Wellbeing

Globally and across disciplines, doctoral researchers experience alarmingly high rates of developing mental health issues. The Max Planck Society and the University of Cologne provide several layers of support to improve mental wellbeing of our doctoral researchers.

Employee and Manager Assistance Program

If you need help in resolving problems that impact on your mental wellbeing, the MPS’s Employee and Manager Assistance Program (EMAP) offers free support by telephone, online, or in person. More information is available in the MAX Intranet.

Student Health Management at the University of Cologne

A central health portal for students, also doctoral researchers, enrolled at the University of Cologne which helps to identify relevant offers from counselling to networking and sports.

University of Cologne Counselling Centres

The University of Cologne maintains a network of counselling centres to support doctoral researchers in a wide variety of areas such as diversity, discrimination and equal opportunities.

Studierendenwerk

The Kölner Studierendenwerk offers free and fully confidential psychological counselling to all doctoral researchers at the University of Cologne.