The Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems is a partnership between the Universities of Leipzig (Germany), Lorraine (France), Coventry (England) and the ICMP. The emphasis of the College is on fostering close collaborations of the PhD students in the partner organizations. It is achieved by the organization of extended visits, joint regular seminar programmes, annual workshops, and joint supervision of PhD theses (co-tutelle studies) with a final degree from two partner institutions.