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href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/fellowships-and-studentships.html">Fellowships and Studentships</a><ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/fellowships-and-studentships/FeSt-overview.html">Scientific/ Astronomy Fellowships and Studentships</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/fellowships-and-studentships/engstudentfellow.html">Engineering Studentships and Fellowships</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="curr1"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics.html">PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members</a><ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-eso-chile.html">Thesis Topic ESO Chile</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-eso-garching.html">Thesis Topic ESO Garching</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-imprs.html">Thesis Topic IMPRS</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="std1"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/research-period-scheme.html">Research Period Scheme</a></li> <li class="std1"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/instcomm.html">Instrument Commissioning</a><ul class="sub2"> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/instcomm/crires.html">CRIRES</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/instcomm/flames.html">FLAMES</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/instcomm/kmos.html">KMOS</a></li> <li class="std2"><a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/instcomm/muse.html">MUSE</a></li> <li class="std2"><a 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scientific programmes and data sets that are suited for PhD thesis. This page gives an overview over what is currently offered by ESO Faculty astronomers in Chile and in Garching.</p> <p>Interested people should contact the staff directly for further information.</p> <ul> <li><a adhocenable="false" href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-eso-chile.html">Thesis Topic ESO Chile</a></li> <li><a adhocenable="false" href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-eso-garching.html">Thesis Topic ESO Garching</a></li> <li><a adhocenable="false" href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/thesis-topics/thesis-topic-imprs.html">Thesis Topic IMPRS</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <p>In case you do not find a thesis topic suitable for your field of interest, please feel free to approach one or more ESO-staff and/or Fellow. Here are the lists of all staff and their research topics.</p> <ul> <li>In Chile: <a adhocenable="false" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/santiago/personnel.html">www.eso.org/sci/activities/santiago/personnel.html</a></li> <li>In Garching: <a adhocenable="false" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/garching/personnel.html">www.eso.org/sci/activities/garching/personnel.html</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="footer">  <div id="footer"> <div id="footerupdate"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Last Update: 08.09.20 © ESO</th> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210304170336/mailto:smckling@eso.org"> Send us your comments</a> | <a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/enews.html">Subscribe to Newsletter</a> | <a href="/web/20210304170336/http://www.eso.org/sci/privacy.html">Privacy Statement</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div>  </div> </div>  </div>   <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//web.archive.org/web/20210304170336/http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-1965004-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script>   <script type="text/javascript"> var _paq = _paq || []; /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */ _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="/mtmo/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script>  </body> </html>