Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS)

The Graduate School of Life Sciences is a structured doctoral programme spanning the life sciences across all major faculties of the University of Wurzburg. It combines doctoral research with an interdisciplinary training framework and section-based supervision.

Minimum GPA

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

English requirements

The official GSLS page states that all classes are held in English and that applicants must be proficient enough to actively participate and present research in English.

Accepted bachelor fields

For the natural-science doctoral route, applicants need an M.Sc. or German diploma with experimental thesis work in biochemistry, biology, biomedicine, chemistry, food chemistry, physics, or psychology with a natural-sciences focus; related subjects must be clarified with the GSLS office.

APS Certificate

No

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

180.00 EUR per semester from Summer Semester 2026 onward.

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: 180.00 EUR per semester from Summer Semester 2026 onward.

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  Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences

  Universität Hamburg

  Hamburg · Master of Science · English

• 2

  Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

  University of Göttingen

  Göttingen · Master of Science · English

• 3

  Biology

  Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

  Oldenburg · Master of Science · English

• 4

  Quantitative Biology

  Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

  Düsseldorf · Bachelor of Science · English

• 5

  Biology

  Technical University of Munich

  Freising · Master of Science · English, German