We think that the best environment for high-quality science and academic education is informal, communicative and international. We achieve this by encouraging self-responsibility, high personal standards, and an open rather than status-related social environment. We have regular informal meetings and use English frequently. Our profile is strengthened by active presence in the media, participation and organisation of international conferences, and numerous contacts with international research groups. We see it as our responsibility to educate students and young scientists for an academic as well as a non-academic career, by emphasizing general skills such as (self-)presentation, working with concepts (first think, then do), the usage of English, the application of computers and working in a team. This is in addition to the qualifications typical of our department, which are in the area of evolutionary genetics and behavioural ecology, computational phylogenetics, morphology and histology, karyology, image analysis and statistics. PhD theses in this department are always in English. Diplom- or "Zulassungsarbeiten" can be in English or German.

By Bus:

From the main station "Tübingen Hbf/Obf" you can take lines 5, 13, 18, 19 to "BG Unfallklinik"

Timetables can be found here.

By Train:

There are frequent connections from "Stuttgart Hbf"  going to "Tübingen Hbf". Check on the web.

By plane:

The closest international Airport ist Stuttgart. From there you can take a bus 828 (Stations "Echterdingen Flughafen/Messe" to "Tübingen Obf"). The bus takes about one hour to get to Tübingen.

Frakfurt also has a good connection via train (Stations "Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof" to "Tübingen Obf").

By car:

Coming from A8 take the B27 south (Reutlingen, Tübingen)

Take the exit "Tübingen Lustnau" and follow the signs "Naturwissenschaftliche Institute"