Max Planck Campus Tübingen

A place for people and groundbreaking innovation

Basic research in the fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and biology

The Max Planck Campus in Tübingen is home to the Max Planck Institutes for Intelligent Systems, Biological Cybernetics, and Biology, as well as the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. A total of around 1,200 employees from over 50 countries work and conduct research at this site. We are part of the 84 research institutions of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.

The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful scientific organization in the field of basic research. For more than 70 years, it has stood for groundbreaking discoveries in the life sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. Approximately 23,800 colleagues work and conduct research at 38 locations in Germany, as well as in Rome, Florence, Luxembourg, Nijmegen, and Florida.

Interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives and ways of thinking are essential building blocks for the international reputation and success of the Max Planck Society. This is reflected, for example, in important rankings: The Max Planck Society has been among the top 5 worldwide in the Highly Cited Researchers Index for many years.

Trendsetting expansion of the Tübingen research campus

Basic neuroscience research has become increasingly diverse and established in recent decades. For this reason, two extension buildings for the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics will be constructed by the end of 2029. They will open up large areas in the northwest of the Tübingen research campus.

Bird´s view of the Max Planck Campus Tübingen from the north — The importance of neuroscientific research requires an expansion of infrastructures at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

The importance of neuroscientific research requires an expansion of infrastructures at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

Advances in neuroscience are now enabling us to gain an ever better understanding of information processing in the brain. This benefits not only clinical medicine, but also many other fields of research that deal with the interaction between humans and their environment.

Computational neuroscience is one of the cornerstones of the institute. Using today's diverse interdisciplinary approaches, it investigates how the brain processes information – from seeing and hearing to decision-making.

Researchers from the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, as well as mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering, work closely together at the institute.

This collaboration also enables technical innovations such as intelligent prostheses and adaptive artificial systems. The extension buildings create the conditions necessary to remain not only competitive but also at the forefront of international basic research.