We regularly participate in informative events in different cities throughout Brazil to promote study and research opportunities at University of Münster (UM). Follow our website and our LinkedIn page to find out about upcoming events - held online since the beginning of the pandemic.
Please note the special regulations due to the Corona pandemic, specified on the central UM website:
General information
Information for incoming researchers
If you are interested in a full post-doctorate at the University of Münster, or a research stay as part of your post-doctorate in Brazil, we have listed below some relevant information. Please do not hesitate to contact the Liaison Office of the Brazil Centre in São Paulo for further guidance and information.
At UM, regarding international post-docs from the whole world, the central university unit responsible for welcome and advice in Münster is the Welcome Centre. For post-docs from Brazil, the Brazil Centre provides complementary, specialized orientation and attention, based on our vast experience and knowledge of the collaborations between UM and Brazil, besides offering support in Brazil, through our Liaison Office in São Paulo.
Therefore, with regard to the preparation of your post-doctorate as well as after your arrival and during your residence in Münster, both the UM Welcome Centre and the Brazil Centre can advise and support you. In Münster, the Welcome Centre regularly organises social and informative events for international postdoctoral researchers. In addition, the UM Graduate Centre promotes meetings and informative events for international postdoctoral researchers on extracurricular and interdisciplinary matters during their stay in Münster.
With respect to funding opportunities, we recommend paying attention to the calls from the Humboldt Foundation and other pertinent Brazilian, German and European funding agencies. Selected funding opportunities are announced on our website, under this link.
Please do not hesitate to contact our Liaison Office in São Paulo for advice or to clarify any questions!
Members of the Brazil Centre: professors who maintain and/or are interested in collaborations with Brazil
If you are interested in a full or sandwich doctorate at the University of Münster, you will find below some basic information for orientation and preparation.
In Germany, as well as in the UM, there are two types of doctorate: the individual and the so-called structured doctorate, which is offered in a doctoral programme, for example within a "research training group" or a "graduate school". The individual doctorate is carried out under the supervision of one professor, whereas the doctoral candidate may work either autonomously or in a research team. In structured doctoral programmes, the doctoral student is usually part of a research group and a group of doctoral students, works on a pre-established theme and has more than one supervisor. In the research groups, the doctoral candidates participate in training courses, exchange information about their dissertations and thus receive stimuli for their own research.
Finding a supervisor is certainly the biggest challenge. However, there is no one better than yourself to assess which professor suits your research field and who could be interested in your doctoral project and agree to supervise you. Therefore, it is important that you check the institute's websites and analyse the profiles of the professors of your areas of interest in detail. In the case of a sandwich doctorate, we strongly recommend asking for the support and intermediation of you supervisor in Brazil in order to find and contact a supervisor at the University of Münster.
With regard to funding opportunities - another big challenge - we recommend that you follow the calls and check the websites of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and other Brazilian, German and European funding agencies on a regular basis, and plan ahead to get a letter of acceptance from a professor. Information about DAAD calls is available here [pt]; further funding possibilities are listed on DAAD’s database, available here.
In the institutes, the secretariats are available to answer content-related questions as to a doctoral programme. As a central UM unit, the Graduate Centre provides support to international doctoral students concerning the admission and questions related to their stay in Münster, and holds meetings and informative events for international doctoral candidates on extracurricular and interdisciplinary matters during their stay in Münster.
For doctoral candidates from Brazil, the Brazil Centre provides complementary, specialized orientation and attention, based on our vast experience and knowledge of the collaborations between the UM and Brazil, besides offering support in Brazil, through our Liaison Office in São Paulo.
Please do not hesitate to contact our Liaison Office in São Paulo for advice or to clarify any questions!
General information on doctoral studies at UM
Members of the Brazil Centre: professors who maintain and/or are interested in collaborations with Brazil