections and that admission is for doctoral programmes in the life sciences.

APS Certificate

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

402.13 EUR for winter semester 2025/2026 according to the current official JLU semester-contribution page.

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: 402.13 EUR for winter semester 2025/2026 according to the current official JLU semester-contribution page.

• 1

  Graduate Programme in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants

  University of Tübingen

  Tübingen · PhD · English

• 2

  Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS)

  Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

  Würzburg · PhD · English

• 3

  Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences

  Universität Hamburg

  Hamburg · Master of Science · English

• 4

  Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

  University of Göttingen

  Göttingen · Master of Science · English

• 5

  Biology

  Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

  Oldenburg · Master of Science · English