The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences is happy to offer internships to students of disciplines relevant to the Institute's research. Basic computer skills are essential, as preparation, conducting, and analysis of experiments are all computer based. A good command of English would also be of advantage - working language at the Institute is English, and most papers and presentations are held in English.

If you are interested in an internship at our Institute and would like to apply, please completion our online form.

Deadlines for applications for internships are:
30/11 (for internships from February to April),
28/02 (for internships from April to August),
30/05 (for internships from August to October) and
30/08 (for internships from October to February).

Minimum duration of internships varies between the departments: eight weeks for internships in the Departments of Cognitive Neurology and Neuropsychology, and six weeks for internships in the Department of Psychology. Please note that, unfortunately, internships at MPI CBS are unpaid. For further questions regarding internships, please get in touch with Corinna Bonhage

Before applying, please read through the FAQ.

At the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences diploma theses in the different fields of research of the institute are supervised. An overview of the departments and research groups and corresponding topics for potential diploma theses can be found here. For further information please contact the secretaries.

These studies are appropriate as a diploma thesis (e.g. Psychology, Biology) or for a medical PhD project:

A series of experiments should be conducted to investigate intermodal association of expression, following the work of Manfred Clynes and Daniel N. Stern. At the end of this sequence of experiments an fMRI-study will be conducted.