ETH Zurich, Switzerland 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 ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position on “Radio Frequency (RF) and Mm-Wave Integrated Circuits and Systems”
You will be responsible for the architecting, designing, prototyping, and testing of novel RF/mm-Wave/THz integrated circuits and/or systems using advanced IC technologies. You will be responsible for performing packaging and building measurement setups. Also, you will be responsible for the project meetings, reporting, scientific publications, conference/seminar presentations, and involving in proposal writing. Further, you will be expected to facilitate the teaching and occasionally deliver lectures in English at ETH Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position on “Integrated Circuit and System Design for Bioelectronics and Biosensors”
You will be responsible for designing, prototyping, and testing novel analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits and/or systems using advanced IC technologies. You will be collaborating with colleagues from the post-processing/fabrication side to decide the top-level system architecture and implementation details. You will be responsible for performing packaging and building measurement setups. Also, you will be responsible for the project meetings, reporting, scientific publications, conference/seminar presentations, and involving in proposal writing. Further, you will be expected to facilitate the teaching and occasionally deliver lectures in English at ETH Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position on “Integrated Photonics, Electronic-Photonic Co-Design/Integration”
You will be responsible for the architecting, designing, prototyping, and testing of novel electronic/photonic integrated circuits and/or systems using advanced IC technologies. You will be responsible for performing packaging and building measurement setups. Also, you will be responsible for the project meetings, reporting, scientific publications, conference/seminar presentations, and involving in proposal writing. Further, you will be expected to facilitate the teaching and occasionally deliver lectures in English at ETH Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Digital Identities for Regenerative Materials
As a PhD researcher, your responsibilities will include:
- Development of both theoretical concepts and practical tools to facilitate the identification and tracking of wood and clay in the construction sector
- Identifying the content of wood and clay IDs in the supply chain context in Switzerland, together with industry and research consortium partners
- Exploring implementation possibilities for digital IDs and how to connect them to the physical materials of clay and wood
- Validate and test proposed and developed solutions in pilot projects to assess their effectiveness and impact
- Engagement and collaboration with stakeholders such as government entities, consultants, and industry partners to promote the adoption of the developed tools and strategies
- Active participation in research activities, including publishing scientific papers and presenting findings at conferences and workshops
- Supervision of Master, and/or Bachelor students
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Matchmaking for Circular Construction
Your responsibilities will include the development of both theoretical concepts and practical tools for matchmaking of reused elements in the construction sector. Additionally, you are responsible for the development of theoretical concepts and algorithms for matchmaking for circular construction, together with industry and research consortium partners in Switzerland. The exploration of implementation possibilities for automated workflows and matchmaking tools in existing construction projects, and validation and testing of proposed and developed solutions in pilot projects are also part of your expertise. As well as the engagement and collaboration with stakeholders such as construction companies, standardization bodies, consultants, and other industry partners to promote the adoption of the developed data template and tools. Furthermore, the active participation in research activities, including publishing scientific papers and presenting findings at conferences and workshops, and the supervision of Master, and/or Bachelor students are your responsibility.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 2 Doctoral Fellowships in Architecture and Technology (2024)
We are looking for excellent people whose work demonstrates productive synergies between architecture and technology. We welcome architects with a solid technical, engineering or scientific background or interests and engineers/scientists whose work relates to architecture. We advise the applicants to thoroughly consult the ITA professorships’ websites before applying to ensure their research interests are compatible.
Deadline : January 31, 2024
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Self-assembled Colloidal Micromachines
We offer a full-time position for the duration of your 4-year doctoral studies starting immediately or upon mutual agreement. You will work in an interdisciplinary team of researchers with strong expertise in polymers, colloids and microrobotics. Furthermore, you will collaborate with well-known researchers spanning from Switzerland, Germany to USA. Throughout the project there will be mentoring opportunities, including bachelor and master students’ projects and theses. You will actively participate in group and institute duties and activities. As an integral part of your work, you will publish your results in peer-reviewed journals and present them at (inter)national conferences.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position on the mechanics of intertwined architected materials
The focus of this doctoral project is primarily computational, while also involving interactions with fabrication and experimental experts within the group. You will develop robust and efficient numerical algorithms for exploring the design space and simulating the mechanical behavior of intertwined lattices. You will also have the unique opportunity to interact with multi-scale modeling experts within our group, and to collaborate with fabrication and experimental experts to 3D-print polymeric intertwined materials, and subject them to monotonic and cyclic loading. Data generated from the experiments will be used to calibrate the computational models. Overall, this research will result in novel optimal designs of intertwined materials, whose properties will be demonstrated in both simulations and experiments.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Mechanical Rock Preconditioning
You will develop a new methodology for the mechanical preconditioning of rock for underground energy storage and recovery applications. You will be working in the Rock Physics and Mechanics Lab within the Department of Earth Sciences to design and develop a mechanical rock pre-conditioning method. Using the new method, you will conduct laboratory pre-conditioning experiments under in-situ stress and temperature conditions relevant to applications such as Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
Deadline : January 31, 2024.
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate for modelling & optimising highly efficient drive systems for E-vehicles based on GaN devices
We are looking for outstanding, highly motivated people interested in pursuing PhD research on highly efficient drive systems for electric vehicles. For achieving high efficiency in a wide operating range, different 3-level inverter topologies and modulation schemes for drive systems should be modelled and optimised in this research project. Considering a wide operating range is important as the inverter is directly connected to the battery, which has a wide voltage range depending on the state of charge. Furthermore, the drive system is operated in many use cases only at a relatively low power level compared to nominal power, so that also partial load operation is also important to consider in the design phase.
The efficiency increase should be achieved by using optimised 3-level inverter topologies, which also allow for to reduction of the losses in the electrical machine due to lower ripple currents. Furthermore, new wide band gap depletion mode GaN HEMT devices in a direct-driven cascade configuration should be investigated, which allows reducing conduction as well as switching losses thus enabling a wider range of switching frequency at high-efficiency levels. A disadvantage of 3L inverters is the higher number of switches, which results in higher costs and which require more space. To still benefit from the 3L topology, a design trade-off between the inverter and the motor losses, which results in overall minimal losses, and an optimised PCB power module layout are necessary.
The optimal design should be identified based on comprehensive models and an optimisation procedure considering the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). In the optimisation, different 3L topologies, modulation schemes, a wide switching frequency range, and different motor types as well as basic control strategies should be considered, for identifying the best topology and the optimal operating parameters for the different operating points. In the final step, you should validate the optimised design with a prototype system.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral fellowship in History and Theory of Architecture (2 positions)
We are seeking junior researchers with:
- a background in the history and theory of architecture and art or architects with research experience
- a university diploma or master’s degree in architecture, history of art, or related fields
- excellent research and writing skills
Furthermore, we aim to maintain and expand our diversity and thus, we encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Applications are welcomed in German or English.
Deadline : 15 February 2024
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Engineering/Microsystems Engineering: Droplet Microfluidics for Reactions and Drug Screening
The PhD candidate will work closely together with other team members on a highly interdisciplinary topic. Central in the work is the fabrication of microstructured targets, which will be done in the Department`s clean room.
Other tasks:
- surface modification, characterization of surfaces and development of bioassays on surfaces
- establish workflows for data acquisition and analysis
- writing scientific publications
- involvement in teaching: supervision of students`projects and lab course
Deadline : January 31, 2024
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Regional Scale Runout Modelling
This PhD project will apply ORIN-3D, a physically-based runout model that uses GPU computing to decrease model run times by two orders of magnitude, at a regional scale. Orin3D is a depth-averaged, Lagrangian model that solves the equations of motion using smooth particle hydrodynamics. In this project, the PhD student will develop a GIS-based regional-scale modeling framework that allows the model to be calibrated, validated, and applied at large spatial scales. This framework will integrate multiple landslide types and sizes, and include robust quantification of uncertainty integrated into the model outputs. In particular, probabilistic estimates of debris height and debris velocity will be obtained, and directly used for vulnerability and fragility analysis. The PhD student will incorporate landslide inventory datasets from New Zealand, including the landslides generated during the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake and the 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle storm event. As part of the PhD, there is funding provided to travel to New Zealand and work with the NZ research team, and the project will be integrated into a large research programme.
Deadline :January 15, 2024
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position: Functional Materials And Devices for Neuromorphics
A 100% fixed-term position of 4 years at the heart of Zurich, Switzerland. As a researcher, you will discover functional materials by stacking nanolayers of oxides. The focus will be on ferroelectrics, which can also exhibit piezo-, pyro- and photo-electric effects. Test structures and circuits will be designed and fabricated. The use of strain, heat or light as a third factor will be investigated, with the aim of consolidating learning in artificial neural networks. As a PhD candidate, you will lead a research project and will be responsible for designing and documenting the experimental work. You will manage the data and the program codes generated by you and the students you will supervise. You will report through project and group meetings, conference proceedings and presentations, project deliverables and publications.
Deadline : Open until filled
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in the Distributed Computing Group
In our group, we try to apply and unite the approaches and techniques of theory and practice. Some members of our group focus on algorithms and mathematical proofs, some on system design and building. As a new member of the group, you are supposed to contribute to research activities in the group and gradually build your independent research profile according to your interests. You are expected to work towards a doctoral degree and participate in the teaching activities of the group.
Deadline : Open until filled
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Development of catalysts to convert CO2 into alcohols
Specifically, this project, by combining high throughput experimentation, synthesis of model catalysts, operando characterization, and molecular modelling aims at identifying novel catalyst families and developing structure-performance relationships for catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 to higher alcohols (such as ethanol). The role of this specific PhD position will be the development of model catalysts and their operando characterization using X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray total scattering, and infrared spectroscopy to identify the catalytically active sites/motifs.
Deadline : Open until filled
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in forest fires
Within this PhD project, you will study the occurrence, drivers, and future changes of synchronous forest fires using large climate ensembles. You will publish your results in scientific journals and present them at international conferences. The work location will be at SLF in Davos and you will obtain a PhD degree at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Students in Production and Operations Management
We offer a full-time position with a competitive salary in accordance with ETH standards. You will be involved in teaching and supervision. There is flexibility concerning the starting date to accommodate the selected candidate’s availability. The average duration for a doctoral student at D-MTEC is four years. The contract is limited ETH Zurich rules apply.
Deadline : January 31 2024
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Fellowship in Landscape and Urban Studies
We are seeking individuals with a background in architecture, landscape architecture, urban and territorial design and planning, and social sciences, with strong research or design experience that can benefit from the inter- and transdisciplinary engagements offered by the institute.
You must hold a university diploma or master’s degree obtained at university level (equivalent to the FHEQ-Level 7) in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning, and social science, or related fields.
Deadline : 15 March 2024
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Environmental DNA from air samples
We are looking for suitable candidates with a master level degree in microbiology, environmental biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, or related fields with excellent grades. Good experimental capability is of high value. Good command of English is required.
Deadline : Open until filled
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Computational Language Evolution
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with strong quantitative skills. You will have completed a MSc in applied mathematics, biostatistics, statistics, physics or a related discipline prior to starting the position. Experience with linguistics, phylogenetics or phylodynamics is beneficial, but not a requirement for the position. You will engage in interdisciplinary research as part of a team, so clear and effective communication skills are a priority. We value an open and inclusive group culture. As a member of the Computational Evolution group, you will be expected to help us maintain a positive team dynamic and a welcoming work environment. Our working language in the group is English and no knowledge of German is required. In line with our commitment to an open and inclusive group culture we welcome applications from individuals of all demographic groups and personal backgrounds.
Deadline : Open until filled
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Electrochemical and materials engineering for nerve regeneration
- Understand fundamental drivers of nerve regeneration
- Design and synthesize novel electroconductive materials for nerve regeneration.
- Develop and characterize conduit prototypes, assessing their performance and safety.
- Collaborate with a dynamic team of scientists, engineers and surgeons to integrate smart materials and sensing technologies into the conduit design.
- Analyze data and publish findings in high-impact journals.
- Present research at leading national and international conferences.
Deadline : Open until filled
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: “A Depth-Averaged Material Point Method for the initiation and dynamics of Alpine Mass Movements”
To address these limitations while maintaining the efficiency of classical approaches, this thesis will focus on developing a Depth-Averaged Material Point Method (DAMPM) for the initiation and dynamics Alpine Mass Movements. This approach builds upon the recent work of Guillet et al. (2023, Journal of Geophysical Research). In the initial phase, a hydro-mechanical DAMPM will be developed within an elasto-viscoplastic context (in C++). This method will be applied to evaluate the release volume of shallow landslides as well as the dynamics of subsequent geophysical mass flow, incorporating a granular rheology model and a suitable entrainment law. The DAMPM results will be compared to 3D Material Point Method (MPM) simulations and experimental data obtained from a newly developed meso-scale granular flume. In the subsequent phase, the implementation of a GPU CUDA version will be explored to enhance the model’s efficiency. This optimization aims to facilitate large-scale hazard evaluations and enable precise uncertainty quantification using the developed model.
Deadline : Open until filled
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Student in Environmental Politics – Swiss Environmental Panel
The International Political Economy and Environmental Politics group is based both at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP). Its research and teaching focuses primarily on the role of governments, civil society, industry, citizens, and consumers in providing solutions to environmental problems. The new doctoral student will contribute to the Swiss Environmental Panel, a long-term survey project that measures and explains environmental attitudes and behavior within Switzerland.
Deadline : Open until filled
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Students in Environmental Politics – Urban Air Pollution Policy in Lower Income Countries
The International Political Economy and Environmental Politics group is based both at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP). Its research and teaching focuses primarily on the role of governments, civil society, industry, citizens, and consumers in providing solutions to environmental problems. The two new doctoral students will contribute to a project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, that focuses on identifying, characterizing, and explaining urban air quality monitoring activities throughout the Global South, and on studying public support for urban air pollution policies in lower income contexts more broadly.
Deadline : Open until filled
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position: 3D cell-based tissue simulation framework
We are looking for a PhD student with a strong background in computational science, computational biology or applied mathematics to extend a recently developed C++-based cell-based tissue simulation framework to represent further biophysical features, and to include a numerical solver for reaction-diffusion equations. You will integrate available image processing and meshing algorithms to create an integrated framework that simulates imaged tissues at cellular resolution. The framework will be applied to morphogenetic problems in developmental biology using imaging data. The simulations will be performed by the student on the cluster computing infrastructure of ETH. Your tasks will also include model calibration, extensive validation and testing, parameter screening and optimization, simulation post-processing, quantitative comparison between numerical results and imaged tissues, and data visualization.
Deadline : Open until filled
About ETH Zurich, Switzerland- Official Website
ETH Zürich is a public research university in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. Founded by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the school focuses exclusively on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Like its sister institution EPFL, it is part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, part of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
In the 2021 edition of QS World University Rankings, ETH Zurich was ranked 6th in the world, placing it as the second-best European university after the University of Oxford. In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by subject, it ranked 4th in the world for engineering and technology (2nd in Europe) and 1st for earth & marine science. Also, ETH was rated 8th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020.
The university is an attractive destination for international students thanks to low tuition fees of 809 CHF per semester, PhD and graduate salaries that are amongst the world’s highest, and a world-class reputation in academia and industry. There are currently 22,200 students from over 120 countries, of which 4,180 are pursuing doctoral degrees.
As of November 2019, 21 Nobel laureates, 2 Fields Medalists, 2 Pritzker Prize winners, and 1 Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the Institute, including Albert Einstein. Other notable alumni include John von Neumann and Santiago Calatrava. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) and a member of the CESAER network.
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