Since 1996 the Robert Koch Institute has provided the Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (PAE). The programme aims to train scientists in the field of infectious disease epidemiology and places a particular focus on applying epidemiological methods for the prevention and control of infectious diseases when working in the German public health service (ÖGD). The PAE is a "field epidemiology training programme" and as such closely linked to the ECDC Fellowship Programme (EPIET/EUPHEM). The curriculum and most of the integrated training modules are framed in cooperation with the ECDC. Thus, the participants of the PAE are part of the EPIET/EUPHEM network and are regularly in close contact with their European colleagues.

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The ECDC Fellowship Programme is a two-year competency based training with two paths: the field epidemiology path (EPIET) and the public health microbiology path (EUPHEM). The EPIET path offers a curriculum that trains public health experts in competencies for intervention epidemiology and the EUPHEM path provides microbiologists with training in competencies for public health microbiology. After the two-year training EPIET and EUPHEM graduates are considered experts in applying epidemiological or microbiological methods to provide evidence to guide public health interventions for communicable disease prevention and control.

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EUPHEM is a two-year postgraduate qualification programme by ECDC that aims to provide training for scientists with experience in microbiology and a keen interest in public health in the core areas of public health microbiology (PHM). The Robert Koch-Institute has been a training site of EUPHEM since September 2009.

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Global Health is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field. As a national public health institute, the Robert Koch Institute is an international network hub for health protection, with its own international department – the Centre for International Health Protection. The RKI is a cooperation partner of the new interdisciplinary PhD programme Global Health in Berlin, which starts in October 2024. The structured, English-language PhD programme is aimed at candidates from all disciplines relevant to global health. The aims of the programme are to provide excellent scientific training, a cross-border view of health in the Global South and North, reflected intercultural competence, the development of an interdisciplinary perspective and networking in Berlin's global health community.

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