NTNU, Norway 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 NTNU, Norway.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Building Integration of Solar Cells
The PhD candidate position is foreseen to carry out experimental laboratory and field work on building integration of solar cells. This research work will be carried out within the project ”A Toolkit for Sustainable Photovoltaics Integration in the Norwegian Built Environment” (SolKit) funded by the Research Council of Norway and several industrial and other partners.
The primary objective of the SolKit project is to facilitate the widespread adoption of building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in the Norwegian built environment. The SolKit project entails overcoming barriers linked to Norwegian conditions while addressing societal needs, economic goals and sustainability challenges. Furthermore, SolKit aims to develop essential knowledge and tools specifically tailored to address the conditions hindering the broad acceptance and deployment of BIPV technologies in Norway.
Deadline : 30th June 2025
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Controlled Environment Agriculture – Energy Grid Integration
The Department of Engineering Cybernetics (ITK), renowned for expertise in decision-making, optimization, control, and AI for sustainability, invites applications for a PhD position. This project focuses on developing a novel, sustainable urban food-energy system by holistically integrating Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), particularly vertical farming with emerging energy markets. Vertical farming is increasingly recognized to play an important role in sustainable local food production, especially in regions where outdoor agriculture is limited due to climate constraints, reducing reliance on food imports, transportation-related emissions, and enhancing food security.
With the increasing penetration of unpredictable renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) and the widespread electrification of energy systems, demand-side energy flexibility has become essential for maintaining grid stability. Democratized energy flexibility markets are rapidly developing worldwide, enabling consumers to actively provide flexibility services and benefit economically while supporting a sustainable grid.
This PhD project aims to leverage cutting-edge optimization, control and machine learning methods to optimally integrate vertical farms in these emerging flexibility markets. By modelling energy flexibility of different crops and market mechanisms, the research will establish a holistic integration framework that significantly reduces operational energy costs for vertical farms, maximizes economic benefits, and contributes to broader sustainability goals.
Are you motivated to address global sustainability challenges by developing innovative technological solutions at the intersection of food production and energy systems? We seek a highly motivated candidate passionate about technology-driven sustainability solutions, eager to develop advanced decision-making methodologies, optimization algorithms, and machine learning techniques to tackle this challenging, interdisciplinary problem. As a PhD candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Deadline : 31st May 2025
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: A PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Ecology
A fully-funded PhD position in evolutionary ecology is available at the Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, NTNU.
NTNU’s Department of Biology hosts internationally leading research activity in ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, ecotoxicology and cell & molecular biology. The Biodiversity Dynamics section, which will host the PhD project, works at the interface between biology and statistics. We aim to apply statistical and theoretical frameworks to experimental data to answer key questions regarding how organisms adapt to variable environmental conditions through phenotypic plasticity.
Organisms can respond and adapt to rapid environmental change by adjusting their phenotype (morphology, life history, physiology) through the process referred to as phenotypic plasticity. Such adjustments may be small or large but may also occur rapidly or slowly. Together, the magnitude and rate of phenotypic plasticity will influence how well organisms can deal with changing environments. The primary objective of the PhD will be to quantify this temporal dynamic of phenotypic plasticity, and to address questions about how the rate and magnitude of phenotypic plasticity evolves. This objective will be achieved via experimental laboratory studies where we will use aquatic model organisms (Daphnia and/or Gammaridae) to address questions such as to what extent is there quantitative genetic variation in phenotypic plasticity? How does environmental variation influence the fitness effects of phenotypic plasticity? And how do populations diverge in their phenotypic plasticity through evolution?
The PhD position will provide broad training in research and will suit a candidate who is highly motivated, dedicated and who is willing to put in the effort required to excel in their role. The ideal candidate will possess a strong independent work ethic, a commitment to achieving results, and the willingness to tackle challenges. The goal is a completed doctoral education to obtain a doctoral degree. The position is for three years with the possibility for additional one year including teaching duties.
Deadline : 25th May 2025
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Functionalized graphene structures as additives for enhanced lubrication
Are you motivated to take this challenge and open exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctoral degree, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia. This project has strong links with industry allowing you to provide with solutions to real challenges with market potential.
We are looking for a chemist (or equivalent background) willing to work on applied research. We are looking for candidates with a background in one or ideally more of these areas: chemical synthesis (organic or polymer chemistry), graphene chemistry, advanced materials characterization (XRD, TGA, STEM, SEM, FTIR, particle size distribution, AFM), experimental physics, chemical engineering, materials science.
You will be employed at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, at the Materials and Manufacturing group.
Deadline : 23rd May 2025
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Microscale Fluid Mechanics – Acoustofluidics
The Department of Energy and Process Engineering has a vacancy for a 3 or 4-year PhD position in microscale fluid mechanics. The start date is no later than August/September 2025. The location for this PhD position is Trondheim, at the Thermal Two-Phase Flow Laboratory (http://folk.ntnu.no/cadorao/).
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Deadline : 20th May 2025
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 7 PhD candidates for research on secure, resilient, and sustainable electricity distribution grids
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
NTNU is seeking highly motivated candidates for 7 full-time (100%) PhD positions at the Department of Electric Energy (IEL) & the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT). These are 3-year positions funded by SecurEL. SecurEL is a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research, facilitating a secure, resilient, and sustainable electricity distribution grid that ensures both the security of electricity supply and a path to a net-zero-emissions society. SecurEL aims to develop new knowledge addressing research challenges arising from accelerated electrification and increased use of the existing grid. Reaching these goals requires strong interdisciplinary collaboration among research institutions, user partners, and experts with diverse areas of expertise.
The Centre brings together experts from fields such as electrical engineering, energy systems, information and communication technology, cybersecurity, engineering cybernetics, industrial economics, as well as humanities and social sciences, to develop effective solutions for the power grid. SecurEL is a consortium of 42 partners, including 7 research partners. The centre period is 2025-2032, and the total budget is 398 million Norwegian kroner (NOK). NTNU is represented as a partner mainly by the Department of Electric Energy (IEL) and the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT).
Recruitment and research education is an important part of the mission of SecurEL. The PhD candidates funded by the Centre will contribute with cutting-edge knowledge and research. Overall, the Centre will directly finance 17 PhD and postdoc positions, and also have several associated PhDs from closely related projects. As a SecurEL-funded PhD candidate, you will be employed by NTNU, a university partner in the Centre, and take active part in the research activities. Through the Centre, you will have access to a forum with other PhD candidates affiliated with the Centre, and opportunities for research stays with partners, both nationally and abroad, through its international network.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in Energy Sufficiency in Residential Architecture
The Department of Architecture and Technology has a vacancy for an interdisciplinary PhD funded by NTNU’s strategic research area on Energy – Focus area ‘The Transformation of Energy End Use’. Additional opportunities linked to this initiative can be found at https://www.ntnu.edu/energy/announcements.
The PhD position will focus on energy sufficiency in residential architecture. Within this, it will address the overall goal of transforming the energy end use to drastically reduce and transform the energy and power demand in buildings, through sufficiency in energy services and development and deployment of energy efficient solutions. The PhD will work with the interplay between architecture, psychology, and STS (Science and Technology Studies).
Deadline : 16th May 2025
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in optimal fleet renewal strategies zero emission shipping
With the IMO goal of zero emission shipping in 2050, shipowners face the challenging task of developing their fleet within a complex and uncertain technical, commercial and regulatory landscape, while maintaining their competitiveness and profitability. At the same time, IMO, EU and other are developing regulations that provides both incentives and constraints for the energy transition and emission reduction.
The research objective of the PhD is to develop models that captures the interaction between strategic fleet models, alternative operational strategies, and regulatory frameworks and taxes, offering decision support for both shipowners and policy maker.
Your place of work will be the Department of Marine Technology. Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department.
Deadline : 15th May 2025
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate to conduct research on Smart Logistics and Planning in Norwegian Shipbuilding Yards
Norwegian yards are experiencing a substantial increase in demand and are building engineer-to-order ships for offshore wind farms across large parts of the world. Simultaneously, ambitious climate goals call for conversion or retrofit of existing ships for alternative lower carbon fuels. The yards must balance the construction of new ships with conversions, retrofits, maintenance, and after-sales services.
A critical knowledge gap exists in the planning and coordination of resources, including operators, equipment, and facilities, both within and across projects. This position will bridge this gap by exploring the application of logistics methods and digital technologies to coordinate and balance resources according to the needs of the current project mix and milestones. Each project is a complex and uncertain industrial effort, building or upgrading large, capital-intensive products composed of numerous parts, and is vulnerable to unexpected events. Smart technologies can collect, analyze, and represent data from various sources, significantly enhancing the visibility of resources, materials, and activities. This improved transparency facilitates decision-making and collaboration across projects.
The position is funded by the research project “TWinYards – Scaling up for offshore wind at Norwegian yards: Efficient operations through digital twins and artificial intelligence”. The candidate will be part of the Production Management research group at NTNU’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The group is internationally renowned for its research in engineer-to-order manufacturing.
You will contribute to the development of planning and control processes and decisions support for efficient coordination of yard operations. This will significantly contribute to the growth and competitiveness of Norwegian shipbuilders in the global offshore wind industry, ultimately accelerating the green energy transition.
Deadline : 11th May 2025
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in bryophyte evolutionary biology
The NTNU University Museum is seeking a highly qualified, ambitious, and motivated PhD candidate for a position in bryophyte evolutionary biology.
Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) were the first land plants, establishing in the early Ordovicium. Despite seeming morphological stasis over geological time, they have had a tremendous evolutionary success, today found in the widest range of habitats, from polar regions to tropical rainforests. Bryophytes constitute major components of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide.
Nevertheless, the taxonomy of many groups remain poorly known, and despite substantial progress over the last decades, the evolutionary histories and dynamics of major groups remain unclear or unknown. Besides cryptic speciation, a fundamental theoretical challenge is how to interpret genetic and genomic data in organisms with virtually unknown evolutionary rates, migration rates and generation times.
In this project, the main focus will be on understanding rates and patterns of molecular evolution and speciation in selected species. Key questions that will be addressed include different approaches to estimations of generation times, and estimation of rates of speciation. An overall aim is to better understand factors contributing to survival and adaptability of a major plant group in changing environments over substantial periods of time.
The successful candidate will be employed at the NTNU University Museum’s Department of Natural History. The NTNU University Museum is the natural and cultural history museum of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The Department of Natural History conducts research in systematics and taxonomy, as well as phylogeography, population genetics, and ecology with an emphasis on conservation biology.
Deadline : 11th May 2025
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Floating Wind Rotor Aerodynamics
The Department of Marine Technology is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate that can contribute to the green energy transition through enabling safe and cost-efficient design of floating wind turbines. Increasing wind turbine sizes and interactions between the motions of the floating foundation and the rotor aerodynamics challenge the way we model the aerodynamic loads for floating offshore wind turbines.
The aim of the project is to increase the reliability of floating offshore wind turbines by exploring the use of advanced aerodynamic load models in dynamic analysis. The candidate will investigate the implications of applying mid-fidelity load models, such as vortex- or lifting line methods, in coupled aero-, hydro-, servo-elastic numerical simulations. Phenomena such as large platform yaw, fishtailing, and yaw-roll instability will be the main focus. Existing global analysis models may not correctly capture these situations, which can be critical for design components such as the tower and mooring system.
The candidate will contribute new knowledge about aerodynamic interaction of floating wind turbines, while working in a multi-disciplinary, world class environment for marine technology research.
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Deadline : 11th May 2025
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Marine Cybernetics for Smart Control of Marine Hybrid-Electric Power Systems
We are seeking a PhD candidate to perform research on Development of smart management functions in the EU project STEESMAT: «Smart Transformer for Enhanced Efficiency and Sustainability in Maritime Transportation».
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctoral degree and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate to gain formal qualifications as researcher in engineering science. This opens up for high-impact career paths in research and higher education, within academia, research institutes, or industry.
The candidate will be supervised by Professor Roger Skjetne with expertise in marine control engineering for ships, incl. optimal energy and emission management of hybrid electric power systems.
Deadline : 5th May 2025
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer – Leidenfrost effect
The Department of Energy and Process Engineering has a vacancy for a 3-year PhD position as part of the HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network LeidenForce “Advanced Leidenfrost Effect”. The start date is no later than August/September 2025.
The location for this PhD position is Trondheim, at the Thermal Two-Phase Flow Laboratory (http://folk.ntnu.no/fernandi/). The position includes a 3-months secondment at AIRBUS. The project is in close relation with another PhD student in Université de Lille, France. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to learn form a consortium of 8 institutions (10 Beneficiaries, 3 Partner organizations). In addition to the individual scientific projects, all the 10 PhD candidates part of this Doctoral Network will benefit from further continuing education, which includes secondment, a variety of training courses for specific and transferable skills and active participation and international conferences.
As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Deadline :5th May 2025
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate on Silicon Recycling in the Physical Metallurgy group
A PhD position is announced at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within Physical Metallurgy and in the frame of the Norwegian Solar Cell Research Centre FME-SOLAR on recycling of silicon.
Silicon based solar cells are dominating the current market and photovoltaic modules made from this material are typically guaranteed for 25-30 years. To increase the sustainability of the solar cell process, making it more environmentally friendly and reduce the costs, it is important to focus on silicon recycling throughout the value chain. On the other hand, impurities are known to degrade the quality of silicon ingots and the performance of solar cells. Therefore, it is important to investigate their role, amount and distributions when we use recycled materials.
The PhD candidate will investigate the use of recycled silicon in solar cell production. The research will be centered around examining impurity pathways from raw materials to the final product with focus on the quartz crucible, silicon feedstock and Czochralski process. One expected outcome will be identifying the effects of persistent impurities on solar cell efficiency, yield, and overall manufacturing throughput.
Deadline : 4th May 2025
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellow in Intermediate Band Solar Cell Research
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department. You will be supervised by Professor Turid Reenaas and Professor Morten Kildemo.
The position is at the Department of Physics at NTNU and focuses on development of materials for use in intermediate band solar cells and/or tandem cells.
The PhD fellow will be part of the newly established national research centre FME SOLAR. It consists of more than 50 partners joining excellent R&D institutions with innovative user partners responsible for the majority of industrial activity, exports and turnover in Norway’s PV industry. The centre is led by Erik Stensrud Marstein at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE). There will be in total around 20 PhDs and Postdocs across four Norwegian universities: NMBU, NTNU, UiA and UiO. The PhD fellow will have the possibility to perform research in contact with the research and user partners of FME Solar, and with other partners at NTNU also involved in materials and solar cell research.
Deadline :2nd May 2025
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Scientific Machine Learning for Ice Run Forecasting
This PhD project aims to improve the prediction of ice runs – sudden downstream movements of river ice – that pose a threat to civil infrastructure such as bridges, roads, and hydropower installations. Predicting ice run events is highly complex, involving partially understood physical processes, environmental variability, and limited observational data.
The project will explore the use of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) – an emerging field that integrates data-driven methods with physics-based knowledge – to develop hybrid models that can better capture ice run dynamics. By combining available field data, satellite observations, and governing physical principles, the research will seek to build interpretable, generalizable models that support more accurate forecasting and risk mitigation strategies.
This work contributes not only to climate adaptation and infrastructure resilience in cold regions but also advances methodological development in physics-informed machine learning. The candidate will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and benefit from access to open environmental datasets, field measurements, and high-performance computing resources.
Deadline :1st May 2025
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate within Zero Emission Thermal Power Plants with Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could play an important role to reduce the carbon footprint of the power generation and industrial sectors. One important aspect is to get zero CO2 emissions rather than designing the plant for a capture rate of around 90%, which is typical in many studies and applications. One promising solution that the PhD candidate will work on is a novel zero-emission power plant concept integrated with oxy-fuel combustion CO2 capture. The novel concept is based on a supercritical CO2 power cycle, which will be investigated thoroughly and benchmarked with a more traditional steam cycle.
Process modeling and simulation are important tools for designing and analyzing these processes. Of particular interest is the analysis of the zero-emission power cycle both at design and off-design (part load) conditions with special focus on heat transfer characteristics within sCO2 cycle heat exchangers. Depending on the skill set of the PhD candidate, process dynamics and control strategies should be investigated, envisioning the concept to be integrated with other energy systems offshore and onshore. The work involves collaboration with relevant Norwegian industry.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate with a focus in Environmental Psychology
The position is funded by the Focus Area “The Renewable Revolution” under NTNU’s Strategic Research Area Energy and is announced together with PhD positions connected to the other Focus Areas. Specifically, we are looking for a candidate who will contribute to developing an assessment system to quantify and compare social, economic, biodiversity, and energy system effects of the rapid transition to renewable energy in the energy system. With a main focus on developing indicators for psychological and societal effects, the aim of the position is also to integrate these indicators with biodiversity indicators, economic indicators, and energy system performance indicators to work towards a comprehensive evaluation framework, which in the long run should empower public decision-makers (e.g., in municipalities) to handle trade-offs and synergies between these dimensions and support informed decision-making. As such, the position has its disciplinary home at the department of psychology, but requires strong interaction with other research fields, which is also reflected in the large and interdisciplinary group of supervisors. The project’s main supervisor will be Prof. Christian A. Klöckner (psychology), but co-supervisors from other fields join the supervision team (Dr. Govert Valkenburg, Science and Technology Studies; Prof. Anders G. Finstad, biodiversity; Magnus Korpås, energy systems; Niki Gaitani, planning).
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Intestinal biology
A new PhD position is available in the lab of Dr. Mara Martin-Alonso, Group Leader at IKOM. Our groups main scientific goal is to understand how diseases affecting mucosal surfaces such as the gut are started and developed in time. This project focuses on how epithelium is reprogrammed in processes such as intestinal repair and under inflammatory damages, and how this process is controlled by untypical studied stromal partners. The main goal of the candidate will be to study the mechanisms implicated in intestinal diseases as inflammatory bowel disease affecting the intestinal epithelium and the possible partners related to the different phases of the disease. The work will be a combination of ex vivo organoid cultures, in vivo disease models, combined with RNAseq, histology, flow cytometry, microscopy, bioinformatics and general cell and biochemical work.
The period of employment for the position is 3 years, preferably starting in Fall-Winter 2025.
Our laboratory consists of an international team of enthusiastic biologists and biotechnologists, with an exciting and good work atmosphere.
We seek a highly motivated new colleague with preferred experience in intestinal biology in mice, including organoids culture and tissue processing and staining. The candidate is expected to spearhead his/her research line and should be able to present the data by writing and publishing in scientific journals, and by orally presenting them at meetings. Thus, oral and written competence of the English language is a must.
We are looking forward to bringing in an excited candidate that will complement our current strengths, who can work independently, but also participate and contribute to the research of others in the group.
Please read our recent publications to have a broad overview of techniques and approaches used in our laboratory.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in International Marketing
The PhD candidate should develop and submit a proposal on research topic(s) in international marketing and to accordingly conduct research on the topic(s) if selected as the preferred candidate. Preferably, the PhD candidate’s research will focus on industries relevant to the Møre and Romsdal county, such as the marine, maritime or furniture industry.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Computational Modelling of Thin-Film Magnetic Materials
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department.
We have an open PhD position in computational modelling of thin-film magnetic materials at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, NTNU.
Magnetic materials like antiferromagnet materials have fast THz spin dynamics, picosecond switching speeds, and net-zero magnetization, making them resistant to external magnetic interference and ideal for robust, fast, and energy-efficient operation in spintronics, quantum sensing, and neuromorphic computing applications. This PhD project will focus on thin-film antiferromagnet materials based computational modeling framework to explore new possibilities in spintronics and other applications.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Biomechanics
This PhD position aims to increase our understanding of the mechanics of heart valve diseases using cutting-edge computational mechanics and AI. This project will advance precision medicine through collaboration with experts in cardiology and machine learning.
The mitral valve (MV) ensures one-way blood flow between the left atrium and ventricle, preventing blood leakage (regurgitation) into the atrium when the ventricle’s pressure increases. Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most common valvular heart disease in Europe. Severe leakage can lead to death in the worst cases. This condition involves complex remodeling mechanisms, resulting in poor prognosis. Major clinical challenges include predicting disease progression and identifying which patients will benefit from surgical valve repair. To address these issues, better patient selection methods and deeper insights into disease mechanisms are needed. This project proposes innovative computational approaches, leveraging finite element simulations, AI, and clinical data, to better understand the mechanisms of MR. This aims to improve patient risk stratification and treatment outcomes. Computational biomechanical models of the MV will be developed to offer new insights, create mechanical markers for MR progression, and evaluate repair techniques through simulations. Despite advances, challenges like time-consuming segmentation and model complexity limit clinical adoption. This project aims to streamline segmentation and develop real-time biomechanical assessment tools, bridging the gap between numerical simulations and clinical practice.
The candidate will work alongside experts in solid mechanics, finite element analysis, and machine learning and cardiology, benefiting from ongoing collaborations with Haukeland University Hospital and the Institute of Biomechanics at TU Graz.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in AI and FEM Development for Autonomous Structural Design
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
This PhD position focuses on the intersection of structural engineering, artificial intelligence, and computational design. The project aims to advance the autonomous generation of building and structural concepts through the development of AI-enhanced Finite Element Method (FEM) tools. It includes implementing FEM-based systems capable of proposing innovative structural forms, training deep learning models to adapt designs to boundary conditions, and integrating FEM workflows within parametric modeling environments like Grasshopper. The candidate will contribute to building a strong theoretical and numerical foundation in FEM, with applications in adaptive and performance-driven design. The work supports the broader goal of transforming how engineers and architects conceptualize structures by fostering automation, efficiency, and creativity in early-stage design. The PhD will be conducted within NTNU’s Conceptual Structural Design Group (CSDG), offering opportunities for collaboration, international research stays, and teaching experience in a stimulating academic environment.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in quantum chemistry
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
The position involves the development of advanced electronic structure methods within molecular response theory for molecules on surfaces and molecules under non-equilibrium conditions. The focus is to develop coupled cluster models which can describe how electronic charge transfer alters molecules and their properties, with focus on photoexcited states.
The candidate will be member of the eT program developer team (www.etprogram.org) and developed models will be implemented there.
Deadline : 27th April 2025
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in computer vision for bridge condition monitoring
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
The concrete group together with the structural mechanics group, is searching for motivated candidates for a PhD position in the field of computer vision for bridge measurements.
The goal of this doctoral position is to use computer vision for structural condition evaluation of concrete bridges. During this research position, the PhD candidate will improve computer vision technology and apply it to quantify structural health in practice. The first task will be to improve existing algorithms for identifying and mapping structural conditions (e.g., cracks) and for measuring structural responses without using markers (displacements, rotations). The second task will be to explore the best strategy to use this information to quantify the structural capacity and evaluate its safety. As part of this work, it is expected to participate in various measurement campaigns of several bridges. These tasks will be complemented by numerical simulations of specific bridges. Therefore, the PhD work will be a combination of current practices review, simulation, programming, and on-site monitoring.
This research project is funded by NTNU’s department of structural engineering. However, it is expected that this work will contribute to other projects and participate in international research collaborations.
Your immediate leader is Associate Professor Daniel Cantero and co-supervisor Researcher Tengjiao Jiang. You will work also together with Associate Professor Gunnstein Frøseth and Prof. Terje Kanstad.
Deadline : 27th April 2025
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Real-Time FEM for Digital Fabrication in Structural Engineering
This project explores the integration of real-time Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis with robotic and digital fabrication processes. The goal is to enable adaptive and responsive design-to-production workflows, particularly for solid structural elements. The project will develop computational tools and physical prototypes that align real-time simulation with robotic arm control in processes such as timber assembly or 3D printing.
Deadline : 25th April 2025
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Competence and Training Development for Remote Operators of USVs
The Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering has a vacancy for a PhD candidate. For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.
The maritime industry is quickly evolving with the introduction of autonomous and remotely operated vessels. Smaller Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), also known as sea drones, present new opportunities for efficiency and flexibility in maritime operations but also introduce challenges related to human-system interaction, situational awareness, and operator competencies. As technology for remote control advances, understanding the skills and training needed for USV operators is important to ensure safe and effective operations.
NTNU Ålesund is developing a state-of-the-art Remote Operation Center (ROC) for USV control, enabling full-scale testing at sea, accompanied by high-fidelity simulations. This facility will provide a unique opportunity to study the role of remote operators, their workload, decision-making processes, and socio-technical challenges.
A proposed research case could be to investigate the remote operation of USVs for maritime survey tasks, such as hydrographic mapping, environmental monitoring, or subsea infrastructure inspection. Introducing a concept where USV operator are located onshore will require training methodologies to develop the necessary skills for remote supervision.
To advance knowledge in this field, the Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering is seeking a PhD candidate to investigate the competencies required for remote USV operation, contributing to best practices for training, system design, and operational procedures.
Deadline : 25th April 2025
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Cardiovascular Aging
For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.
This position is a fixed term, full time (100%) position for 3 years within the field of cardiovascular aging. We seek a talented and enthusiastic person with a background in exercise physiology, sports cardiology, medical technology or similar disciplines. The PhD candidate will work with the highly renowned research group, the Cardiac Exercise Research Group. NTNU has excellent infrastructures for clinical and experimental research with state-of-the art equipment and laboratories.
Supervisor will be Professor Dorthe Stensvold, deputy leader of CERG.
Professor Håvard Dalen, Clinic of Cardiology, St. Olavs Hospital, will serve as the co-supervisor for the PhD candidate.
Deadline : 25th April 2025
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Arctic alien plant genomics
The NTNU University Museum is seeking a highly qualified, ambitious, and motivated PhD candidate for a project focusing on genomics of Arctic alien plants.
A warming climate, changes in soil properties, and rising human activity in the Arctic increase the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant species. In high-Arctic Svalbard and other Arctic regions, the wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris) is an established alien species. Hypotheses for its success include multiple introductions from different genetic sources, enemy release advantage related to plant defense compounds, and shifts in adaptive traits.
The PhD project will develop genomic datasets, making use of field collections and herbarium resources, and have the possibility to develop experimental evidence to examine links between the genomic basis of successful establishment and potential invasiveness in the high-Arctic. The wintercress will be a primary focus of the project, but complementary research on parallel systems may be developed. The project will add an important evolutionary component to ongoing interdisciplinary research on Arctic greening.
The successful candidate will be employed at the NTNU University Museum’s Department of Natural History. The NTNU University Museum is the natural and cultural history museum of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The Department of Natural History conducts research in systematics and taxonomy, evolutionary genomics, as well as in phylogeography, population genetics, and ecology with an emphasis on conservation biology.
Deadline : 25th April 2025
(30) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate on ductility requirements of Timber Connections
The proposed research aims to optimize the design of timber building systems with innovative connections and achieve an extended service-life. Over the last decade, the timber structures group at NTNU has developed an innovative connection technology consisting of threaded rods, patented metallic brackets and pre-stressed bolts inserted in oversized holes. The developed connections have shown very high stiffness and resistance, and they feature damage-free ductility as they dissipate energy by friction instead of yielding. The connections are also highly reversible which is the key element for Design for Assembly/Disassembly and Reassembly (DfADR) which enhances circularity of structural components and enables replacement of damaged components due to time-dependent and moisture effects, extreme loading, or even unforeseen reasons. The ductility of connections can be controlled by over-sizing the holes. Ductile connections have significant potential to:
- mitigate redistribution of actions, due to long-term loading and moisture changes over time
- reduce uncertainties of actions due to material/connection stiffness variability
- for high seismic resilience
- for achieving increased structural robustness
The project will build on past and ongoing national and international projects that have focused on stiffness and resistance connection requirements and explore the ductility requirements of connections to achieve high performance of timber buildings with respect to all aspects mentioned above. This task will be carried out by use of parametric Finite Element simulations (e.g. pushover analysis and/or incremental dynamic analysis). Moreover, the project aims to verify the ductility requirements with full-scale experimental results and explore possibilities for improving the performance of the connections, aiming at: reliable friction properties, oversizing of holes to achieve the desired ductility and preventing brittle modes by use of capacity design principles.
The Ph.D. project aims to start in August/September 2025. The Ph.D. position holder will be required to work in Trondheim, together with the rest of the timber structures group.
Deadline : 24th April 2025
(31) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Fatigue of Timber Connections
Tretten bridge collapsed in 2022 after just 10 years since its construction. This collapse has drawn significant attention to the safety of timber bridges, leading to the closure of 14 Norwegian timber bridges. As of today, several of these bridges remain still fully or partially closed.
According to the investigations of the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA/Havarikommisjon), the collapse was a consequence of a brittle failure in one of the dowel-connections in the timber diagonals of the truss, likely caused by fatigue phenomena, where the capacity of the connection decreases over time because of sustained traffic load.
Despite the growing interest in timber as a sustainable construction material, and despite the numerous timber bridges existing nowadays, research on fatigue in timber connections is extremely limited. Currently, the basis for the evaluation of fatigue of dowel-connections in typical timber truss bridges comes from a 1996 experimental study. However, its scope was limited to a specific configuration and thus does not have general validity.
The objective of this Ph.D. project is two-fold. First, to evaluate the fatigue capacity under cyclic loading of dowel-connections for timber bridges and provide improved fatigue data and design rules. Second, to explore possible enhancements of the fatigue capacity of such connections. Addressing these gaps will provide critical insights into the long-term performance of timber bridges and help optimize connection design for improved durability.
The research will involve both experimental work and finite element modelling, and it will involve cooperation with stakeholders.
The Ph.D. project aims to start in August/September 2025. The Ph.D. position holder will be required to work in Trondheim, together with the rest of the timber structures group.
Deadline :24th April 2025
(32) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence for Time Series
Our partner Statnett (https://www.statnett.no/) operates the Norwegian power grid. As an organization, they collect large amounts of data including measurements from a variety of sensors. These measurements inform adjustments necessary to guarantee the stability of electricity supply.
Powerful neural nets have emerged as tools to model sequential data. In particular, transformer models have shown vast potential for time series data. The position will examine ways to apply machine learning models to improve the forecasting for time series. The research will measure not only the ability to accurately predict future measurements, but also investigate methods to explain the model output. These explanations are necessary to prevent errors and help operators maintain a robust system.
Deadline : 23rd April 2025
(33) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate within Probabilistic Methods for Generative AI
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
The research focus of this position will be in probabilistic methods for Generative AI. We aim to develop generative AI methods that are applicable for data types beyond text and images (e.g., dynamic graphs), and the successful candidate will be given high level of independence when it comes to selecting what research directions within the area that are considered interesting. Possible directions include (but are not limited to):
- Personalized Generative AI, including privacy issues
- How to ensure that Generative AI systems behave ethically, including how to achieve fairness and unbiasedness when appropriate
- Explainability and transparency for Generative AI systems
- Approaches to improve data efficiency, e.g., encoding a priori knowledge into the generative process
- Generative AI for decision support
- Industrial applications of Generative AI
The research of this position will be conducted in collaboration with industry partners in the geographic region.
Your immediate leader will be the Head of the Norwegian Open AI Lab.
Deadline : 22nd April 2025
(34) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Optimal Energy Integration
This position is funded by NTNU’s strategic research area on Energy. Additional opportunities linked to this initiative can be found at https://www.ntnu.edu/energy/announcements.
It will be part of a cluster of projects related projects in this Strategic Research Area and will be run in close collaboration with several of them. It will be hosted at ITK, but will have strong collaborations with and co-supervision from other departments such as The Department of Electric Energy, The Department of Industrial Economics, The Department of Process Technology, and even The Department of Social Science.
Deadline : 22nd April 2025
(35) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position on upscaling of permafrost thaw-greenhouse gas emissions
There is a vacancy for a PhD position on the topic of upscaling of permafrost thaw and greenhouse gas emissions. The position is based at the Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years.
The candidate will join the ongoing collaborative research project on the topic of understanding permafrost thaw and greenhouse gas exchange in northern Norway.
The goal for this position is a completed doctoral education towards obtaining a doctoral degree in Biology at NTNU on the topic of upscaling of permafrost thaw and greenhouse gas emissions. The candidate will work with ample of existing observational data at different levels to upscale the processes and quantify larger scale greenhouse gas emissions. The PhD project will also be associated with the ongoing Horizon Europe project IM4CA: Investigating Methane for Climate Action. Therefore, there is an opportunity to work together with a larger group of researchers. In addition to upscaling using existing datasets, there is a possibility to develop one of the chapters of the PhD based on the direction of the research interest of the student. Some of the examples include, but not limited to, conducting field observations to constrain seasonal emissions such as winter CH4 emissions, using AI tools to develop upscaling tools or upscale to circumpolar region, or using climate modeling such as the Norwegian Earth System Model to constrain models and observations.
Deadline : 21st April 2025
(36) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Neuroscience
We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate for our project entitled, Plastbrain: Impact of plastic chemicals on brain health (https://biotox.de/?page_id=1272 )
Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia.
Deadline : 21st April 2025
(37) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PHD on quality control of reclaimed timber
For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.
At the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering in Gjøvik, we currently have a full-time doctoral (PhD) candidate position linked to the newly established research project CIRCULess, https://circuless-project.eu/. The duration of the PhD project is three years. The CIRCULess project is funded by the Horizon Europe programme and coordinated by NTNU. CIRCULess is dedicated to the recycling, upcycling, circularity and waste management of End-of-Life (EoL) concrete and timber-based materials and components. Through this position, you will find an exceptional portfolio of industrial and academic partners from Norway and Europe, across a variety of sectors. The successful candidate will join the Group for Sustainable Composites led by Prof. Sotirios Grammatikos and Group of Digitalization for a Sustainable Built Environment, led by Prof. Lizhen Huang. The Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering is in possession of state-of-the-art research facilities for manufacturing, testing & characterization, non-destructive evaluation, and recycling, as well as advanced software and digital facilities for design, modelling and analysis. NTNU in Gjøvik is an important research hub in Norway, with a strong portfolio of running (national and EU) projects and significant ongoing collaborations with the industry. NTNU in Gjøvik is a campus of NTNU, located close to Raufoss Industrial Park, Mustad Industrial Park and Sintef Raufoss Manufacturing.
Deadline : 21st April 2025
(38) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Advances in Hydropower Inflow Forecasting
The PhD position is a part of a project focused on adaptation and opportunities for hydropower due to changed hydrological inflow and seasonality. The hypothesis for the PhD study is that higher spatial and temporal resolution of the inflow to the watercourses can create synergies between hydropower production and environmental conditions. Based on state of the art hydrological inflow models applied in the Norwegian Hydropower Industry, the PhD will develop, test and implement new methods for higher spatial resolution of the inflow to the watercourses and investigate opportunities in combining physical meteorological/hydrological/hydraulic modelling and AI methods to improve the inflow prediction, and optimize the control of and use of water in the water courses considering both hydropower production and ecological and environmental conditions.
The PhD candidate will work together with other PhD students and researchers in RenewHydro and adapt the model to provide.
Deadline :19th April 2025
(39) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in the project Pol(Hy)Mer
Joining our team offers a unique opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research on the polymer materials which are used in the hydrogen transport infrastructure. The transport of hydrogen is
recognized as a significant aspect of the green energy transition to decarbonize the energy network.
You will work in a supportive and innovative environment at the Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering of NTNU, collaborating closely with leading experts and international partners.
With us, you will contribute to pioneering solutions for tomorrow’s challenges while advancing your academic career in a vibrant and supportive community.
The successful candidate will become a core team member of the Pol(Hy)Mer project which is led by the research institute SINTEF. The Pol(Hy)Mer project will create knowledge on the compatibility of polymer-based materials with hydrogen, to understand how they may behave when exposed to the environments expected when transporting hydrogen, to minimize component failure and leakage across hydrogen distribution networks. The Pol(Hy)Mer project is a knowledge building project for industry, in collaboration with a consortium of industrial partners, NTNU, University of Bologna (Italy) and SINTEF (Oslo).
Deadline : 17th April 2025
About NTNU- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway- Official Website
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Norway with the main campus in Trondheim and smaller campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund. The largest university in Norway, NTNU has over 8,000 employees and over 40,000 students. NTNU in its current form was established by the King-in-Council in 1996 by the merger of the former University of Trondheim and other university-level institutions, with roots dating back to 1760, and has later also incorporated some former university colleges. NTNU is consistently ranked in the top one percentage among the world’s universities, usually in the 101–500 range depending on ranking.
NTNU has the main national responsibility for education and research in engineering and technology, and is the successor of Norway’s preeminent engineering university, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), established by Parliament in 1910 as Norway’s national engineering university. In addition to engineering and natural sciences, the university offers higher education in other academic disciplines ranging from medicine, psychology, social sciences, the arts, teacher education, architecture and fine art. NTNU is well known for its close collaboration with industry, and particularly with its R&D partner SINTEF, which provided it with the biggest industrial link among all the technical universities in the world. The university’s academics include three Nobel laureates in medicine, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser and John O’Keefe.
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