Uppsala University, Sweden 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 Uppsala University, Sweden.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (Phd) position in micro-optics, with focus on coronagraphs for exoplanet research
The project aims to design and manufacture the next generation of coronagraphs for space telescopes and large ground-based telescopes. A coronagraph is an instrument in a telescope that blocks a strong light source to make nearby weak light sources visible. For direct observations of Earth-like exoplanets, one must overcome an extremely high contrast in brightness within a very small viewing angle. The difference in brightness between star and planet can be on the order of 1010 and the angle between planet and star a few tenths of an arcsecond. To enable this, the PhD student, with the support of their supervisors and in collaboration with international colleagues in astronomy and instrument design, will design and manufacture micro-optical components with the aim of extinguishing the starlight through destructive interference.
The doctoral project is part of the Swedish Space Research School (SSRS), which aims to reinforce Sweden’s long‑term provision of expertise, to offer a coordinated and high‑quality doctoral education, and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration across the Swedish space sector. Several SSRS courses, workshops and conferences will be included in the doctoral studies. SSRS is a national graduate school in space science and space technology, jointly administered by a consortium of Swedish universities and research institutes, and funded by the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The director of SSRS is Christer Fuglesang.
Deadline : 14 August 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorand inom forskningsprojektet SOVA
Den person vi söker ska arbeta med forskningsprojektet SOVA. Personen ska arbeta med att anpassa och testa DREAMS-START för svenska förhållanden. Arbetsuppgifterna omfattar bland annat att rekrytera och hålla kontakt med studiedeltagare, samla in data med intervjuer och frågeformulär, analysera och rapportera data, och sammanställa vetenskaplig litteratur. Personen ska också arbeta med patient- och medborgarmedverkan vilket är en central del av projektet. Arbetsuppgifterna omfattar också att sprida forskningsresultat via vetenskapliga publikationer och andra kanaler samt aktivt närvara vid forskargruppens seminarier och möten.
Andra uppgifter vad gäller undervisning och administration vid Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa kan tillkomma (max. 20 %). Anställningen förlängs i så fall med motsvarande tid.
Deadline : 7 augusti 2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in AI and machine learning for cancer research
The fundamental problem we want to solve is to understand how cells in a brain tumour choose to switch identity — and how that knowledge can be used to actively steer them towards more treatment-sensitive states. We call this concept state steering. Unlike conventional cancer therapy, which aims to kill tumour cells, state steering aims to reprogram them.
You will work with two main types of data collected within the strategic research centre CNS×3: large-scale intervention experiments, in which we systematically map how genetic and pharmacological perturbations affect tumour cell plasticity, and imaging-based tracking data, in which individual tumour cells are followed in real time as they migrate through brain tissue. The goal is to build AI models that integrate these data sources and predict how a given treatment affects tumour behaviour and outcome.
You will join an exciting computational team with a shared ambition: to integrate both data types within a unified mathematical framework — the theory of linear operators. Existing tools such as hidden Markov models (HMM), used to analyse individual cell movements in imaging data, are special cases of this broader framework. The new contribution, rewire-seq, is a more general and scalable version that combines large-scale intervention screens with imaging-based cell tracking to give an integrated picture of tumour dynamics. A key component of the project is cyclic experimentation: model predictions directly guide the choice of the next experiment, and results feed back into the model — a workflow that makes the research progressively more precise. You will work closely with experimental colleagues, jointly translating biological questions into computational solutions with clinical relevance.
Deadline : 16 August 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorand inom forskningsprojektet Alternativa designer för klinisk forskning: acceptans, genomförbarhet och betydelse
Den person vi söker ska sammanställa den tillgängliga litteraturen om representativiteten hos undersökningsgrupper i studier med alternativa designer. Personen ska också via retrospektiva och prospektiva studier jämföra representativiteten hos undersökningsgrupper i studier med alternativa vs randomiserad kontrollerade designer. Personen ska dessutom undersöka acceptansen, genomförbarheten och betydelsen av alternativa designer enligt olika grupper såsom patienter, hälso- oh sjukvårdspersonal samt forskare. Projektet genomförs tillsammans med patienter och hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal.
Arbetsuppgifterna omfattar också att sprida forskningsresultat via vetenskapliga publikationer och andra kanaler samt aktivt närvara vid forskargruppens seminarier och möten.
Andra uppgifter vad gäller undervisning och administration vid Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa kan tillkomma (max. 20 %). Anställningen förlängs i så fall med motsvarande tid.
Deadline : 14 augusti 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in Machine Learning with a focus on mathematical foundations of uncertainty quantification in deep learning
Large language models (LLMs) enable the extraction of clinical information from unstructured medical text. However, current LLM-based approaches often lack principled uncertainty quantification, limiting their reliability in healthcare applications. This project aims to develop mathematically grounded methods based on probability theory, statistical inference, and probabilistic modelling for uncertainty quantification in deep learning, particularly large language models. The focus will be on quantifying and evaluating uncertainty in predictions derived from medical reports, and on integrating these uncertainties into downstream probabilistic time-to-event models. Applications will focus on prostate cancer, using large-scale clinical registry data and unstructured medical text.
Deadline : 31 July 2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ERC-funded PhD students with focus on Geomechanics and Geohazards (2 positions)
The PhD projects will focus on developing physics-based modelling approaches for understanding, diagnosing, and forecasting progressive to catastrophic failure processes in geomaterials at site scale. Two PhD positions are available: one focusing on landslides and the other on rockbursts. The projects will combine theoretical modelling, statistical physics, numerical simulations, and monitoring data to investigate the mechanisms governing failure precursors, instability evolution, and predictability in geophysical systems.
Deadline : 14 August 2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student position in Population Genomics
We are seeking a PhD student to become part of our research team. Research will be conducted at the Günther Lab within the Human Evolution Program within the Department of Organismal Biology (Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Sweden). The Günther group is specifically studying the prehistory of humans in Europe and the genomic history of animal domestication while developing and improving population genomic and bioinformatic methods to analyze palaeogenomic data, funded by research grants from Formas, Vetenskapsrådet and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The Human Evolution program has extensive interests in population genetics and human evolution, providing numerous opportunities for collaboration with postdocs and PhD students working on related projects. The program is also part of the Center for the Human Past. Thee research environment is international, with English as the working language. For more information on the Human Evolution Program, visit: https://www.iob.uu.se/research/human-evolution and Torsten Günther’s group, visit https://www.gunther-lab.org
Deadline : 7 August 2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (Phd) position in Tribology with focus on Sustainable transformer oils for electrical contacts
Transformers and tap-changers are facing a technological transition where new, alternative transformer oils – such as ester based and bio-based oils – are replacing the traditional mineral oils. These new oils have many advantages, but have also shown to give unexpected and severe wear problems in sliding electrical contacts. Despite previous studies the mechanisms behind this wear are still uncertain.
This doctoral project aims to build understanding on how temperature, oil chemistry, mechanical contact, and electrical field, work in conjunction to give (or prevent) the wear of the sliding contacts in transformers. The project combines experimental tribology, advanced surface chemistry, electrical testing, and data driven analysis.
The project will be performed in close collaboration with Hitachi Energy, and parts of the work can be performed on-site in Ludvika to take advantage of the expertise and equipment in place. Hitachi Energy offers a unique research environment with access to high voltage laboratories, where sliding contacts can be studied under controlled current and voltage in transformer oil – something very few academic environments in the world can offer.
Deadline : 17 August 2026
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (Phd) position in Nanotechnology and Functional materials, with focus on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for environmental application
Our research group specializes in the development of porous materials for applications such as gas separation (greenhouse gases), water treatment, catalysis, and drug delivery. We have strong competence in the synthesis and optimization of a wide range of porous materials, including porous oxides, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), etc.
This project is primarily focused on the environmental applications of porous materials such as MOFs. Specific application areas include adsorption and catalytic degradation of pollutants, in particular PFAS and greenhouse gases. The project mainly involves the synthesis, characterization, and optimization of existing and novel MOFs.
Deadline : 17 August 2026
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in integrated ocean observing
The PhD student’s research will focus on how marine observation and monitoring data can be integrated to support national and international environmental reporting, with particular emphasis on EU frameworks such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The work will include reviews and analyses of scientific literature, marine observing systems, monitoring programmes, and international frameworks such as the Global Ocean Observing System’s Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs). The research will investigate how different types of observation variables could be combined to improve our understanding of marine ecosystem status, change, and resilience from a social-ecological systems perspective.
The PhD student will also contribute to the development of a decision-support resource for integrated ocean observing, designed to help researchers, government agencies, and other stakeholders identify which variables should be observed to address different knowledge and reporting needs. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with the project’s academic and government partners and will include data analysis, scientific publishing, presentation of results at national and international conferences, and participation in the project’s interdisciplinary activities.
Deadline : 17 August 2026
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in evolutionary genomics
Sex chromosomes are fundamentally important in biology, but our understanding of their evolution is still limited. Genetic conflict situations such as sex ratio meiotic drive have long been implicated in the fast evolution of sex chromosomes and may thereby contribute divergence and speciation. This project investigates a plant genus, willows (Salix), with separate sexes, where female sex ratio bias is common and a high turnover of sex chromosomes has been described. The project has three main objectives: (1) Use simulation models to make inferences on the role of sex ratio selection on sex chromosome evolution in a different meiotic drive scenarios, (2) Experimentally test hypotheses on candidate mechanisms leading to female sex ratio bias (e.g., meiotic drive with restorers) using existing and new crosses. (3) Establish the genetic underpinnings of sex ratio bias, including previously detected structural variation on sex chromosomes, and analyze the evolutionary history of these regions within and across species. Overall, this project will provide novel insights on long-standing questions on sex chromosome evolution and on evolutionary processes at large.
Deadline : 22 July 2026
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorand i medicinsk cellbiologi
Behörig till antagning till utbildning på forskarnivå är den som har avlagt examen på avancerad nivå, fullgjort kursfordringar om minst 240 högskolepoäng, varav minst 60 högskolepoäng på avancerad nivå, eller på annat sätt förvärvat i huvudsak likvärdiga kunskaper inom eller utanför landet.
Personen skall vid antagningen ha en akademisk grundexamen inom biomedicin, medicin, farmaci eller motsvarande. Stor vikt kommer att läggas vid personliga färdigheter såsom kommunikations- och samarbetsfärdigheter, förmåga att arbeta självständigt, såväl som i grupp. Goda muntliga och skriftliga färdigheter i engelska och svenska är ett krav.
Det är ett krav att personen har tidigare erfarenhet av arbete med humana stamcellsframtagna öar och humana öar. I doktorandprojektet ingår urval av personer för våra translationella studier. Därför är det ett krav att personen har klinisk erfarenhet av patientnära arbete inklusive provtagning.
Deadline : 8 juli 2026
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in X-ray Spectroscopy
The PhD student will develop and apply X-ray spectroscopic techniques in the tender and hard X-ray range at synchrotrons and X-ray Free Electron Lasers. In close collaboration with theory groups, the goal is to study the valence electronic structure of transition metal complexes to better understand their functionality in fields like light-harvesting and bond activation. The PhD student will be responsible for the development of novel spectroscopy infrastructure and for the design, execution, and analysis of experiments aimed at understanding how charge distributions of transition metal complexes determine their reactivity towards specific molecular transformations. Additional responsibilities of the PhD student include the writing of scientific manuscripts, presentation of research findings at internal meetings and international conferences, as well as the active participation in collaborations with other experimental and theoretical groups.
Deadline : 14 August 2026
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorand i vaskulärbiologi
Behörig till antagning till utbildning på forskarnivå är den som har avlagt examen på avancerad nivå, fullgjort kursfordringar om minst 240 högskolepoäng, varav minst 60 högskolepoäng på avancerad nivå, eller på annat sätt förvärvat i huvudsak likvärdiga kunskaper inom eller utanför landet.
Sökande förväntas ha en 3-årig grundexamen från biomedicinsk analytikerutbildning och magisterutbildning motsvarande 60 högskolepoäng på avancerad nivå i relevant område (biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap, medicin, biomedicin, farmaci, medicinsk vetenskap eller motsvarande).
Vi letar efter en motiverad kandidat med ett intresse för biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap, immunometabolism och fysiologi. Stor vikt kommer läggas vid personliga färdigheter såsom kommunikations- och samarbetsfärdigheter. Sökande måste ha goda kunskaper i engelska och svenska i tal och skrift. Du förväntas att kunna arbeta självständigt men också kunna samarbeta med övriga gruppmedlemmar. Den sökande förväntas vidare att aktivt delta i undervisning och handledning av studenter motsvarande maximalt 20 % av heltid. Sökande bör ha erfarenhet av grundläggande metoder inom biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap, fysiologi och immunologi såsom provhantering och provtagning, immuncellsisolering, bioinformatik, mikroskopi, cellodling, histologi, samt cell- och molekylärbiologiska metoder.
Deadline : 23 juli 2026
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD student in meteorologi
The position is part of a larger project focused on radar wave propagation over the Baltic Sea and in the coastal zone, using an experimental approach to create a better understanding of weather-related effects. The aim is to study, through the processing of existing data and the collection of new measurements in the coastal zone, the impact of primarily atmospheric gradients in humidity and temperature on radar wave propagation, with the main focus on so-called ducting layers. Complementary oceanographic measurements of sea waves and water temperature, as well as high-frequency turbulence measurements in the atmosphere, will also be used to evaluate the representation of the near-surface layers in coupled atmospheric models.
The tasks include collecting meteorological measurements using existing systems for humidity gradient measurements at the Östergarnsholm measurement station, employing new technologies such as UAVs, and modeling meteorological coastal processes and phenomena that may affect radar propagation.
Deadline : 14 August 2026
About Uppsala University, Sweden –Official Website
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and all of the Nordic countries still in operation. It has ranked among the world’s 100 best universities in several high-profile international rankings during recent years. The university uses “Gratiae veritas naturae” as its motto and embraces natural sciences.
The university rose to pronounced significance during the rise of Sweden as a great power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with the large donation of King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala. It shares some peculiarities, such as the student nation system, with Lund University and the University of Helsinki.
Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities and to the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities. The university has nine faculties distributed over three “disciplinary domains”. It has about 44,000 registered students and 2,300 doctoral students. It has a teaching staff of roughly 1,800 (part-time and full-time) out of a total of 6,900 employees. Twenty-eight per cent of the 716 professors at the university are women. Of its turnover of SEK 6.6 billion (approx. USD 775 million) in 2016, 29% was spent on education at Bachelor’s and Master’s level, while 70% was spent on research and research programs.
Architecturally, Uppsala University has traditionally had a strong presence in Fjärdingen, the neighbourhood around the cathedral on the western side of the River Fyris. Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala’s historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university.
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