Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modern History (19th and 20th centuries)
Summary of PhD Program:
The job profile includes independent research and the writing of a dissertation in 19th and 20th century history. The research focus should be in at least one of the following areas: European history, American history, global and colonial history, economic and social history, and should be relevant to the thematic priorities of the Chair of Modern History. Further responsibilities include participation in university administration and organizational support of the department.
Application Deadline: June 22, 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modern History (19th and 20th Century)
Summary of PhD Program:
Successful applicants will be joining one of Europe’s leading History Departments at a Top Research University (ranked #105 in the Times World University Rankings 2025) with thriving doctoral and postdoctoral communities. In addition to working on their own research project, successful applicants will assist in research and teaching activities at the Chair of Modern History and engage in academic citizenship in the department.
Application Deadline: 22 June 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Islamic Studies with a focus in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Starting Grant “Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Mathematics” (MediMath) project at the unit “Middle East and Muslim Societies,” Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (SACS), University of Bern, is offering a fully funded PhD position in the field of Islamic studies with a focus in history and philosophy of mathematics. The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Application Deadline: 15 June 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in business administration (operations research)
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Bern is ranked among the top 150 universities worldwide. The Chair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration at the Department of Business Administration represents the areas of operations research, analytics, and operations management in research and teaching. We are seeking a PhD and assistant position starting August 1, 2025, or by arrangement. The goal of the research is the development of operations research methods for application in project management.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
We investigate mechanisms of protein trafficking, with a focus on secretion and endocytosis, using protists as experimental models. Methods and tools/approaches employed in our group range from molecular and cell biology, including cell culturing and transfection, microscopy, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular dynamics and in silico structural modelling.
Application Deadline: 18.06.2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomedical Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
We are offering a PhD position to a talented and highly motivated student. You should be interested in investigating interactions between metallopharmaceuticals and cells using a broad variety of biochemical and cell biological methods. In addition, the applicant has the unique opportunity to work interdisciplinary in close collaboration with various research groups located at the University of Bern and Inselspital Bern.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Clinical Data Engineering and Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning for Drug Development
Summary of PhD Program:
The Medical Data Science group, led by Assistant Professor Benjamin Ineichen, a medical doctor with a PhD in neuroscience/pharmacology, is part of the DCR at the University of Bern. The group, known as the STRIDE-Lab, is a multidisciplinary team with expertise in medicine, neuroscience, statistics, and computer science. It focuses on bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical research and eventually drug approval, to advance therapy development for human diseases, with a focus on neuroscience. Using evidence synthesis and data science, the lab aims to improve experimental animal welfare while also contributing to better patient treatments.
Application Deadline: June 30th, 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Deep Learning
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a creative and driven PhD student to join a project at the frontier of unsupervised learning, image and video tokenization, and discrete generative models. The research will focus on building powerful representations that bridge visual and textual data, contributing to the development of next-generation AI systems.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Psychology or Neuroscience
Summary of PhD Program:
The University Psychiatric Services (UPD) in Bern is a tertiary psychiatric care center. We are seeking a dedicated and qualified individual for a PhD position focusing on improving the quality of care for people with dementia through the use of sensor technology and selective assessments. The goal of the dissertation is to improve cross-setting care for people with dementia along the treatment pathway. This will include a scientific examination of treatment in inpatient geriatric psychiatry, care in retirement and nursing homes, and home support through home care.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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