MATCOR and POLYMAT

 

Applications for 2010 have closed on: February 19, 2010

Personal Interviews in Mainz: March/April 2010

Next round: please come back to this webpage for your application in 2011

 

Application to MAINZ is only possible through our online-application system. Please note that there is no application fee.

Step-by-step application process:

• Register online (currently not possible)
• Log-in to your online-account and submit the required information and documents before the deadline

      Required documents (only PDF-files in upright position will be accepted):

• Motivation letter outlining your research interests, how you intend to pursue those interests and your motivation to apply for a PhD position of the MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence
• Curriculum vitae
• Bachelor and Master degree certificates and certified English or German translations
• University transcripts of Bachelor and Master showing your academic record (lists of courses and individual grades) in the original language as well as certified English or German translations
• A filled and signed form "Application for the recognition/validation of foreign certificates" (download here). This is only required for candidates from abroad
• Proof of English language proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS preferred)
• Names of two referees, including their websites and e-mail addresses, who will be available to submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf.

 

 

Please note that it is your obligation to inform your two referees to submit a filled referee form (download here) and a letter or reference on your behalf directly from their institutional email to us. Should they not have such an email they need to sent a scan of the referee form (as PDF-file) bearing the seal of their host institution and their handwritten signature. References sent from private email accounts (googlemail, yahoo, hotmail etc.) will not be accepted!

 

The online application system will only allow you to submit your application if all documents have been uploaded. Please make sure, that the size of single files does not exceed 1 MB.

 

Once we have received your full application you might be asked to send supplementary material via e-mail. In some cases, applicants will be invited for an on-site interview before a final decision is made concerning their admission to one of our programmes.

 

 

Click here to find out more about the application to IMPRS-PMS!