Below please find a summary of previous IMPRS PhD students. Their names and PhD research topics as well as a PDF copy of their thesis are displayed when following the links.
20th IMPRS Students Symposium November 13+14, 2025 More Info and Agenda here.
The IMPRS Application Round 2025/26 is closed!
Thank you to all interested applicants who have sent their documents within the set time frame! We will now review the application materials. Successful applicants who make it onto the shortlist will receive an invitation to the recruitment workshop from us in mid-December.
Congratulations! IMPRS students Silvia Almada Monter and Christian Partmann have been awarded with the Kippenhahn prize 2025! More info
25year IMPRS on Astrophysics On September 18, our IMPRS on Astrophysics Graduate School celebrated its 25th anniversary.
At the ceremony, representatives from the participating institutes MPE, MPA, ESO, and USM, from the MPG General Administration, as well as students and alumni spoke about the significance and successes of our IMPRS School.
Afterwards, a reception was held to toast to the next 25 years.
We welcome all our new IMPRS students! On September 16 + 17, 2025 our IMPRS Introductory Workshop for the group of 29 new students took place to introduce them to the program and the facilities of our four IMPRS institutes MPA, MPE, ESO, LMU/USM.
Congratulations! Dr. María Teresa Valdivia-Mena, IMPRS student in 2020-2024, has recently been awarded with an Otto Hahn Medal AND the Otto Hahn Award. More info