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Scholarships

The HPI Research Schools for "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" and "Data Science and Engineering" annually grants new full scholarships to talented young researchers:

Ph.D. scholarships
and Postdoc scholarships

The scholarships are not subject to income tax.

Support is available for research work of Ph.D. candidates, as well as post-docs.

Scholarship holders enjoy a great research environment, close mentorship by professors and postdocs of the research school, interaction with many peers, enormous computing power with HPI’s data lab, and significant travel funding.

Application

If you have prior experience or interest in either "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" or "Data Science and Engineering", you are invited to apply with the following documents:

Curriculum vitae and copies of certificates/transcripts
Brief research proposal, ideally mentioning the suitable HPI research group(s) you would like to work with.
Work samples/copies of relevant scientific work (e.g., master's thesis)
Letter of recommendation

Deadline

Applications have to be submitted by February 1 and August 15 of the respective year. Starting times are usually at the beginning of April and October, respectively.

Application

"Service-Oriented Systems Engineering": Please send your questions and applications for to phd-application-service-oriented-computing(at)hpi.de
“Data Science and Engineering”: Please use our APPLICATION TOOL, If you have any questions in the meantime, please use the email address phd-application-data-science(at)hpi.de or contact one of the chairs directly with your documents.

Please check the open positions page of the HPI website for additional information.

International Branches

There are several international branches of the HPI Research Schools:

Former branches:

Nanjing University (China)
Technion Haifa (Isreal)

Events

The HPI Research Schools organize various events on all relevant research topics.

Further Information on Events

Scholarships

The HPI Research Schools for "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering" and "Data Science and Engineering" annually grant new scholarships to talented junior researchers.

Further Information on Scholarships

Contact

The speakers of the Research Schools are available for questions:

Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann
Research School "Data Science and Engineering"
E-Mail: felix.naumann(at)hpi.de
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Rabl
Research School "Data Science and Engineering"
E-Mail: tilmann.rabl(at)hpi.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Polze
Research School "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering"
E-Mail: andreas.polze(at)hpi.de
Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld
Research School "Service-Oriented Systems Engineering"
E-Mail: robert.hirschfeld(at)hpi.de
Further Contact information