Getting Started at the FHI

Some things to do to get a head start as a PhD student

Congratulations! You recently started your journy towards a PhD at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin. You will perform world-class research in one of the most respected and also beautiful research institutes in Berlin.

Arriving at a completely new place can be daunting and difficult. It is our task to make the transition and your life as PhD student as pleasant as possible. 

• When you arrive at the institute, find out who your responsible internal PhD representative is! They will able to help you with any questions you might have about life as a PhD student.
• Please also subscribe to our mailing list! All important information from the PhDnet is communicated through this channel.
• Check out the Website of the PhDnet, their social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), and their Offspring group's activities
• Consider getting involved as a PhD representative within the institute or the MPG! Talk to the external representative for more information.

Enrole at a Berlin University

If you want to get a german PhD-degree you need a professor from a german university.  We collected some guidelines to enrole at one of the three berlin universities (Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin)

• Ask your supervisor or department director if he/she knows a professor, who is more or less familiar with your topic
• Write your recommended professor if he/she want to suporrt you
• Enrole at the univerty of your new professor: FU Berlin, HU Berlin or TU Berlin

You have also a lot of benifits as a student:

• student card serves as a ticket for public transport in and around Berlin
• reduced entrances to sport centers, cinema...
• cheap mensa food