Welcome to the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science

The Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science provides an optimal environment for pursuing doctoral studies in computer science at an internationally competitive level. As a student, you undergo research-oriented training and experience a stimulating and scientifically challenging atmosphere. Advised by internationally renowned scientists, you can participate in one of the many research groups and find your way into top-notch research.

 

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We offer a genuine doctoral program in English supported by the German Excellence Initiative. The Department of Computer Science at Saarland University runs the Graduate School in close cooperation with the internationally renowned research institutions:

  • Max Planck Institute for Informatics
  • Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
  • German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
  • Intel Visual Computing Institute (IVCI)

They are all located right next to each other on our Saarbrücken campus. This unique research environment gives our Ph.D. candidates the chance to collaborate with almost 200 researchers at the postdoctoral or professorial level and over 280 doctoral students, covering virtually all areas of computer science.

 

The International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science (IMPRS-CS) runs in close collaboration with the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science which is responsible for all Ph.D. candidates in Computer Science at Saarland University. IMPRS-CS doctoral researchers are members of the Graduate School.

News

Next application deadline

Take advantage of the upcoming deadline on 26 April 2013 for uptake in October 2013 (or later) to send us your application materials via the OAS.

Intel honors PhD students

Two of our PhD students were chosen for the Intel Doctoral Student Honor Programme - Manuel Gorius (Data Networks; Saarland University) and Sven Gehring (User Interfaces; Saarland University & DFKI) traveled to Barcelona to the awards ceremony in October 2012. Congratulations to the successful candidates and their advisors! Keep up the good work!

Passion for research

Our Graduate School has been successful in the second round of the German Excellence Initiative and can look forward to growing in the next five years.

 

PhD students get Google awards

Two Google Doctoral Fellowship Awards went to Saarbrücken again in 2012 - We are proud of our PhD students Karl Bringmann (Randomized Algorithms; Saarland University & MPI for Informatics) and Georg Neis (Programming Technology; Saarland University & MPI for Software Systems). Congratulations to the successful candidates and their advisors! They join three previous Google Award holders.

Passion for research

The new Center for IT Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) has been granted by the federal government. This new research institute runs under the direction of our very own Prof. Michael Backes and is a boost to the whole research area for which many new young researchers will be needed. He was joined by Prof. Christian Hammer in the spring. Prof. Dominique Schröder is the newest faculty addition.

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