The Max Planck Society currently maintains 80 institutes, research
units, and working groups that are devoted to a wide range of
especially promising research areas. Each institute has a special
statutory task be it to research the structure of matter, the
function of our nervous system, or the birth and development
of stars and galaxies. Max Planck Institutes work largely in
an interdisciplinary setting and in close cooperation with universities
and research institutes in Germany and abroad to generate cutting-edge
knowledge and technological breakthroughs and to produce highly
qualified, internationally competitive junior scientists and
researchers. The Max Planck Institutes focus on the following
research fields:
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