Graduate colleges are sponsored by the German Research Foundation. They are temporary university facilities that are set up to promote young scientists. In graduate colleges PhD students get the chance to perform their work within the framework of a coordinated, interdisciplinary research program that is carried out by several professors. In this way they become involved in the research work of the participating institutes. A study program is used to supplement and broaden student's college individual specializations and to provide a structure for their cooperation.

Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Markus Winterer
Department of Engineering Sciences
University of Duisburg-Essen
Lotharstr. 1
47057 Duisburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 37 94446
Fax: +49 (0)203 37 94453
Prof. Dr. Markus Winterer

Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Peter Entel
Theoretical Physics
Lotharstr. 1
47048 Duisburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 37 93330
Fax: +49 (0)203 37 93665
Prof. Dr. Peter Entel

Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Elke Sumfleth
Institute for Didactics of Chemistry
Schützenbahn 70
45127 Essen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)201 18 33757
Fax: +49 (0)201 18 33149
Prof. Dr. Elke Sumfleth