Please note that Dr. Katerina Vlantis be out of office from August 27 to September 9, 2025. Kathy Joergens will be out of office from August 29 to September 12, 2025.
Deadline for Admission to Doctoral Examination - September 2025
GSfBS Office
Where can you find the GSfBS office?
Center of Molecular Biosciences (CoMB)
Zülpicher Str. 47a
D-50674 Cologne
| Phone: +49 (0)221 470- | ext. phone | room no. | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thur | Fri | |
| Dr. Isabell Witt responsible for surnames A - L | 1683 | 0.37 | remote | office | office | office & meeting via zoom 15 - 17 h | office | |
| Dr. Katerina Vlantis responsible for surnames M - Z | 7728 | 0.39 | remote & office | office & meeting via zoom 15 - 17 h | office | office | remote | |
| Kathy Joergens | 7727 | 0.38 | office | office | remote | office | no work
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office: we can be contacted in person in core times 11:00 - 15:00 h or on individual appointment. If you wish to see us in person, please drop us an e-mail to make sure we have time for you.
remote: we can be contacted via e-mail
meeting via zoom: if you wish to join for counselling, please drop us an e-mail
Help & Assistance
In case of questions regarding our graduate programme, please get in touch with your GSfBS coordinator Dr. Isabell Witt (when your surname starts with A–L) or Dr. Katerina Vlantis (when your surname starts with M-Z).
You may have a question referring to your
- Membership with the GSfBS: If you want to learn about the GSfBS programme and your eligibility to become a member at the start of your PhD, please get in touch with your coordinator for an individual meeting.
- Registration as a doctoral student with the Doctoral Office of the University of Cologne
- Registration with the GSfBS and filling our supervision agreement
- Core programme of the GSfBS - Please note that members of a specialized graduate school like IMPRS or iRTG, RTG, ITN may have a more specific core programme and are held to contact their respective programme coordinator.
- Doctoral thesis: Upon request, the GSfBS provides a leaflet with some general information and guidance about how to prepare your thesis. Advanced doctoral candidates are encouraged to contact us. Please also note that a clean and formatted thesis template can be downloaded from the webpage of the Doctoral Office of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences https://mathnat.uni-koeln.de/en/phd
- Application for the admission to the doctoral examination: We can help checking the documentation of your TAC meetings, compliance with the mandatory core curriculum and the application for admission to the doctoral examination.
For any other questions, please feel invited to contact us as well! We may then direct you to the responsible contact person.
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