- Degree
- Dr rer nat
- Course location
- Berlin
- In cooperation with
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Mathematics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Mathematics
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English. Participants can choose to write the dissertation in English or in German.
The BMS offers assistance to those international students with little or no German language skills by covering the costs of one preparatory language course in German as a Foreign Language ("Deutsch als Fremdsprache", also known as "DaF").
- Programme duration
- 6 semesters
- Beginning
- Only for doctoral programmes: any time
- Application deadline
- The first-round application deadline (https://www.math-berlin.de/application) of 1 December 2025 is for
• Phase I applicants requiring admission with a scholarship and
• Phase II applicants who want to start in April, May, June or July 2026.
The second-round application deadline of 1 April 2026 is for
• Phase I applicants requiring admission only and
• Phase II applicants who want to start in August, September or October 2026.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- Yes
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) is the joint doctoral programme of the three Berlin universities and the graduate school of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+. Areas of expertise include:
• Geometry and topology (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-1)
• Algebraic geometry and number theory (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-2)
• Stochastics and mathematical finance (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-3)
• Discrete mathematics and optimisation (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-4)
• Discrete geometry (http://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-5)
• Numerical mathematics (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-6)
• Applied analysis (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-7)
• Mathematics for AI (https://www.math-berlin.de/academics/rta/area-8)