List of Max Planck Institutes
Max Planck Institutes are research institutions operated by the Max Planck Society .[ 1] There are over 80 institutes.[ 2] Most of them are located in Germany , although there are other locations in other European countries and the United States .[ 1] [ 2]
Institutes are organized into five categories according to their research area:[ 1] [ 3]
One institute can belong to several research areas. In addition, it can also belong to several more specialized research fields.[ 1] In administrative terms, the institutes of the Max Planck Society are divided into three sections: Biology and Medicine, Chemistry, Physics and Technology and Human Sciences.[ 4]
Institutes and Research Units
As of April 2024, the following Max Planck Institutes and Research Units exist (in alphabetical order):[ 1]
Name
Location
Research areas
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Frankfurt
cultural studies , social science , cognitive science , linguistics
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Radolfzell / Konstanz
evolutionary biology , ethology , ecology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leipzig
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , ethology , and cognitive science
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Halle
cultural studies , jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Heidelberg
astronomy , astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Garching
astronomy , astrophysics
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
Rome (Italy )
cultural studies
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Martinsried
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jena
microbiology , ecology , earth science , climatology
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence
Martinsried / Seewiesen
organismic biology, ornithology , neurobiology , behavioural ecology , evolutionary biology , evolutionary genetics , neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Cologne
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
Münster
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen
Tübingen
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , botany , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Frankfurt
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Frankfurt
neuroscience
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Dresden
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , neuroscience , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Mainz
chemistry , earth science , climatology
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Leipzig
neuroscience , cognitive science , linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Bonn
jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Golm
immunology , infection biology, medicine , structural biology , cell biology chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
Freiburg
jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Tübingen
neuroscience , cognitive science ,
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Rostock
social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Göttingen
cultural studies , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Göttingen
neuroscience , structural biology , cell biology solid-state physics , materials science , complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Magdeburg
structural biology , cell biology chemistry , complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Jena
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , microbiology , ecology , neuroscience , botany
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Mülheim
structural biology , cell biology chemistry
Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society (associated institute)
Frankfurt
medicine , neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Plön
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , behavioural biology
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Jupiter, Florida (United States )
neuroscience , structural biology , cell biology
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
Tübingen
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , structural biology , cell biology
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Berlin
chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Berlin
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Jena
evolutionary biology , genetics , infection biology, social science , linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Golm / Hanover
astronomy , astrophysics , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
Bad Nauheim
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine , physiology
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Berlin
cultural studies
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Berlin
cultural studies , cognitive science , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Freiburg
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Berlin
immunology , infection biology, medicine
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Saarbrücken
computer science
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Munich
jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Stuttgart / Tübingen
solid-state physics , materials science , structural biology , cell biology , computer science
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Mülheim
chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Florence (Italy )
cultural studies
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Hamburg
jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg
jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Munich
jurisprudence , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Munich
jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Frankfurt
cultural studies , jurisprudence
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Bonn
mathematics
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Leipzig
mathematics
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Heidelberg
structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
Cologne
immunology , infection biology, medicine , neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Hamburg
earth science , climatology
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Bremen
microbiology , ecology , chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
Marburg
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , microbiology , ecology , botany
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Halle
solid-state physics , materials science , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Göttingen
neuroscience , medicine , chemistry , structural biology , genetics , evolutionary biology , developmental biology , cell biology , infection biology, immunology , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar
Bonn
developmental biology , genetics , immunology , medicine , neuroscience , structural biology , cell biology
Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
Frankfurt
genetics , medicine , neuroscience , cell biology
Social Neuroscience Lab
Berlin
neuroscience , social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens
Berlin
genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine , microbiology
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Heidelberg
astronomy , astrophysics , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Garching
astronomy , astrophysics , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Dresden
solid-state physics , materials science , complex systems
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Dresden
chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Garching
astronomy , astrophysics , complex systems
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Erlangen
solid-state physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , medicine , microbiology , cell biology
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Dortmund
structural biology , cell biology physiology , chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Cologne
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , botany
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Golm
botany , structural biology , cell biology , physiology
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Garching / Greifswald
particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Mainz
structural biology , cell biology chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Munich
developmental biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , immunology , infection biology, medicine , neuroscience , physiology , cognitive science ,
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Nijmegen (Netherlands )
cognitive science , linguistics
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Garching
particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Bonn
astronomy , astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Bochum
computer science
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Cologne
social and behavioural sciences
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Kaiserslautern / Saarbrücken
computer science
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Göttingen
astronomy , astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Stuttgart
chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science , particle physics , plasma physics , quantum mechanics
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Hamburg
solid-state physics , materials science
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Düsseldorf
chemistry , solid-state physics , materials science
See also
References
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