| Name
| Location
| Research areas
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| Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
| Frankfurt | cultural studies, social science, cognitive science, linguistics |
| Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
| Radolfzell / Konstanz | evolutionary biology, ethology, ecology |
| Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Leipzig | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and cognitive science |
| Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology | Halle | cultural studies, jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Heidelberg | astronomy, astrophysics |
| Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics |
| Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History | Rome (Italy)
| cultural studies |
| Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry | Martinsried | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | Jena | microbiology, ecology, earth science, climatology |
| Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence | Martinsried / Seewiesen | organismic biology, ornithology, neurobiology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics, neuroscience |
| Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing | Cologne | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine | Münster | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen | Tübingen | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, botany, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute of Biophysics | Frankfurt | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Brain Research | Frankfurt | neuroscience |
| Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics | Dresden | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Chemistry | Mainz | chemistry, earth science, climatology |
| Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences | Leipzig | neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics |
| Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods | Bonn | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces | Golm | immunology, infection biology, medicine, structural biology, cell biology chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science |
| Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law | Freiburg | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics | Tübingen | neuroscience, cognitive science,
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| Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Rostock | social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity | Göttingen | cultural studies, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization | Göttingen | neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology solid-state physics, materials science, complex systems |
| Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems | Magdeburg | structural biology, cell biology chemistry, complex systems |
| Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology | Jena | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, neuroscience, botany |
| Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion | Mülheim | structural biology, cell biology chemistry |
| Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society (associated institute)
| Frankfurt | medicine, neuroscience |
| Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology | Plön | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, behavioural biology |
| Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience | Jupiter, Florida (United States)
| neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology |
| Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society | Tübingen | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, structural biology, cell biology |
| Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society | Berlin | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics | Berlin | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine |
| Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology | Jena | evolutionary biology, genetics, infection biology, social science, linguistics |
| Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics | Golm / Hanover | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research | Bad Nauheim | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, physiology |
| Max Planck Institute for the History of Science | Berlin | cultural studies |
| Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Berlin | cultural studies, cognitive science, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics | Freiburg | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine |
| Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology | Berlin | immunology, infection biology, medicine |
| Max Planck Institute for Informatics | Saarbrücken | computer science |
| Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | Munich | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | Stuttgart / Tübingen | solid-state physics, materials science, structural biology, cell biology, computer science |
| Max Planck Institute for Coal Research | Mülheim | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science |
| Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz | Florence (Italy)
| cultural studies |
| Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law | Hamburg | jurisprudence |
| Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law | Heidelberg | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy | Munich | jurisprudence, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance | Munich | jurisprudence |
| Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory | Frankfurt | cultural studies, jurisprudence |
| Max Planck Institute for Mathematics | Bonn | mathematics |
| Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences | Leipzig | mathematics |
| Max Planck Institute for Medical Research | Heidelberg | structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
| Cologne | immunology, infection biology, medicine, neuroscience |
| Max Planck Institute for Meteorology | Hamburg | earth science, climatology |
| Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology | Bremen | microbiology, ecology, chemistry |
| Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology | Marburg | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, microbiology, ecology, botany |
| Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics | Halle | solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences | Göttingen | neuroscience, medicine, chemistry, structural biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, developmental biology, cell biology, infection biology, immunology, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar | Bonn | developmental biology, genetics, immunology, medicine, neuroscience, structural biology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
| Frankfurt | genetics, medicine, neuroscience, cell biology |
| Social Neuroscience Lab
| Berlin | neuroscience, social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens
| Berlin | genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, microbiology |
| Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics | Heidelberg | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Physics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems | Dresden | solid-state physics, materials science, complex systems |
| Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids | Dresden | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching | astronomy, astrophysics, complex systems |
| Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light | Erlangen | solid-state physics, materials science, quantum mechanics, medicine, microbiology, cell biology |
| Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology | Dortmund | structural biology, cell biology physiology, chemistry |
| Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research | Cologne | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, botany |
| Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology | Golm | botany, structural biology, cell biology, physiology |
| Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics | Garching / Greifswald | particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | Mainz | structural biology, cell biology chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science |
| Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Munich | developmental biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, infection biology, medicine, neuroscience, physiology, cognitive science,
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| Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | Nijmegen (Netherlands)
| cognitive science, linguistics |
| Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics | Garching | particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy | Bonn | astronomy, astrophysics |
| Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy | Bochum | computer science |
| Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies | Cologne | social and behavioural sciences |
| Max Planck Institute for Software Systems | Kaiserslautern / Saarbrücken | computer science |
| Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research | Göttingen | astronomy, astrophysics |
| Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | Stuttgart | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science, particle physics, plasma physics, quantum mechanics |
| Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
| Hamburg | solid-state physics, materials science |
| Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials | Düsseldorf | chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science |