University of 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 University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student position in Organofluorine chemistry and Catalysis 60 %
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 2 PhD candidate / research and teaching fellow positions 60 %
Deadline : Open until filled
View All Fully Funded PhD Positions Click Here
(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Population Genomics and Linguistic Evolution 80 %
The NCCR is a Swiss National Center of Competence in Research with the goal of creating a new discipline, Evolutionary Language Science, that targets the past and future of language. The center consists of leading scientists from traditionally separated academic domains, which allows us to harvest the diverse expertise from the humanities, social sciences, computational sciences, natural sciences and medicine towards a broadscale interdisciplinary collaboration.
The similarity of the genetic and linguistic evolution was pointed out by Charles Darwin. In the first phase of the NCCR, we found that both match and mismatch are common world-wide using the database of genomic and linguistic data GeLaTo (GEnes and LAnguage TOgether) (Barbieri et al. PNAS 2023, click for the press release) as well as local case studies (Matsumae et al. Science Advance 2021, Arango-Isaza et al. Curr Biol 2023, Padilla-Iglesias et al. Nature Human Behaviour, 2024). In the second phase, we plan to strengthen population genetic analysis including demographic analysis and between-population tracking of cultural and linguistic exchange using genetic markers to study the evolution of languages and human bio-cultural diversification. This project is a part of the “Population History” Task in the Work Package Stationarity of the NCCR which is lead by Prof. Andrea Migliano (Department of Evolutionary Anthropology; main PI of this position, https://www.migliano-uzh.com/), Prof. Kentaro Shimizu (Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies), Prof. Balthasar Bickel (Department of Comparative Language Science), and a planned new professor in genetics of language, in collaboration with Prof. Chiara Barbieri (University of Cagliari) and further members of the NCCR.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Phd candidate / Postdoctoral Researcher in Theological Ethics 75 – 100 %
As part of the strategic orientation of the University of Zurich, the interdisciplinary University Research Priority Program (URPP) “Digital Religion(s)” is investigating from 2021 to 2032 how current dynamics of digitalization influence, shape, and transform religious practices in different societal contexts. More specifically, it will examine how individual and institutional actors communicate religiously in hybrid online-offline settings and how they assert their public claim to societal orientation.
The research cluster “Conspiracy Theories in Online Environments and Their Religious Connotations,” will commence on Jan 1st 2025 as one of four subareas of the URPP. It deals with the influence of digitalization on the dynamics of conspiracy-theoretical communication in digital spaces and with the relationship between digitality, religion, and conspiracy theories, drawing on the perspectives of the study of religion, linguistics, and ethics.
The URPP “Digital Religion(s)” offers you a multifaceted role in a forward-looking, interdisciplinary, and excellent research priority program of high scientific, political, and societal relevance. We offer you the opportunity to collaborate within an inspiring network of outstanding researchers from various disciplines with career opportunities inside and outside academia, as well as an attractive workplace in the heart of Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student / post-doctoral student in Theological Ethics 75 – 100 %
As part of the strategic orientation of the University of Zurich, the interdisciplinary University Research Priority Program (URPP) “Digital Religion(s)” will investigate how current digitalization dynamics influence, shape and transform religious practice in different social contexts in the period 2021-2032. In more detail, it will examine how individual and institutional actors communicate religiously in hybrid online-offline formats and assert their public claim to social orientation.
The research cluster “Conspiracy Theories in Online Environments and Their Religious Connotations”, which will run from January 1, 2025, is one of four sub-areas of the URPP and deals with the influence of digitalization on the dynamics of conspiracy theory communication in the digital space as well as with determining the relationship between digitality, religion and conspiracy theories from a religious studies, linguistics and ethical perspective.
The URPP “Digital Religion(s)” offers you a varied job in a forward-looking, interdisciplinary research focus of high scientific, political and social topicality and relevance. We offer you the opportunity to work in an inspiring network of outstanding researchers from various disciplines with career opportunities within and outside of science as well as an attractive workplace in the heart of Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
Polite Follow-Up Email to Professor : When and How You should Write
Click here to know “How to write a Postdoc Job Application or Email”
(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position Global Mapping of Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and Access to Veterinary Services 80 %
The Epidemiology and Geography Group at the One Health Institute, University of Zurich, is looking for a PhD candidate interested in developing geospatial models to map antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals as well as accessibility to veterinary services worldwide. The position is for four years.
The One Health Institute (OHI) is an interfaculty institute founded jointly by the Vetsuisse Faculty, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Science at the University of Zurich. The Epidemiology and Geography group focuses on assembling large databases and developing methods to map infectious diseases. Our primary interest is on mapping antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in the field of Religious Studies 80 %
The cluster “Conspiracy Theories in Online Environments and Their Religious Connotations”, starting on January 1 2025, as one of four sub-areas of the URPP, addresses the impact of digitalization on the dynamics of conspiracy theory communication in digital spaces, as well as the relationship between religion, digitality, and conspiracy theories from religious studies, linguistic, and ethical perspectives.
The project “Exploring the Digital in Conspiracy Theories with Religious Elements” (Project Leads: Dorothea Lüddeckens and Mira Menzfeld), which is part of this cluster, focuses on the question: How are conspiracy theories created and perpetuated (non-)digitally, and what effects do they have on the lives and actions of those who adhere to them?
For this project, we are seeking a PhD candidate who will answer the above question by conducting online and offline field research on a self-selected case. A dissertation project that, in addition to aligning with the project’s thematic focus, also incorporates an Islamic perspective is desirable but not mandatory.
The URPP “Digital Religion(s)” and its “Conspiracy Theories” cluster offer a diverse role within an interdisciplinary research focus of high scientific, political, and societal relevance. You will work with an inspiring network of international researchers from various disciplines.
During your time with us, you will benefit from an attractive workplace in the heart of Zurich, fair compensation, and generous support for professional development, conference travel, and international stays. Within our team, you will have plenty of room and support for your own ideas and their implementation. You will be taken seriously academically, involved in decision-making processes, and actively supported in establishing your academic career. Your work with us will open up career opportunities both within and outside of academia.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral students in Religious Studies 80%
The project “Exploring the Digital in Conspiracy Theories with Religious Elements” (project management: Dorothea Lüddeckens and Mira Menzfeld), which belongs to this cluster, deals with the question: How are conspiracy theories created and perpetuated (non-)digitally – and what effects do they have on the lives and actions of those who adhere to them?
For this project, we are looking for a doctoral student who, on the basis of online and offline field research, will answer the above question using an example for a case of their own choosing. A doctoral project that, in addition to being focused on the project topic, is also characterized by a reference to Islam is desirable, but not mandatory.
The URPP “Digital Religion(s)” and its cluster “Conspiracy Theories” offer you a varied job in an interdisciplinary research focus of high scientific, political and social topicality and relevance. You will work with an inspiring network of international researchers from various disciplines.
During your time with us, you will benefit from an attractive workplace in the heart of Zurich, appropriate pay and generous funding opportunities for further education and training as well as conference trips and stays abroad. In our team, you have plenty of scope and support for your own ideas and their implementation. You will be taken seriously academically, involved in decision-making processes and actively supported in your scientific establishment. Your work with us will give you career opportunities both within and outside of science.
Deadline : Open until filled
Click here to know “How to Write an Effective Cover Letter”
(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student 80 – 100 %
The Patriarchi laboratory is looking for a highly motivated and collaborative PhD student to work on an exciting protein engineering project related to the development of new optogenetic tools to investigate G protein-coupled receptor signaling in living animals.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student / post-doctoral student in educational science 75 – 80%
Deadline : Open until filled
Connect with Us for Latest Job updates
(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in epidemiology, enrolled in the PhD program Epidemiology & Biostatistics of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School (LSZGS) 80 %
Deadline : Open until filled
Polite Follow-Up Email to Professor : When and How You should Write
(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in epidemiology and biostatistics 80 %
In the CliMaH project, we aim to integrate satellite and climate data with a mixed-methods on the ground study to better understand how long-term population movement, trends in urbanization, changes in agricultural productivity, and demographic change link with climate change and health in Mozambique. In particular, we are looking for a PhD candidate to work in WP1 of the CliMaH project, which aims to use remote sensing data (e.g., satellite data) to characterize changes in land use and agriculture in Mozambique. The PhD student will also analyze data from WP2, which uses quantitative household survey data in three to four climate change hotspots to study how climate change and urbanization trends affect maternal and child health outcomes.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in plant speciation 100 %
Deadline : Open until filled
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Satellite-Based Monitoring of Global Glacier Dynamics 80 %
This PhD project focuses on monitoring global glacier change by analyzing satellite imagery to study snowline and albedo variations. The research aims to improve the understanding of glacier dynamics by monitoring changes in glacier facies (such as snow, ice and debris cover), determining snowline and albedo, and analyzing both spatial and temporal trends in these variables in different glaciated regions of the world. Using Google Earth Engine, the project will explore the potential of a variety of geospatial data (e.g. satellite data, topographic data, climatic data) to advance glacier mass balance modelling. In situ observations as well as airborne data will be also used to calibrate and validate spaceborne observations across different spatial scales. The successful candidate will be based at the Department of Geography in Zurich and will be supervised by Hendrik Wulf.
Deadline : Open until filled
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Biostatistics for 4 years 80 %
Successful applicants should be highly motivated and have a strong background in mathematics, statistics, and programming. Ideally, the applicant should hold a master’s degree in statistics, applied mathematics or a related field. Applicants with experience in both frequentist and Bayesian statistics will be given preference. The applicant has good programming skills in the open-source R software environment and can generate dynamic reports and use version control. Previous experience with developing packages in R and an interactive Shiny web application would be an asset. The applicant has excellent communication skills and can work both independently and in a team. The applicant should also have a solid scientific writing experience and excellent written and spoken English skills.
Deadline : Open until filled
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in human metabolism and medical devices (Innosuisse-project) 100 %
Deadline : Open until filled
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position Pediatric Cardiology 100%
We offer highly specialized outpatient and inpatient assessments for all congenital and acquired heart diseases in children and adolescents. This includes comprehensive, modern, non-invasive cardiac imaging diagnostics (echocardiography, MRI, CT).
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in clinical epidemiology and musculoskeletal health 80 %
Deadline : Open until filled
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow 70 %
The candidate should have a master’s or bachelor’s degree with good grades in economics or another quantitative social science field. Candidates need strong knowledge of STATA. Knowledge of other statistical programs such as R or Python is welcome but not required.
The position is ideal for someone who either possesses or is interested in acquiring the ability to communicate research results effectively to different audiences in a clear and accurate manner. We are looking for a person who enjoys independent problem-solving and thrives on taking high level directional advice and then running with this advice as far as possible. The position requires strong organizational and time management skills, the ability to work towards multiple deadlines and interact with different professors and stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a desire to understand the social world around them and possesses a thirst for answering research questions about international development, taxation, and/or firm behavior.
Deadline : Open until filled
How to increase Brain Power – Secrets of Brain Unlocked
(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis (Industry Collaboration) 80 %
Deadline : Open until filled
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Sleep and Neurodegeneration Research 80 %
We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to join our dynamic team investigating the effects of phase-targeted auditory stimulation of slow waves during sleep on disease progression in neurodegeneration.
Animal studies and observational research in humans suggest that deeper sleep is associated with slower progression of neurodegenerative processes. Our group at the University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Christian R. Baumann, Dr. Angelina Maric), in collaboration with the University Children’s Hospital Zurich (Prof. Reto Huber), is preparing to conduct several long-term studies to investigate whether deepening sleep through phase-targeted auditory stimulation of slow waves in patients with Parkinson’s disease, isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can modify the progression of neurodegenerative
processes. In these studies, patients will self-administer phase-targeted auditory stimulation nightly at home over an 18-month period. EEG, brain imaging, fluid biomarkers, and clinical assessments will be used as outcome measures.
Deadline : Open until filled
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Candidate 80 – 100 %
We are looking for candidates with an interest in performing innovative research, strong motivation, and an interest in software development. An ideal candidate will have:
- an excellent degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (e.g. Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics)
- strong mathematical understanding
- experience in programming, preferably in Python, and software engineering
- prior experience in machine learning, computer vision and remote sensing
Furthermore, the candidate should be fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Deadline : Open until filled
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in the field of law and human reproduction 80 %
- You hold an excellent degree in the field of law.
- You have a strong interest in researching legal questions pertaining to human reproduction in one or more of these legal fields: family law, gender and the law, human rights law, and medical law. Previous experience with and/or the willingness to employ socio-legal and/or empirical methods in your project is highly desirable.
- You are fluent in English as an academic working language; fluency in German is desirable
- You are an enthusiastic person with a community spirit and a strong sense of initiative and you are able to work in an international and interdisciplinary environment.
Deadline : Open until filled
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position at the chair for “internet use & society” (Prof. Dr. Eszter Hargittai) 60 %
- Master’s degree in communication science or a related field (certificate required at start of employment)
- Excellent English language skills, openness to learning German
- Excellent academic writing skills
- Experience with researching the online support needs of older adults
- Interest in/ability to work in a team
Deadline : Open until filled
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: SNF PhD position in Medical Informatics with a Focus on Natural Language Processing, 100 %
We are looking for a PhD student for our SNF project ”Medical, Multilingual, and Privacy-Preserving Natural Language Processing (M2P2-NLP)”, passionate about working on medical problems and who helps us to create AI tools in the medical field, particularly in oncology and radiology.
Deadline : Open until filled
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 3 PhD Positions in Social Anthropology 100 %
The Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich is offering three PhD positions within a 4-year research project titled “Dealing with Institutional Volatility: Food Production, Processing and Trade in South-Eastern Qazaqstan”. The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and led by Prof. Dr. Peter Finke. Its objective is to study the food industry in South-Eastern Qazaqstan as an interlinked system of production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Rural households and petty entrepreneurs hereby see themselves confronted with a volatile ecological as well as political environment. The project aims to shed light on the institutional challenges and corresponding strategies of the actors involved as well as the impacts on the social fabric in the region.
The PhD projects will focus on three different interrelated sectors within the local and regional food complex by way of a distributed and shared multi-sited approach. Project 1 will focus on agricultural production, looking at individual households and farming enterprises. Project 2 will research in small- and mid-scale food processing factories, primarily in the dairy and meat sector, while project 3 will investigate the gastronomy sector and its socio-economic embeddedness in the regional setting. In addition to that, a postdoctoral researcher will study trade with food products within the region and beyond. She or he will, together with Prof. Finke, also serve as a project coordinator.
Deadline : Open until filled
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in ‘Neuroscience of Motivation in Neurorehabilitation’ 80 %
We are looking for a candidate with:
- A Master’s degree (or nearing completion) in neuroscience, psychology, neurophysiology, biomedical engineering, health sciences and technology, or a related field
- Strong interest in technical skills, particularly in programming (e.g., Matlab, Python) and data analysis
- Experience with EEG is desirable
- Strong communication skills, scientific and creative reasoning, and a very collaborative spirit
- Structured, reliable, proactive and well-organized personality
- Fluency in German and English
- Strong interest and aptitude to work with vulnerable populations
- Flexibility to travel
Deadline : Open until filled
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ph.D. – Large Scale User Experiments with Recommender Systems 100 %
The position is available for candidates interested in these topics, who have a MSc in Computer Science or a related discipline (or will be receiving it shortly), as well as a passion for discovering new things. Experience in areas of recommender systems, artificial intelligence, and/or behavioral analyses such as experiments with human subjects or surveys are considered a plus but are not strictly necessary.
We offer:
- A first-class experimental recommender systems research infrastructure with a proven track-record of multiple premier outlet publications
- A highly exciting, timely, and societally important as well as meaningful research topic
- A diverse and multi-disciplinary research group of highly motivated colleagues who are passionate about topics at the intersection of computer science, AI, and social science
- Strong support for your professional/career development
- Attractive work environment both within the research group and beyond: the University of Zurich is one of Switzerland’s leading universities in the middle of a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that regularly ranks as one of the cities with the highest quality of life in the world
- Generous support for professional travel and research needs
Deadline : Open until filled
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ph.D. Position in Personalized Visual Analytics: Human Preference Elicitation for Ranking-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Support 100 %
Multi-criteria decision support through item ranking is an understudied research direction. Current solutions exhibit considerable limitations, primarily due to their inability to meet the multi-faceted nature of human decision-making. Choosing between thousands of relevant items is a common task, where people are left alone with the need to express and balance multiple desirable preferences at once. Item rankings are a popular and universal approach to structuring unorganized item collections by multiple criteria at the same time. In interactive solutions, people can express multiple preferences, used by algorithms to compute human-centered and personal rankings. Visual Analytics (VA) is a field of research that supports complex human decision-making tasks by bringing together human intellectuality with the computational power of algorithms in effective human-in-the-loop approaches.
In this project, we will demonstrate how cutting-edge VA principles can be transferred to item ranking, to overcome remaining challenges, demonstrate effective and efficient interactive ranking creation solutions, and empower broad audiences. Limitations of ranking systems mainly include their incompatibility for the elicitation of item- and attribute-based preferences, insufficient handling of user-introduced uncertainty, inadequate guidance for engaging with large item sets, lacking interaction histories, inefficient human-centric feedback loops, or a lack of explanations and transparency of ranking algorithms, thus creating a disconnect between the technology and nuanced user needs. Finally, interactive ranking creation does not yet make use of interfaces for eliciting implicit user preferences, e.g., in textual form using large language models.
Deadline : Open until filled
About The University of Zurich, Switzerland – Official Website
The University of Zurich (UZH, German: Universität Zürich), located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine which go back to 1525, and a new faculty of philosophy.
Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Engineering, Computer Sciences and Robotics, Theology and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the widest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution.
Disclaimer: We try to ensure that the information we post on VacancyEdu.com is accurate. However, despite our best efforts, some of the content may contain errors. You can trust us, but please conduct your own checks too.
Related Posts
- 29 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 06 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland
- 20 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
- 15 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Newcastle University, England
- 09 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- 04 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Plymouth, England
- 07 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Maastricht University, Netherlands
- 23 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 11 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands
