Professions and careers

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Welcome to HEPP!

HEPP is a graduate school for doctoral candidates at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and their partner universities the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald (EMAU). Associated partners are the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (IPN) in Greifswald and the Leibniz Computational Center (LRZ) in Garching.

HEPP aims to provide a coherent framework at IPP and the participating universities for qualifying a new generation of internationally competitive doctoral candidates in the field of plasma physics, fusion research, computational physics and surface science.

The intention of HEPP is to prepare the doctoral candidates for careers in a range of fusion related fields, i.e. for taking over leading positions in research, management and policy, technology development, or consulting and education. Graduate education in HEPP is structured, systematic and adapted to the individual needs of the doctoral candidates.