University of Twente, Netherlands invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Twente, Netherlands.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Numerical Analysis
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD
candidate to join as soon as possible the Mathematics of
Computational Science (MACS) group within the Department of
Applied Mathematics at the University of Twente. You will work under the supervision of Dr. Gregor Gantner on a project dedicated to advancing the field of adaptive methods for time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs). The position is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) via the Vidi research project Optimal adaptive space-time boundary and finite element methods.
The project focuses on the design, numerical analysis, and implementation of novel numerical algorithms to efficiently solve parabolic PDEs such as the heat equation. More precisely, you shall investigate space-time finite element methods (FEM) and space-time boundary element methods (BEM), which both discretize the PDE as a whole, treating time as yet another dimension. In particular, this allows for fully flexible local mesh refinement in the space-time cylinder. You will develop suitable a-posteriori computable estimators for the discretization error to adaptively steer the mesh refinement and mathematically prove that the resulting algorithms converge optimally with respect to the number of mesh elements. You will further implement and thereby validate the theoretical results through numerical experiments.
You will conduct your research in a collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary environment that values both academic excellence and open exchange of ideas. The MACS group offers a stimulating atmosphere with regular discussions, opportunities for collaboration, and access to expertise in numerical analysis, dynamical systems, and high-performance computing. The position includes funding to present your work at leading conferences and engage in international collaborations.
Deadline : May 21, 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD on Integrating Sustainability and Systems Thinking in Engineering Education
The CLEAR initiative (Chemistry Learning for Environmental Action and Responsibility) is an innovative programme within the Chemical Science & Engineering curriculum at the University of Twente. It aims to equip students with the skills and mindset needed to tackle complex global challenges such as climate change, pollution, and greenwashing. By embedding systems thinking into the curriculum, CLEAR enables students to approach sustainability challenges from a holistic perspective, integrating environmental, social, and economic factors into their solutions. For more information, click here.
Within this CLEAR PhD project, you will explore how sustainability, systems thinking, and essential skills are currently embedded in an engineering curriculum, and how these elements can be more effectively aligned. You will work closely with lecturers, students and researchers to analyse existing educational practices and identify opportunities for improvement.
You will investigate how educational interventions can help students develop the ability to address complex real-world challenges. This includes exploring how learning activities, assessment methods, and course design can reinforce each other and contribute to meaningful learning experiences. Part of your work will involve designing and testing new educational interventions in collaboration with teaching staff.
You will work in a multidisciplinary team environment, and collaborate with experts and researchers in chemistry, engineering and educational science, alongside teachers, students, and the educational management team.
Deadline :4 Jun 2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD positie in Sociale relaties in een sportcontext, groepsdynamiek en het floreren van jongeren
In het stronger2gether-project werken jongeren, professionals en onderzoekers samen aan één centrale ambitie: het versterken van positieve sociale relaties in de klas en daarbuiten.
Deze promotieplek aan de Universiteit Twente richt zich op de sportcontext in zowel specifieke (georganiseerde) als bredere zin. Daarbij gaat het om:
- floreren en welbevinden van jongeren in sportcontext
- groepsdynamiek, positieve sociale relaties, en welk gedrag als “normaal” wordt gezien
- de rol van sportprofessionals en van een positief pedagogisch sportklimaat
- praktijkgericht wetenschappelijk onderzoek
Het onderzoek vindt plaats aan de Universiteit Twente in de vakgroep Human Media Interaction onder de leerstoel Sport, Risks and Safety. De vakgroep is een levendige multidisciplinaire onderzoeksgroep waarin interactietechnologie, design, en impact samenkomen in een veelheid van toepassingsdomeinen.
Daarnaast wordt de kandidaat begeleidt vanuit de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (afdeling onderwijswetenschappen) en maak het onderzoek deel uit van de transdisciplinaire onderzoeksgemeenschap stronger2gether, die op wekelijkse basis samenwerkt (standaard op woensdagen). Deze gemeenschap werkt op het snijvlak van wetenschap en praktijk: 1) het onderzoekt mechanismen van sociale relaties en bouwt aan een overkoepeld raamwerk, 2) ontwikkelt, implementeert en evalueert interventies met jongeren en hun professionals, 3) werkt met jongeren als co-researchers in Research & Development Communities (RDC’s), en 4) vertaalt inzichten naar opleidingen, beleid en praktijk via Transdisciplinary Research & Development Communities (T-RDC’s).
Je werkt in dit project met een mix van onderzoeksmethoden, waaronder ontwerpgericht onderzoek met en voor de doelgroep, mixed-methods evaluaties op korte en lange termijn, en interventies met of zonder technologische componenten. Je schrijft wetenschappelijke publicaties, maar ontwikkelt ook praktijkproducten zoals toolkits, gesprekskaarten, en professionaliseringsmaterialen, en levert input voor een documentaire en een handboek voor professionals.
Deadline : 15 mei 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Developing methods for multi-disease test evaluation
We seek two highly motivated PhD candidates for this project, one at the University of Twente and one at the Amsterdam UMC. This vacancy is for the position at the University of Twente, within the innovative Health Technology and Services Research (HTSR) section at the Faculty of Behavioural Management and Social Sciences. This section includes about 35 researchers and focuses on personal and professional growth. There is also ample opportunity for social interaction. In this project, you will work with partners at Amsterdam UMC and Radboudumc. You will start by building on existing methods for evaluating single tests. Then, you will create a framework for health and economic evaluation of multi-disease tests, and test this using AI applications in radiology as a practical case study.
Deadline :5 Jul 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position on Domain Explanation to Support Citizens’ Decision-Making
The DECIDE project is a large-scale, NWO-funded research initiative under the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). It brings together 10 Dutch universities, over 50 academic researchers, and 30 societal partners in an ambitious inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration. Our shared mission is to develop strategies towards the design and implement a new generation of transparent, citizen-empowering AI systems, with a focus on AI-supported decision-making that contribute to the empowerment and democratic participation of citizens.The project addresses real-world challenges across domains such as healthcare, mobility, public governance, and healthy lifestyles. By co-developing strategies with societal stakeholders, DECIDE aims to create solutions that have tangible impact on society.
Deadline : 10 Jun 2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position on model-based wavefront shaping microscopy
With wavefront shaping, you can focus light through non-transparent materials. Since the invention of wavefront shaping at the University of Twente, many applications have arisen, ranging from quantum security to microscopy.
The key challenge of wavefront shaping is to find out exactly how to shape the light to form a focus. Traditionally, this is done through iterative algorithms (‘trial and error’). In this project, we aim to develop a radically different approach where the correct shape is computed using a 3-D model of the non-transparent structure. Using this approach, we aim to build a microscope that can look inside very complex materials without loss of image quality.
Your role is to build flexible 3-D ray-traced models of the structures, based on STL files, 3-D voxel data and other input. You work closely with the rest of the team to integrate your models with the microscope hardware and GUI, with advanced machine-learning algorithms, and with lightning-fast Maxwell solvers for scattering simulations.
You will not only work on the 3-D models in theory; you will also be trained in operating advanced microscopy systems and directly test your models in experiments. Your research will help microscope users to see inside their samples without cutting them to pieces and thus have a direct impact on their daily work.
Deadline : 20 May 2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position ‘Courage to Correct: Balancing Error Prevention and Learning in Strategic Crisis Teams’
In high-stakes crises, strategic teams often aim to avoid errors at all costs. Yet this drive for error-free performance at a group level can unintentionally silence early warning signals on a personal level-such as when conflicting information during a bomb-threat response go unchallenged, or when concerns about rising intensive care unit admissions are dismissed. These moments illustrate how hesitation to speak up can undermine adaptation and decision-making when it matters most.
Research shows that effective teams require psychological safety: the opportunity to voice concerns and seek feedback openly (Edmondson & Bransby, 2023). Studies on error management climates demonstrate that treating mistakes as learning opportunities enhances performance (Horvath et al., 2023). However, crisis contexts differ: what counts as a ‘mistake’ is often ambiguous in the moment. Rather than clearly identifiable errors, team members are frequently dealing with potential mistakes or contributions that may be perceived by others as inaccurate or inadequate. Voicing such concerns or alternative interpretations can entail personal and relational risks. Moreover, even perceived or potential errors may carry heavy consequences in crisis contexts, and recent work suggests that an exclusive focus on error management is insufficient. Instead, optimal performance emerges from balancing error management with error prevention (Van der Byl et al., 2023). Emerging theory argues for performance safety-the freedom to speak up combined with awareness of the responsibility errors entail (Taylor et al., 2025).
This reveals a core paradox for strategic crisis team decision making: teams striving to be error-free may unintentionally suppress the cues that help them learn, adapt, and intervene effectively. This tension between preventing errors and learning from them will be centre stage in this PhD project.
The activities include integrating literature on psychological safety, error climates, and crisis decision-making, and developing a conceptual framework for communication errors in strategic crisis teams. The project will collect interview data and analyse crisis scenarios to identify patterns of communication errors and their impacts. It will also test the effects of these errors and their consequences in controlled crisis simulations through field experiments combined with post-experimental interviews. Finally, interventions and training methods aimed at improving communication and reducing errors will be tested in controlled crisis simulations, again using field experiments complemented by post-experimental interviews.
This 4-year full-time PhD, based in the Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety section, focuses on strengthening communication, learning, and error response in strategic crisis teams.
Deadline :11 May 2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD cadidates for “Rouw zit in de familie”
Binnen de afdeling Psychologie, Gezondheid & Technologie (PGT) worden twee promotieplaatsen aangeboden. Beide promotieprojecten richten zich op hoe mensen samen rouwen wanneer een gezinslid overlijdt. Promotieproject 1 richt zich op hoe rouw bij ouders/verzorgers (hierna ‘ouders’ genoemd) de rouw bij hun kinderen (12 jaar of ourder) voorspelt, of andersom, na het overlijden van een gezinslid. Promotieproject 2 richt zich op hoe rouw bij de ene ouder de rouw bij de andere ouder voorspelt na het overlijden van hun kind. In beide projecten worden intensieve longitudinale vragenlijstgegevens verzameld, meerdere keren per dag via smartphones, maar ook op langere tijdschalen, zoals wekelijkse metingen.
De gewenste startdatum voor de promotieprojecten is 1 oktober 2026. Dit project maakt deel uit van een NWO VIDI-beurs, die is toegekend aan prof. dr. Lonneke Lenferink. De Universiteit Twente (UT) is de locatie waar de projecten worden uitgevoerd en waar de promovendi hun primaire werkplek hebben. We verwachten dat de promovendi vier dagen per week op kantoor op de universiteit werken. De Universiteit Twente is prachtig gelegen op een groene campus. De projecten worden uitgevoerd in samenwerking met de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG).
Het begeleidingsteam bestaat uit dr. Yudit Namer (UT), dr. Minita Franzen (EUR), dr. Jannis Kraiss (UT), dr. Peter ten Klooster (UT) en prof. dr. Lonneke Lenferink (UT en RUG). De promovendus voor project 1 wordt verwacht twee keer per maand de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam te bezoeken om een soepele en effectieve begeleiding te waarborgen. De reiskosten met het openbaar vervoer voor werkbezoeken worden vergoed.
Deadline :24 jun 2026
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Medical Robotics
Minimally invasive interventions increasingly require tools capable of sensing, actuation, and manipulation at sub-millimetre scales. Micro-robotic systems enable highly miniaturized devices that can operate in confined anatomical environments and interact with biological tissue with high spatial precision.
This PhD project focuses on the development of surgical micro-robotic devices, with emphasis on micro- and nano-fabrication and optical technologies for sensing, actuation, and control. The research includes the design, fabrication, and experimental validation of micro-scale robotic platforms, integration of optical and imaging-based feedback, and development of modeling and control strategies for operation in complex biological environments. Particular attention will be given to scalable fabrication and integration of photonic sensing or actuation.
The project is conducted within the Surgical Robotics Laboratory and the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Twente, in close collaboration with the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology and clinical and international partners.
Deadline : 31 May 2026
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in IC Design group
The University of Twente (UT) is located in the east of the Netherlands. It offers a dynamic campus, excellent facilities and the possibility to work in- and with- famous research groups.
Professor Bram Nauta’s Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) group focuses on various aspects of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits (IC). The group’s motto is “fundamental solutions for practical problems” and under this vision, it has contributed many fundamental new ideas in circuit design. The IC Design group has made high-impact inventions in analog filters, thermal noise cancelling amplifiers, ultra-low power analog to digital converters, software-defined radio, mixer-first receivers, N-path filters and sub-sampling phase locked loops. The group is a world leader and initiator of many new research directions which also find their application in industrial products. The group has a strong collaboration with the global semiconductor industry.
Deadline : Open until filled
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The University of Twente (Dutch: Universiteit Twente [ynivɛrsiˌtɛi(t) ˈtʋɛntə]; abbr. UT) is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. In addition, the UT was ranked the best technical university in the Netherlands by Keuzegids Universiteiten, the most significant national university ranking. The UT collaborates with Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology and the Wageningen University and Research Centre under the umbrella of 4TU and is also a partner in the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU).
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