8th IMPRS generation - starting year 2012
The year book lists all students who started as a generation in the same year.
| Last name | First name | Supervisor / institute | Thesis link |
| Bauer | Andreas | Springel / HITS | thesis |
| Bialas | Daniel | Lisker / ARI | // |
| Bianchini | Paolo | Van de Ven / MPIA | thesis |
| Bihr | Simon | Beuther / MPIA | thesis |
| Chicharro Fuertes | Raquel | Bigiel / ITA | Raquel |
| Ciceri | Simona | Henning / MPIA | thesis |
| Edwards | Tanya | Hofmann / MPIK | thesis |
| Hansen | Terese | Christlieb / LSW | thesis |
| Hendricks | Benjamin | Koch / LSW | thesis |
| Jankowski | Felix | Wagner / LSW | // |
| Köpferl | Christine | Robitaille / MPIA | thesis |
| Khrykin | Ilya | Hennawi / MPIA | thesis |
| Kopytova | Taisiya | Brandner / MPIA | thesis |
| Kügler | Dennis | Heidt / LSW | thesis |
| Liu | Ruo-Yu | Aharonian / MPIK | thesis |
| Lobo Gomes | Aiara | Klahr / MPIA | thesis |
| Marleau | Gabriel | Klahr / MPIA | thesis |
| Meyer | Sven | Bartelmann / ITA | thesis |
| Ortiz | Mauricio | Reffert / LSW | thesis |
| Poon | Helen | Hofmann / MPIK | thesis |
| Querejeta | Miguel | Schinnerer / MPIA | thesis |
| Schober | Jennifer | Klessen / MPIA | thesis |
| Thygesen | Anders | Christlieb / LSW | thesis |
| Tsatsi | Athanasia | Van de Ven / MPIA | thesis |
| Walther | Michael | Hennawi / MPIA | thesis |
| Wöllert (nee Lenius) | Maria | Brandner (MPIA) | thesis |
| Wu | Shiwei | Bik / MPIA | thesis |
| Zieser | Britta | Bartelmann / ITA | thesis |