["The Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy is a joint programme of graduate studies between the Universities of Bonn and Cologne that was funded through the Excellence Initiative from 2007 to 2019. The PhD programme involves three years of research-oriented thesis work, leading to a doctoral degree in physics.Scientific interests are centred on activities in astrophysics, condensed matter physics and solid state theory, statistical and biological physics, mathematical physics, quantum information theory, and nuclear physics."]