University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD positions in the frame of the PRIDE grant “Active phenomena across scales in biological systems”
The successful candidates will be expected to conduct research with the aim of obtaining a Doctorate in either Physics, Biology or Engineering Science. They will also be expected to contribute to the institution’s activities, including seminars, teaching, outreach and various other research related events.
Our consortium offers an outstanding and dynamic environment for doctoral candidates, with multiple seminars, working groups, colloquia, and a doctoral school which also includes access to scientific and transferable skills training opportunities.
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD candidate) in Computer Science
The successful applicant will be a member of the Doctoral School for Science and Engineering (DSSE) offering a Doctoral Program in Computer Science aiming to provide interdisciplinary and internationally competitive research training.
The proposed PhD project will be a continuation of research done by Jim Barthel in computational number theory and public key cryptography in the context of the PRIDE project. A possible research starting point for this PhD project is the practical evaluation of a combination of graph-based techniques with number-theoretic problems like the “simultaneous Chinese Remainder Theorem” or integer factorisation and generalizations thereof, especially practical evaluations of possible algorithms for the “Decisional Simultaneous Chinese Remaindering” problem is of interest. Suggestions for other interesting research topics in computational number theory or public key cryptography can also be discussed.
Deadline : Open until filled
View All Fully Funded PhD Positions Click Here
(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Candidate in Information Systems on LLMs & Intraorganizational Change
Successful candidates will join the young, vibrant, and interdisciplinary FINATRAX Research Group, which builds bridges between business research and information systems engineering. The group conducts research on the application and the impact of digital technologies like DLT/Blockchain, Digital Identities, Machine Learning/AI, and IoT/5G on organisations from both the private and public sectors. The group consists of doctoral and post[1]doctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., policy, business, technology), united in pursuit of sustainable technologies that positively impact society. For more information, please visit our website: https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/finatrax/projects
Successful candidates will pursue a Ph.D. degree (Doctorate) in computer science while assigned to an industry partnership with ENOVOS. The research will investigate three areas of organizational change management considering security and business implications. The areas to explore are LLMs’ applications in knowledge extraction, trust, and interpretability for enhanced productivity task support and to promote an agile mindset within the organization. Thus, the Ph.D. student will explore using LLMs in organizations to increase creativity and foster an agile mindset for a more productive and innovative workforce.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD application call of the Research Group Applied Thermodynamics
The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. In addition, the University focuses on cross-disciplinary research in the areas of Data Modelling and Simulation as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021 and among the top 250 universities worldwide.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ph.D. position in secure and privacy
The SnT, the international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy systems and services, of the University of Luxembourg, is looking for motivated PhD candidates in the field of secure and privacy information extraction and processing, for robot navigation indoor.
We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place!
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 Candidate in Vision-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with BIM alignment
The position holder will work under the umbrella of a partnership project Theia with the Luxembourg-based company GAMMA AR, developing a solution for real-time vision-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) of a hand-held tablet on real construction sites (i.e. as-built), with drift-free alignment with existing Building Information Management (BIM) data (i.e. as-planned). This solution will extend our novel Situational Graphs (S-Graphs), concretely our Informed S-Graphs and our Vision-based S-Graphs. Concretely, the main scientific challenges are the (1) vision-based global localization of the hand-held device within BIM (i.e. global alignment between the real construction site and the BIM) when the main structural elements (e.g. walls) are built and there are no major deviations from the BIM. (2) vision-based individual alignment between the main elements of the construction site and BIM, when there are no major deviations. And (3) vision-based global and individual alignment between the construction site and its main elements and BIM in the presence of deviations. The solution will be validated experimentally in real datasets and real construction sites (together with their BIM). On top of this, the solution will be integrated into our ready-to-use robotic platforms to demonstrate its potential use in autonomous robot systems in real-world use cases.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Candidate (PhD student) in 6G Communications
The research group focuses on wireless/satellite communications and networking and is headed by Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas. The research areas focus on the formulation, modelling, design, and analysis of future 5G and beyond communication networks that are capable of supporting new services in a cost-efficient manner. Use cases of interest include IoT verticals, unmanned aerial vehicles, integrated satellite-space-terrestrial networks, quantum communications and key distribution, spectrum management and coexistence, tactile Internet, and autonomous transportation. As far as technical enablers are concerned, we leverage expertise on massive MIMO cell-free communications, smart-radio environments through the use of intelligent surfaces, machine-type and ultra-reliable and low-latency communications, edge computing and caching, RAN slicing, and network softwarization and visualization. Finally, due to the large-scale nature, complexity, and heterogeneity of 5G and beyond networks, for their analysis and optimization we use tools such as artificial intelligence/machine learning, graph theory and graph-signal processing, and convex/non-convex optimization. Furthermore, our activities are experimentally driven and supported by the SDR CommLab, the SDN Lab, the 6G-Space Lab, our SW Simulators, and our OTA Facilties. For further information, you may refer to https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/sigcom
The successful candidate will work under the academic supervision of Prof. Björn Ottersten and Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas and join a strong and motivated research team.
We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place!
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Forming Effective Code Representations
SnT is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Luxembourg by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent.
We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place!
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-positions in Finance
The program follows the standard international format with rigorous coursework in the first year and for the remaining, up to four years, work on research projects that will make up the final thesis. All courses are in English and taught by local faculty and visiting scholars from renowned universities/business schools (e.g., University of Chicago, LBS etc.).
The Department of Finance is located in the financial center of Luxembourg at Campus Kirchberg. It consists of more than 15 full-time research-oriented faculty members from top economics and finance departments (e.g., New York University, Lausanne, Rochester, Carnegie Mellon). Despite its recent creation, it has become a prominent finance department in Europe over the last few years. In particular, it ranks among the top 10 European departments based on the number of top economics and finance publications per capita over the last 5 years (top 5 economics and top 3 finance). It provides an international and stimulating environment with regular top research seminars and several top-quality conferences. It also benefits from close relations with other departments of the University of Luxembourg (Department of Mathematics and Department of Economics and Management). The Department of Finance also collaborates with the Luxembourg Financial Center, the European Stability Mechanism, the Central Bank of Luxembourg and other economic and financial institutions located in Luxembourg.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidates / Spontaneous Applications
The University of Luxembourg is continuously seeking to hire highly motivated and outstanding doctoral researchers to work on different enabling technologies for the next generation (Beyond 5G/6G) wireless communications networks for its Interdisciplinary Centre of Security and Trust (SnT), within the Signal Processing and Communications (SigCom) research group, led by Prof. Björn Ottersten and Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas.
The SigCom research group at the SnT carries out research activities in the areas of signal processing for wireless communication systems including satellite communications and radar systems, and is rapidly expanding its research areas to various enabling technologies for beyond 5G/6G wireless networks. For details, you may refer to the following: https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/research/sigcom
We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place!
Deadline : Open until filled
Connect with Us for Latest Job updates
(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidates in Computer Vision
We offer attractive PhD candidate positions including industrial PhD positions conducting research in close cooperation with an industrial partner.
The successful candidates will join the Computer Vision, Machine Intelligence and Imaging (CVI2) headed by Prof. Djamila Aouada in order to pursue a PhD in the general area of Computer Vision. Multiple positions are open. They will carry out research in predefined topics contributing to CVI2’s activities in computer vision and pattern recognition. CVI2 offers the opportunity to work on industrial projects (with industrial partners such as Lift-Me Off, ARTEC 3D and DataThings) or national and international academic projects. CVI2 is a young group composed of highly motivated and active members. Their work focuses on innovative research topics such as 3D shape modelling, 6DOF object pose estimation, human behavior understating, and deep learning and is disseminated in top-tiers venues.
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: Doctoral candidates in Statistics and Probability
The successful candidates will be expected to conduct research under the guidance of professors (names and areas of expertise listed above), with the aim of obtaining a PhD in mathematics. They will also be expected to contribute to the department’s many activities, including seminars, teaching, outreach and various other research related events.
Our departments offer an outstanding and dynamic environments for PhD candidates, with multiple seminars, working groups, colloquia, and doctoral schools which also grant access to multiple training opportunities, including some not only focused on mathematics.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidates – Spontaneous Applications for Next Generation Radar Sensing Networks
The group has been working on next generation radar sensors in different applications, including automotive, autonomous vehicles, in-cabin monitoring, occupancy sensing, drones, multi-copters, gesture recognition, smart buildings, smart street lighting, smart factories, healthcare and robotics. The emerging radar sensors that are in use by the group, are using multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology and can be connected to build distributed and co-operative sensing networks. SPARC group has further expanded its research to integrated sensing and communications, weather radar systems and metacognitive radars,. To develop the signal processing techniques, the group researchers are using real data captured by the available radar modules at the lab, or the custom built MIMO radar with flexibility of changing the transmit waveform and signal processing units on the fly. Its members have been involved in a number of seminal papers in the area of waveform optimization, vital signs monitoring, joint radar and communications, sparse arrays, interference modeling, 4D radar imaging, distributed sensing, and tracking. SPARC has also collaborating with long term industry partner IEE S.A (www.iee.lu) , University of Naples Federico II, US Airforce Laboratories, TU Berlin and TU Munich among others.
Deadline : Open until filled
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student position on computational spectroscopy of 2D materials
A PhD student position in Theoretical/Computational Solid-State Physics is available in the group of Prof. Ludger Wirtz at the Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg. The group uses and develops electronic structure methods for the description of electronic excitations in novel materials. A special focus lies on 2D materials and their application for light-harvesting and light emission. The research project will be on the role of electron-phonon coupling in spectroscopy. It will focus on the development of new methodologies and their applications to phonon-assisted luminescence and Raman spectroscopy. The project takes place in collaboration with partner groups of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (https://www.etsf.eu/): Dr. Fulvio Paleari (Modena), Dr. Claudio Attaccalite (Marseille), Dr. Sven Reichardt (Luxembourg).
Deadline : Open until filled
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in the field of soft matter physics applied in robotics
The project is about a new generation of fiducial markers (as those used in robotics and Augmented Reality to encode information about objects on which they are applied) designed to carry encrypted messages interpretable only by authorized parties. The markers are made using polymerized Cholesteric liquid crystal Spherical selective Retroreflectors (CSRs), allowing them to be invisible to humans while easy to detect by machine vision. This is a strongly multidisciplinary project, carried out in collaboration with Prof. Holger Voos, head of the Automation & Robotics Group (ARG), and Prof. Gabriele Lenzini, head of the Interdisciplinary Research group in Sociotechnical Cybersecurity (IRiSC), both at the UL Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). You will be a member of the ESMP group at DPhyMS, FSTM, working under the supervision of the group leader Prof. Jan Lagerwall, and you will be working closely together with PhD candidates of the ARG and IRiSC groups who are being recruited simultaneously. While being rooted in soft matter physics/chemistry and photonics, the teamwork will expose you to challenges within computer science, encryption, and robotics engineering.
You will be adapting our methods for making CSR-based fiducial markers with the explicit aims to maximize signal strength over large distances without compromising angle-independent detectability and invisibility to humans, test and improve robustness against physical wear and varying weather conditions, and take part in the design and realization of optimized portable read-out equipment that includes both tailor-made illuminators and machine vision operating in the invisible UV/IR ranges.
Deadline : Open until filled
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Researcher in Contemporary History
The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. In addition, the University focuses on cross-disciplinary research in the areas of Data Modelling and Simulation as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021 and among the top 250 universities worldwide.
The Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (University of Luxembourg) has a job opening for a doctoral position on project on the History of the University of Luxembourg. The planning and creation of the first university in the country reflects an interesting moment in the country’s history. It reflects an important transition of the socio-economic development of the country since the 1970s and offers an interesting historical example of a reconversion process.
Deadline : Open until filled
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD thesis in Statistical Physics of Active Matter
A PhD position is available in the frame of the project “Statisical Mechanics of Active Matter” funded by the FNR. Applicants are expected to have a good experience in statistical mechanics and numerical simulations. The project will focus on dense active matter, combining particle-based and hydrodynamic approaches, using recent methods of optimal control theory and stochastic thermodynamics. The candidate is also expected to take part in the scientific activities organized within Physics of Active Matter group and the Department of Physics and Materials Science, such as seminars, colloquia, and summer schools.
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Quantum Information Theory
Research in the group is focused on non-equilibrium quantum phenomena with applications to Quantum Science and Technology. For an overview of recent research activities see https://bit.ly/3jK6zog
The group offers an attractive working atmosphere and has a long track record of theoretical and experimental collaborations worldwide.
Specific research topics include Krylov subspace algorithms, measures of complexity of quantum processes, quantum algorithms for quantum optimization, digital quantum simulation and computation, quantum control, shortcuts to adiabaticity and counter-diabatic driving of isolated and open quantum systems, decoherence, quantum channels, error suppression, and mitigation.
Deadline : Open until filled
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering
As the successful candidate, you will primarily contribute to a partnership project with BGL – BNP Paribas, one of the major banks in Luxembourg. The title of the project is “AI for AI” and it concerns the design of an AI ‘metamodel’ tool that will monitor and improve AI algorithms effectiveness and robustness, allowing their application to business-critical use cases at scale. The objective of this project is to develop automated means to continuously monitor the performance of AI models (including NLP models) developed by BGL BNP Paribas and to determine when and how to retrain these models in order to improve their performance. Achieving these objectives requires addressing crucial research challenges such as the definition of proper quality metrics across the bank’s use cases, the identification and explaination of the limitations and blanks spots of the models, and the design of sustainable improvement mechanisms. Overall, the project supports BGL BNP Paribas in scaling-up their AI and data science activities through ground-breaking research, thereby enabling the widespread dissemination of AI products and services throughout the bank. The project is held in close collaboration with BGL-BNP Paribas and, as the successful candidate, you will be expected to program prototype tools showcasing the practical benefits of your research outcomes.
Deadline : Open until filled
How to increase Brain Power – Secrets of Brain Unlocked
(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD) in Economics
The doctoral researcher will be working under the supervision of Professor Picard. The doctoral researcher’s main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of Quantitative Urban and/or Trade Economics. The thesis work will be undertaken at the University of Luxembourg. The suggested theme of the PhD is Quantitative Urban and/or Trade Economics. The candidate is, however, welcome to suggest any other topic within the overarching project theme. The doctoral candidate will contribute to the teaching of classes ranging from one to three hours per week, of small group teachings and tutorials.
The doctoral researcher will benefit from being part of large research group comprising several PhDs and Postdoctoral Researchers working on related topics of Urban Economics, Trade and Migration. Being part of the project will allow the doctoral researcher to enhance his/her knowledge-base and experience; working on the various aspects of the project will not only strengthen his/her academic profile, but also give him/her access to (and the chance to critically engage with) some of the most renowned experts in the field.
Deadline : Open until filled
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ph.D. position on phase-field damage modelling of rubber under cyclic loading in Luxembourg
The mechanical behaviour of rubber depends on numerous phenomena. It depends amongst others on the temperature, the surrounding medium, the radiation exposure, the deformation and the deformation rate. For appropriate descriptions, such quantities must not only be known in the present, the entire history of many of these quantities is required.
The ultimate goal of this project is to predict the fatigue life of elastomers when exposed to different temperature profiles. To this end, a phase-field damage model is to be formulated and implemented. Experimental data is to be collected to formulate the model and to identify its parameters. Because of the simulation times associated with fatigue life predictions under cyclic loading, a numerical procedure is to formulated and implemented to accelerate the simulations.
Deadline : Open until filled
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD) in Philosophy of Law or Theory of Law
The doctoral researcher will be working under the supervision of Professor Johan van der Walt. The doctoral researcher’s main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of philosophy of law and more specifically the theory of liberal democratic law. The thesis work will be undertaken at the University of Luxembourg but can also be jointly-supervised with another university. The suggested theme of the PhD concerns the challenge that liberal democratic law-making faces in a time of populist and/or climate politics. The candidate is, however, welcome to suggest any other topic within the field of legal theory. The doctoral candidate will contribute to the teaching of classes ranging from one to three hours per week, of small group teachings and tutorials.
Deadline : Open until filled
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher in Psychology
The doctoral researcher will conduct research under the guidance of a supervisory team including local and international experts, with the aim of studying towards a doctoral degree (cumulative; i.e., based on peer-reviewed publications) in Psychology. The doctoral researcher will develop a test battery to evaluate language development and diagnose specific language disorders in Luxembourgish adapted to the linguistically heterogenous Luxembourgish school context (i.e. diverse language and cultural backgrounds). In close collaboration with the national competence center “Centre de Logopédie”, the doctoral researcher will develop a new testing battery in Luxembourgish to be used for diagnostic screening purposes for children (age 4 to 5). This PhD project is embedded in a larger project concerning language test development for children in Cycle 1 (Kindergarten). The PhD candidate will be part of the LUCET diagnostic test development team.
Deadline : Open until filled
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD) in Private International Law
The doctoral researcher will be working under the supervision of Professor Gilles Cuniberti. The doctoral researcher’s main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of private international law or international commercial law. The thesis work will be undertaken at the University of Luxembourg but can also be jointly-supervised with another university. The doctoral candidate will contribute to the teaching of classes ranging from one to three hours per week, of small group teachings and tutorials.
The topic of the PhD can be a traditional doctrinal topic addressing novel issues of choice of law, jurisdiction or foreign judgments. Professor Cuniberti is also interested in supervising a thesis at the crossroad of law and economics or psychology, on topics related to jurisdictional/regulatory competition and negotiation of international contracts.
Deadline : Open until filled
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in ultra-reliable and energy-efficient intra-avionic wireless communication systems
The SIGCOM group within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) has an open Ph.D. position as part of the recently EU granted project AVATAR (digitAl twin for transformatiVe Air vehicle with ioT sensors towards sAfeR skies).
AVATAR project has the goal to create a Digital Twin by continuously monitoring the operation of transformative air vehicles (TAV) through an innovative smart IoT sensing skin, informed by accurate physical models and advanced analytics, resulting in reduced direct operative costs, extended service life and safer skies. In this context, one of the main project axes that will be investigated is the ultra-reliable intra-avionic wireless communication systems. These latter have been hardly adopted in aviation where most intra-avionic connectivity relies on wired technologies. The raison is that current wireless technologies are not able to support the diversified requirements (e.g. reliability, energy efficiency, resilience to interference) for various air vehicle applications.
An important aspect of this research is to investigate the current and future efforts of the standardization bodies (e.g. 3GPP and IEEE), to support wireless intra-aircraft communication and its requirements, and what extensions and modifications are required to satisfy them. The proposed techniques will be validated using simulations and experiments, when needed.
Deadline : Open until filled
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in the field of soft matter physics
Discovered only six years ago, the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal (LC) phase has revolutionized soft matter physics and created an explosion of creativity and excitement in the field. Apart from the excitement from a fundamental physics point of view of a spontaneously polarized 3D liquid, the nascent research field is also driven by enormous application potential in, e.g., piezoelectric energy generators, supercapacitors, soft actuators and much more. The SHADOW project takes an innovative approach to studying ferroelectric nematics in a three-PI collaboration between Prof. Irena Drevensek-Olenik (experimental physics) and Prof. Miha Ravnik (theoretical physics) at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the ESMP group in Luxembourg, headed by Prof. Jan Lagerwall. You will be working closely together with post-docs in the two Ljubljana groups, connecting your research with the theoretical and experimental activities in Ljubljana.
You will be preparing and studying spherical shells in which the ferroelectric nematic LC is suspended in and surrounds immiscible isotropic liquids. With tangential boundary conditions, the spherical topology requires positive-signed topological defects to form, but the typical configuration seen with conventional nematics, with four half-integer defects dominated by splay deformation, is not expected, as the ferroelectric nematic forbids half-integer defects and splay is shunned by the phase because it causes divergence in the polarisation field, with consequent bound electric charges. We will also study the behavior with normal boundary conditions, where a uniform shell would have enormous boundary charge, hence a break-up in domains is expected. Interestingly, the unequal areas of out- and inside would require a splayed configuration, which the LC avoids, hence an intriguing state of frustration should arise. Finally, we will also study chiral versions of the ferroelectric nematic LC in shell geometry, which develops structural color that can be tuned by electric field application.
Deadline : Open until filled
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in AI/Machine Learning for Medical Image Computing in collaboration with the Dept. of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
The junior group in Imaging AI develops applied AI research focused on biomedical signal analysis and medical image computing. The general aim of the group is translating bleeding edge algorithms from fundamental AI and imaging research closer to a concrete biomedical application.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates who share our passion for research, are interested in acquiring new skills and wish to be part of an international and multi-interdisciplinary team. The specific project is a close collaboration with the Dept. of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences and revolves around multi-modal data fusing / joint embedding architectures for imaging and cognitive markers, in particular for pain assessment.
In our team, we follow a leadership concept of promoting independent work and autonomous collaboration of team members towards common goals. We expect doctoral candidates to actively contribute with their diverse experiences to the projects of their peers, in order to move forward together. In return, we offer individual mentorship, an always open door and support external trainings and personal development efforts tailored to the individual needs of candidates.
Deadline : Open until filled
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate Advancing Space Weather Predictability
Space weather, similar to weather on Earth, has a significant effect on infrastructure in space and on Earth. For example, solar storms may obstruct radio communication on Earth and space. Severe space weather events may even lead to failures of the electric grid, causing significant economic damage and posing a threat to societal stability. As weather forecasts on Earth, space weather forecasts may help to mitigate and prepare for such space weather events. Recently, the use of machine learning for improved space weather forecasting has gained in importance.
The Luxembourg-based company Mission Space and SnT, University of Luxembourg are joining forces to develop a space weather center of excellence. The first building block is to improve the accuracy of space weather forecasting using a combination of existing space weather models and data collected in space. For the latter, Mission Space will soon launch a dedicated satellite constellation for acquiring space weather data in space.
Deadline : Open until filled
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in Geography
The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) brings together expertise from the humanities, linguistics, cognitive sciences, social and educational sciences. People from across 20 disciplines are working within the Faculty. Along with the disciplinary approach a very ambitious interdisciplinary research culture has been developed.
The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on social, economic, political and educational issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society. The FHSE offers six Bachelor and twenty Master degrees and a doctoral school providing students with the necessary knowledge and high-qualified skills to succeed in their future career.
Deadline : Open until filled
(30) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student position in Engineering Science
A PhD position in engineering is available at the Chair for ‘Urban Water Management’ (Prof. Dr. Joachim Hansen), Department of Engineering. The successful candidate will be hired in the frame of the QUALISURE project funded by Interreg Greater Region (Principal Investigator: Dr. Silvia Venditti). The project aims to identify the emission hot spots in the catchment area of the Sûre reservoir (the largest drinking water source for Luxembourg), for which both Luxembourg and Belgium are liable. Existing wastewater treatment plants are expected to be optimized, and Nature-based solutions (NBS) intensified with innovative substrates will be installed (pilot scale) at the hot spots of emissions, both at wastewater treatment plants and Combined Sewer Overflows, so that their performance can be evaluated.
The PhD topic will aim to answer the questions related to the viability and optimization of NBS to reduce pollution by developing a novel concept. In addition to measuring micropollutants, nutrients and bacteriological contamination are also taken into account, especially for water reuse purposes. Laboratory tests will be performed before the pilot plant to characterize and select the most appropriate substrates respecting the principles of circularity and sustainability giving preference to local material. The results will be incorporated into a decision support tool developed by a project partner enabling the intelligent distribution of pollution in the catchment area. Finally, a cross-border master plan for maintaining the quality of the Sûre will be defined.
Deadline : Open until filled
(31) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD) in Cyber Policy
The doctoral researcher will be working under the supervision of Professor Niovi Vavoula, Chair in Cyber Policy. The doctoral researcher’s main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of cyber policy. The thesis work will be undertaken at the University of Luxembourg but can also be jointly-supervised with another university. The suggested theme of the PhD is cyber policy, broadly encompassing topics relating to cybersecurity, cyber defence and cyber sovereignty. The candidate is, however, welcome to suggest any other topic within the overarching project theme. The doctoral candidate will contribute to the teaching of classes ranging from one to three hours per week, of small group teachings and tutorials.
The doctoral researcher will benefit from being part of large research group comprising several PhDs and Postdoctoral Researchers working on related topics of cyber policy or cyber crime. Being part of the project will allow the doctoral researcher to enhance his/her knowledge-base and experience; working on the various aspects of the project will not only strengthen his/her academic profile, but also give him/her access to (and the chance to critically engage with) some of the most renowned experts in the field.
Deadline : Open until filled
(32) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Civil Engineering
The successful candidate will join a strong and motivated research team to pursue the PhD degree in Civil Engineering and work on the topics:
- Sustainability in Construction – Investigate in Buildings as Material Banks and develop strategies for recycling of construction materials with focus on concrete and steel
- Development of digital twins for buildings including construction materials up to End of Life
- Analysis and digital visualisation of the demolition process, demolition methodologies and strategies
- Mapping of the material flow and explore the value chains for the recycling processes to understand national availabilities and possible cross-border interaction
- Assessment for recycling processes with focus on steel and concrete for different locations within the Greater Region Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Germany
- Cooperation with project partners, local industry, and stakeholders to identify particularities for the recycling process and to understand the difficulties and chances
- Comparison of available European and national standards and guidelines for the application of recycled aggregates and recycled aggregate concrete for structural application
- Development of quality requirements and guidelines to ensure the quality of recycled aggregates
- Investigation for a recycling strategy
Deadline : Open until filled
(33) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Civil Engineering
The Department of Engineering (DoE) is a multidisciplinary department within the Faculty of Sciences, Technology, and Medicine. The Department of Engineering covers a wide range of engineering fields, including civil, electrical, mechanical engineering, and geophysics. Its primary objective is to develop technological solutions and promote sustainable and economical resource utilization. The Department aims to provide the necessary expertise to meet the technological demands of Luxembourg and the Greater Region’s industrial and public sectors. One notable aspect of the Department’s research focus is the utilization of numerical simulation techniques and their validation.
Overall, the DoE is committed to advancing engineering knowledge and promoting the application of technology in a manner that aligns with sustainability, resource efficiency, and the needs of industrial and public actors in the region.
Deadline : Open until filled
(34) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher (PhD candidate) in Social Sciences – Project SEaSons
As part of the FNR-funded project SEaSons (Sustainability, Environmental Knowledge and Social Imaginations of Climate Futures), we are looking for a Doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg (Campus Belval).
The objective of the SEaSons project is to investigate how different occupational groups imagine sustainable futures. In European latitudes, our assumption is that climate issues are experienced through the seasons and their relevance for food, transport, housing and energy. The study sets out with a qualitative study with a group of people we call ‘technical experts’, de facto stewards of sustainable climate action. At the same time their knowledge is – to varying degrees – marginal in the common discourses on transition politics and behavioral change. To reconstruct this knowledge, we will employ an innovative visual methodology combined with an interview methodology. Using pictures which refer to the everyday practices of our technical experts will allow us to bring into appearance their tacit and technical knowledge. The qualitative study will be complemented by a quantitative survey. The research has three goals: first, it seeks to identify the knowledge of technical experts, potential barriers to and drivers of sustainable action. Secondly, we want to develop participatory tools to allow different publics to engage with knowledge of sustainability. Thirdly, the study contributes to sociological research on the perceptions of the future concerning climate issues.
Deadline : Open until filled
(35) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher in Psychology
The world population is living longer while there is a growing number of people relocating to new countries. Consequently, one group is increasingly visible in modern societies—people who grow old in a new country or relocate countries as older individuals (ageing migrants). There are unique characteristics that sets apart this group from populations of older people and migrants: Ageing migrants are becoming old(er) while adapting to life in a new country. The double jeopardy of ageing and being a migrant has consequences that are specific to this population which makes ageing migrants at a high risk of poor health. Addressing the opportunities and obstacles to a long and healthy life in populations of migrants is one of the acute global challenges while the implementation of digital technologies is seen as a solution.
The candidate will develop, conduct, publish, and communicate research at the intersection of migration and ageing. Related topics of interest may be health and/ or technology. The candidate will be working directly with Dr. Adrian Stanciu.
Deadline : Open until filled
(36) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidate in Software and System Verification, Model Checking, Cyber-Physical Systems
As the successful candidate, you will join the Security, Reasoning and Validation (SeRVal) group of the SnT, under the supervision of Dr. Maxime Cordy. You will contribute more specifically to the VARIANCE project, funded by Luxembourg National Research Fund. The topic of the project is “Variability-Aware Design of Cyber-Physical Systems” and it concerns the development of novel verification methods to effectively support the design process of cyber-physical systems. The key idea is to represent a large set of design alternatives in a concise model with a well-defined semantics and then apply efficient verification techniques to assess the performance of these designs with regard to different indicators and objectives. The involved analysis techniques include (but are not limited to): model checking, guided sampling, metaheuristics, simulations, prediction models (machine learning). The results of the project are expected to apply to multiple use cases across different domains, e.g., automotive systems, space systems, smart grids, smart factories, etc. Depending on your profile, the project can focus more on theory, development and/or applications. However, all three aspects are expected to be covered during the project.
Deadline : Open until filled
(37) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Artificial Intelligence
We seek a highly motivated bioinformatician or biostatistician who is well versed in the statistical and machine learning analysis of biomedical data and bioscientific programming for a project on the study of neurodegenerative diseases. The candidate should have experience in the analysis of large-scale biomedical data (omics, clinical, imaging, or other large biological datasets), using statistical methods, pathway/network analysis or machine learning/artificial intelligence. The candidate will conduct integrative analyses of biomedical datasets, focusing on omics and clinical data to predict clinical outcomes of interest (e.g., disease progression scores). This will include implementing and applying software analysis pipelines and interpreting disease-related data together with experimental and clinical collaborators. Classification models guided by prior mechanistic knowledge will be built, exploiting the known grouping structures among features in the omics data, using dedicated structured learning algorithms. With the help of statistics, machine learning and pathway- and network- and analyses, the goal is to improve the mechanistic understanding of disease-associated alterations in neurological disorders.
Deadline : Open until filled
(38) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Position in Reinforcement Learning applied to Robotics Autonomy in Space
The successful candidates will join a strong and motivated research team led by Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez (Space Robotics (SpaceR) research group). This PhD position is part of a larger project called R3AMA. The selected PhD students will be expected to collaborate with academic partners from the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as the IMT Atlantic, and the industrial partner Iadys. This PhD will focus on applying model-based RL technics to increase the autonomy of space robots for near-field operations. We invite the curious reader to read the full project proposal here.
Deadline : Open until filled
(39) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Candidate in Economic Geography
The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) brings together expertise from the humanities, linguistics, cognitive sciences, social and educational sciences. People from across 20 disciplines are working within the Faculty. Along with the disciplinary approach a very ambitious interdisciplinary research culture has been developed.
The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on social, economic, political and educational issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society. The FHSE offers six Bachelor and twenty Master degrees and a doctoral school providing students with the necessary knowledge and high-qualified skills to succeed in their future career.
Deadline : Open until filled
(40) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD en Droit constitutionnel luxembourgeois
The researcher in doctoral training will work under the supervision of Professor Luc Heuschling. His main task will be to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of Luxembourg constitutional law, in the broad sense. The thesis must be carried out at the University of Luxembourg; if the subject justifies it, joint supervision with another University is possible. Research stays abroad are also possible and encouraged.
All candidates are invited to submit a supported thesis project on a freely chosen subject of former or current Luxembourg constitutional law (organization of the State and/or fundamental rights). The project can be focused on an aspect of the past of Luxembourg law or, conversely, focus on a theme of current legal dogmatics. Whatever the subject, ancient or current, it must be contextualized and can/or even must be illuminated from a comparative angle, in connection with the relevant foreign legal system(s). The thesis subject may also focus on the interaction between the Luxembourg legal system and the broader legal systems of which Luxembourg was or is a part from its birth until today (Deutscher Bund, Zollverein, European rights, international law , etc.). The thesis can focus on sub-disciplines such as parliamentary law, electoral law, constitutional litigation, etc. or even be at the crossroads with other legal disciplines such as Luxembourg administrative law, private law, etc.
Deadline : Open until filled
(41) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral researcher in Computational Biology and Metabolism
The laboratory of Gene Expression & Metabolism is seeking a highly motivated doctoral student from an
experimental genetics background. Particularly, the student should be interested in identifying, designing,
and testing genomic modifications at high-throughput to understand the fundamental relationships
between how DNA variants lead to gene expression changes, and subsequent affect overall phenotypes.
The project will be in yeast, so prior experience with cell lines (and ideally with yeast) is necessary. Basic
benchtop biochemistry skills such as DNA, RNA, and protein extractions and basic quality control are a
prerequisite. Computational skills, such as basic bioinformatics and ability to read/program in R, are also
important, but can be developed further during the doctoral studies. Likewise, prior knowledge of genome
sequencing, transcriptomics, and/or proteomics are a bonus, but not a strict prerequisite for applicants to
this position. Likewise, the more knowledge the student has of modern biostatistics (e.g. correcting for
FDR, how to perform feature selection with various models like RF) the better, but extensive prior
knowledge is not a prerequisite. Prior knowledge of the fundamentals of biochemistry — particularly
carbon metabolism pathways and mitochondria — and genetics — e.g. how CRISPR works, how variant
impacts are predicted and assessed — are also important.
This research project has two main goals. The first is to use CRISPR to modify single point mutations in
different genetic backgrounds in yeast, and to then grow these different types of yeast in different carbon
environments and in different inhibitory chemicals, to see which mutations confer growth advantages. The
second goal is to study the gene expression (i.e. the transcriptome and proteome) to understand the
molecular pathways for how those point mutations result in a change in growth. The first phase of the
project will implement these DNA variants one-by-one, and afterwards the mutations will be implemented
at higher orders to create yeast with more pronounced growth phenotypes, and to understand
fundamental relationships in genetic regulation such as epistasis, additivity, and to experimentally test
how reliable predictive models of DNA variant impact work at high throughput (e.g. tens of thousands of
variants tested).
Deadline : Open until filled
(42) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Researcher in Sociology of stratification and inequalities
The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) brings together expertise from the humanities, linguistics, cognitive sciences, social and educational sciences. People from across 20 disciplines are working within the Faculty. Along with the disciplinary approach a very ambitious interdisciplinary research culture has been developed.
The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on social, economic, political and educational issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society. The FHSE offers six Bachelor and twenty Master degrees and a doctoral school providing students with the necessary knowledge and high-qualified skills to succeed in their future career.
The doctoral candidate will undertake research closely linked to the objectives of the Institute IRSEI and will work under the supervision of Professor Louis Chauvel.
Deadline : Open until filled
(43) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate for Deployment and Control of a Distributed Telescope as a Formation of Nanosatellites
GLITTER offers a rich inter-sector training program, with private and academic partners, recognized in all segments of satellite-based Earth observation at microwaves. The program has been designed taking into consideration the “triple i” aspects: international, inter-sectoral, and inter-disciplinary, thanks to the different competences brought by each partner of the network as well as lecturer outside of the consortium with complementary competences. Each Doctoral Candidate (DC) will benefit from an individual and customized training program, established in a personal career development plan that offers a combination of research specific and transferable skills. A network-wide training will be offered by the consortium during the whole project life cycle through 4 training schools and 3 workshops.
This PhD project aims at the development of an improved distributed control of such formations of small satellites, also using a combination of solar and aerodynamic forces for propellant-less control. This will be ideal to deploy, maintain and reconfigure cost-efficiently a large formation of small satellites but requires the detailed modelling of the satellite dynamics, including the effects of aerodynamic forces (caused by the residual atmosphere in LEO) and the solar radiation pressure. After an analysis of optimal formation geometries for Earth observation, suitable orbital guidance and attitude control approaches will be developed and tested, using advanced simulation tools as well as formation flight experiments on a smaller scale with drones. These flight tests will also provide a better understanding of the level of control needed to achieve satisfactory beamforming.
Deadline : Open until filled
(44) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in the field of Spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry
The GNSS-R Satellite Earth Observation (GLITTER) project harnesses the power of GNSS-R (Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry) for advanced Earth observation. This technique uses the reflections of GNSS signals off various surfaces—land, sea, and ice—to monitor environmental conditions. Our ambitious goal is to pioneer a new generation of experts capable of making significant advancements in this field through doctoral level education and research. At the heart of GLITTER is the development of a synchronized constellation of CubeSats, offering a cost-effective yet powerful approach to Earth observation. This innovative system allows for enhanced resolution and data accuracy through advanced beamforming techniques. Essential to our methodology are ground-truth data and calibration methods derived from near-field radar technology, which will enable comprehensive research across all facets of GNSS-R technology. This includes the launching and adjustment of CubeSat formations, RF synchronization, interferometry between moving platforms, and calibration of RF front-ends, alongside ground testing with drones and CubeSat systems, on-board processing, data transfer, and analysis. The project’s scope extends beyond GNSS-R technology to potentially revolutionize fields that use interferometry, like radio astronomy and phased-array-based communications. Moreover, GLITTER aims to support various industry sectors, including precision agriculture, forestry, and land and sea management, by providing accurate data essential for climate change.
Deadline : Open until filled
(45) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Candidates in Automatic Testing (via computational intelligence) in Continuous Integration Environments
The successful candidates will join the Serval research group and will contribute to its Software Testing research agenda. The subject of the thesis will be the automatic testing via computational intelligence techniques (targeting the test creation, test oracle and test assessment topics) with supervisor Dr. Mike Papadakis. Successful PhD candidates will extensively explore and develop software engineering techniques that include the feasibility, practicality and success evaluation of prototype implementations.
Deadline : Open until filled
(46) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in Smart European Electricity Markets
Successful candidates will join the young, vibrant, and interdisciplinary FINATRAX Research Group, which builds bridges between electricity markets and digital technologies in Luxembourg. Together with several of the EU’s main institutions and stakeholders we contribute to shaping our energy transition. Located at the heart of Europe, the group consists of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds (e.g., economics, business, technology), united in pursuit of sustainable solutions that positively impact and shape a low-carbon economy and society. For more information, please visit our website: www.uni.lu/snt-en/research-groups/finatrax/
Successful candidates will carry out research in the area of Smart European Electricity Markets, making a contribution to a successful energy transition in Luxembourg and the EU. As such, the candidate will also be involved in various (inter-)national initiatives and engage with different (political) decision makers to shape future markets in Europe. Candidates will have the opportunity to investigate a broad range of research areas and design an individual research portfolio with high policy impact. As such, successful candidates will be able to align the skills that they learn pursuing a doctorate with their personal goals and interests.
Deadline : Open until filled
(47) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student position in Engineering Science
A PhD position in engineering is available at the Research Group for Building Energy and Building Services Engineering, led by Prof. Dr Frank Scholzen. The PhD Topic will aim to answer questions of demand and supply of thermal energy for buildings in the context of the energy transition. Numerical simulation methods shall be applied, supported by field or lab data or measurements campaigns.
The doctoral student will be a member of the Doctoral School for Science and Engineering (DSSE) in the doctoral programme in Engineering Sciences aiming to provide interdisciplinary and internationally competitive research training.
Deadline : Open until filled
About University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg –Official Website
The University of Luxembourg is a public research university in Luxembourg.
The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003, by combining four existing education and research institutes.
The university offers fourteen bachelor’s degrees, forty-two master’s degrees, and doctorates. Students at the university getting a bachelor’s degree are required to spend one semester abroad. The university also offers sixteen vocational training and lifelong learning training courses.
The university is multilingual. Courses are generally taught in two languages, being French and English or French and German. Some courses are taught in three languages and some courses are taught entirely in English.
The university has three faculties, the Faculty of Science, Technology, and Medicine; the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance; and the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences, and three interdisciplinary centers, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust; the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine; and the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History. All the faculties offer baccalaureate, masters, doctoral, and vocational programs.
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
- 09 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Umea University, Sweden
- 14 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Uppsala University, Sweden
- 29 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Lund University, Scania, Sweden
- 06 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany
- 21 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Technical University of Munich, Germany
- 19 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Antwerp, Belgium
- 30 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England
- 14 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at Aalborg University, Denmark
- 49 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
