Project List

Biology, musicology or would you prefer politics? The wide range of research projects and start-up teams cover all kinds of interests – you are sure to find something that excites you.

Biology and Life Sciences Chemistry Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Politics Musicology and Media Studies Physics Start-Ups and Entrepreneurship

Biology and Life Sciences

Subject Area
CropScience, Field Trials and Greenhouse Experiments
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Subject Area
Vertebrate Paleontology
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Systems Medicine of the Liver, Pharmacology, Digital Twins, Precision Medicine
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Synthetic Biology
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August

Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Master's students

Chemistry

Subject Area
Molecular Clusters
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Availability
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Ph.D. students
Subject Area
Sustainable Batteries, Electrochemistry, Surface Chemistry
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from third year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 

Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Politics

Subject Area
Social Sciences and Humanities
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 

Subject Area
South Asian Studies, Diaspora Studies, Migration and Cultural Production, Media and Gender Studies, Transcultural Studies
Availability
04 May – 24 July
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Social Sciences, Psychology, Humanities and Politics, Gender, Diversity
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students
Subject Area
Indology, Ancient and Medieval South Asian History, Sanskrit Philology, Epigraphy
Availability
04 May – 24 July
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Ph.D. students 

Musicology and Media Studies

Subject Area
Critical Media Studies, Critical Coding, Philosophy, German Media Theory, Friedrich Kittler
Availability
04 May – 24 July
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Musicology
Availability
04 May – 24 July
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 

Physics

Subject Area
Theoretical Physics (Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics)
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Experimental Physics, Dark Matter Searches, Quantum Technology, Simulation
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September

Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Theoretical Physics
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 
Subject Area
Experimental Physics, Optics and Photonics
Availability
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year)
Graduate students
PhD students
Subject Area
Theoretical Physics (Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics / Theoretical Quantum Optics)
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year) 
Master's students 
Ph.D. students 

Start-Ups and Entrepreneurship

Interested students have the opportunity to gain insights into university start-ups and the diversity of the Berlin start-up scene. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offers its students a career path of starting a business and has therefore established its own Start-Up Service. The start-ups at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin operate at the interface between science and business. The teams supported by the Start-Up Service of Humboldt Innovation are in the initial phase of setting up a company. In addition to the subject-specific tasks, interns have the opportunity to experience how a scientific idea is turned into a marketable company: From product development to the creation of the business model to the preparation of the business plan. In the course of the internship, student interns have the opportunity to participate in events that serve to network the founders within and outside the university.

Subject Area
Real Estate Analysis, Project Evaluation, Financial Calculations, Regional Market Assessment, Investment ROI Modelling
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year)
Graduate students
PhD students
Subject Area
Sales, Marketing, Real Estate Investments
Availability
04 May – 24 July
18 May – 07 August
01 June – 21 August
15 June – 04 September
 
Internship Modality:
On-site internship in Berlin

Applications for summer 2026 are open from 05 November to 18 December 2025.
Academic Level
Advanced undergraduate students (from second year)
Graduate students
PhD students

The list is subject to change. Existing projects may be changed, and new projects may be added at any time without further notice.