Research in Bavaria

Are you considering doing your PhD in Germany, looking for a postdoc position, or searching for a professorship? Bavaria is the place for you!
Join the international research community here—and call Bavaria home!

Research Panorama Career Guide Destination Bavaria

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Stories from Our Universities

We feature stories and news from Bavarian universities on innovative people, projects, and collaborations in an array of disciplines. Stay tuned—our research topics vary regularly!

Career Paths

How to Move Your Career Forward

A research stay abroad is a real adventure and requires careful preparation. Whether you are looking for housing, or childcare, or trying to decide on the best insurance—our universities offer welcome services to assist you with all practical matters.

The Welcome Center made my family's move to Regensburg quite easy: they helped us to find housing, to complete our residence permit applications, to settle in and feel at home.

Janet Spittler, DFG Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon", University of Regensburg

Moving to Germany

My New Life in Bavaria

A Blog by Our International Researchers

Anh Nguyen

is a PhD candidate in the GLOMO project and works as a research assistant at the Chair of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Bamberg

I went to Bamberg for the first time in early spring. I came for my interview for the position of an early-stage researcher in the GLOMO project. It was one of the best trips of my life. I got the job, and I fell immediately in love with the city of Bamberg, its nature, architecture, and ambience...

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Keen on a Career in Research?

Kick-Start Your Network

Find Your Peers!

Bavaria‘s academic landscape is highly diverse. Get an overview of research institutions in Bavaria and find your future colleagues and supervisors.

Bavarian Highlights

Where Fairy Tales Come True

Discover Bavaria's dramatic views, charming landscapes, and many historical cities and cultural attractions.

The famous castle "Neuschwanstein" in front of the Bavarian Alps.

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What's up in Research?

Selected News from Our Networks

Stay up-to-date with the latest research trends and developments in Bavaria. Our news channel features exclusive stories and news from Bavarian universities.

19 February 2026 / TUM

How fast is the universe expanding? Supernova could provide the answer

• An image that could solve a long lasting cosmic mystery

• Unprecedented chance to measure the growth of the universe

• Collaboration between TUM, LMU and Max Planck Institutes

That the universe is expanding has been known for almost a hundred years now, but how fast? The exact rate of that…

17 February 2026 / University of Passau

The AI knowledge trap: How artificial intelligence can cause businesses to lose their knowledge

Over time, the loss of human expertise caused by AI use can impair the quality of that very AI – in the worst case, insidiously and unnoticed. This is the finding of a new study by researchers from the University of Passau and Arizona State University, which was recently published in the renowned…

17 February 2026 / JMU Würzburg

How forest conversion can harm dung beetles

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately created to promote biodiversity. Rising temperatures are significantly exacerbating the problem.

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For the Love of Snow

A PhD in the Research Training Group "FRASCAL"

PhD Programs

More than 150 Structured PhD Programs in all Disciplines

My New Life in Bavaria

A Blog by International Researchers

Hightech Agenda Bavaria

A €5.5 Billion Investment Plan for Research and Innovation

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