Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Lausanne, Vaud, 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 Plant Genetics
Summary of PhD Program:
The candidate will join a highly-motivated and diverse group of researchers who study the genetics and genomics of crop domestication using tomato and related species as model system. The successful candidate will perform research on a project to investigate the function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication. More specifically, the candidate will study variation in regulatory sequences that affected flower formation during tomato domestication and engineer novel regulatory sequences by genome editing. The candidate will conduct cutting-edge approaches in molecular biology, confocal microscopy, and genomics, including novel applications in precision genome editing and high-resolution RNA imaging. The project will include wet and dry lab experiments, and activities in growth chambers and greenhouses. The candidate is expected to closely collaborate with other group members and external collaborators. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds to apply.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in History of Medieval or Early Modern Palestine
Summary of PhD Program:
As part of its commitment to advancing Palestinian studies, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) is supporting research in this field by awarding a doctoral fellowship for a project focusing on the history of Palestine and Palestinian societies. The Institute for the History and Anthropology of Religions (IHAR), affiliated with the Faculty of Theology and Sciences of Religions (FTSR) at UNIL, is pleased to invite applications for a: PhD Candidate in the History of Medieval or Early Modern Palestine (100%)
Application Deadline: June 15th, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Organizational Behavior
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Organizational Behavior at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary research environment (https://www.unil.ch/ob/home.html). We value the diverse areas of expertise among department members, who hold Ph.D.s in business, management, psychology, economics, and population biology. More broadly, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne is one of the largest faculties on campus and consists of 10 departments. We publish in top-tier journals in numerous disciplines, including Academy of Management Journal, American Economic Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Leadership Quarterly, Nature, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes, Organizational Research Methods, PNAS, and others. Department members come from several different countries, and the working language of the department is English.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Inequality and Integration
Summary of PhD Program:
The Graduate School for Public Administration of the University of Lausanne is looking for a PhD student 80% (max. 5 years), ideally starting in September 2025. The PhD researcher will work in close collaboration with Prof. Flavia Fossati and the team members of the Inequality and Integration research unit. We are looking for a new colleague who is eager to work on and interested in contributing to the overall research agenda of the research unit. Our current projects focus on the politics of immigration in the fields of education, equal opportunities, and labour markets. Thereby, we study attitudes, policies and the politics of these questions mainly through quantitative and experimental methods.
Application Deadline: 25th May, 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Public International Law
Summary of PhD Program:
In order to complete its team, the Center for Comparative, European and International Law (CDCEI) is advertising a position for a Graduate Assistant in Public International Law.
Application Deadline: 05/16/2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Behavior with a Focus on Decision-Making Processes
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Organizational Behavior at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary research environment. We value the diverse areas of expertise among department members, who variously hold Ph.D.s in psychology, management, business, economics, and population biology. More broadly, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne is one of the largest faculties on campus and consists of 10 integrated departments. We publish in top-tier journals in numerous disciplines, including Psychological Review, American Economic Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Research Methods, Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, Science, Nature, and many others. Department members come from several different countries, and the working language of the department is English.
Application Deadline: May 18th, 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in quantitative precipitation estimation
Summary of PhD Program:
Precipitation is one of the most important environmental parameters as it impacts the water cycle, ecosystems, the state of natural resources, and the occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, droughts and landslides. However, it is also one of the most difficult quantities to measure in environmental systems. The high spatial and temporal variability, the uncertainty of measurement methods, and the sensitivity to climate change all call for new measurement approaches and models that account for new data types.
Application Deadline: 30.06.2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Political Science/Public Administration
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate will work in the research unit “Public Administration and Political Institutions”, directed by Prof. Dr. Markus Hinterleitner. You will be part of a team with a modern, autonomous working culture. The candidate is expected to conduct research and write a doctoral thesis within the context of the SNSF-funded research project “Public Administration under Pressure”, which starts in September 2025, is scheduled to run for four years, and includes a collaboration with the University of Bern. The project will investigate the various pressures that public administrations face, how they adapt to these challenges, and the implications for their performance.
Application Deadline: 21.05.2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Digital Humanities and Computational Semiotic Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
Conducting innovative research focused on the computational study of Charles S. Peirce’s manuscripts, relying on advanced digital methods :
• Digital Transcription of Manuscripts:
– Selecting and applying OCR and handwritten text recognition (HTR) techniques to digitize Peirce’s manuscripts, in collaboration with specialized platforms such as Transkribus and eScriptorium.
– Ensuring quality control of the transcriptions and annotating the texts with relevant metadata (dates, themes, semiotic aspects).
Application Deadline: 19 May 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cognitive Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
The Institute of Psychology (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences) of the University of Lausanne has a vacancy for a Graduate Assistant in Cognitive Psychology. The position is under the responsibility of Professor Christine Mohr, and co-supervised by Dr Domicele Jonauskaite. Over the past 10 years, we have been interested in the links between colour and affect. We are using diverse behavioural and psychophysiological measures to understand how colour and affect (emotions, moods, preferences) are linked across diverse populations (children, elderly, colour-blind, blind) and in over 70 countries. We conduct studies online, in controlled laboratory setting, virtual reality (VR) as well as real spaces (e.g., light rooms, museums).
Application Deadline: 25.05.2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in social sciences or religious studies
Summary of PhD Program:
In this position, the candidate will write a doctoral thesis in social sciences or religious studies under the supervision of Prof. Irene Becci. They will work within a dynamic, interdisciplinary team, participating in ethnographic fieldwork, transcribing and analyzing interviews, and writing scientific articles. They will participate in conferences, workshops, team meetings, and working groups related to the project. They will also be required to travel regularly throughout Switzerland to conduct interviews and field observations.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Administrative Law and Environmental Law
Summary of PhD Program:
To complete its team, the Public Law Center of the School of Law of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration is seeking two Graduate Assistants in Administrative Law and Environmental Law for Professor Charlotte Blattner. A maximum of 50% of the activity rate will be devoted to assistance, namely support for teaching and research tasks (preparation of practical work or course materials, seminar presentations to students, examination assessments, research work for the professor, in particular) as well as the writing of personal articles for journals or conferences.
Application Deadline: 06/10/2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Russian Literature
Summary of PhD Program:
The Section of Slavic and South Asian Languages and Civilizations (SLAS) of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne is advertising a position for a graduate assistant in Russian literature (19th-21st centuries). A maximum of 50% of the activity rate will be dedicated to supporting teaching tasks (in literature or civilization; language teaching as part of the optional program may be requested occasionally), research and administrative tasks.
Application Deadline: May 25, 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Tourism and Territorial Development
Summary of PhD Program:
The Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD) is advertising a position for a graduate assistant in tourism and territorial development, which will report to Prof. Leïla Kebir. The Institute of Geography and Sustainability brings together approximately 130 members working in the fields of geography and sustainability. With 27 professors and nearly 60 doctoral and postdoctoral students , the IGD offers an international, interdisciplinary, and stimulating environment conducive to high-level research. It regularly hosts conferences and renowned researchers from around the world.
Application Deadline: 05/30/2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in actuarial science
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Actuarial Science of the Faculty of Business and Economics is looking for a Graduate Assistant. In your activities, you will allocate:
approximately 50% of your work time to the completion of your doctoral studies in Actuarial Science.
approximately 50% of your work time to teaching, administrative tasks (including exam supervision), technical tasks and research support for the Department of Actuarial Science.
Application Deadline: 28.05.2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bacterial Cell Wall Biogenesis
Summary of PhD Program:
The Vettiger Lab at the Department of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, invites applications for a PhD position funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Our research focuses on bacterial cell envelope biogenesis, a fundamental process essential for bacterial morphogenesis and a key target of many antibiotics. Particularly, we have a long-lasting interested in uncovering the spatiotemporal regulation of cell wall remodeling. To address these questions, we employ a multidisciplinary approach that integrates bacterial cell biology with live-cell fluorescence microscopy, cryo-electron tomography, genetics, biochemistry, and biophysics. Recently, we combined these methods to elucidate the molecular mechanism of septal peptidoglycan remodeling during E. coli cell division (Navarro and Vettiger et al., Nat Micro 2022; Navarro and Vettiger et al., bioRxiv 2025).
Application Deadline: 15.06.2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in structural cell biology
Summary of PhD Program:
The Navarro lab offers a PhD position (SNSF) in structural cell biology at the Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. The Navarro lab is interested in understanding how bacteria remodel their cell envelope to carry out complex cellular processes such as growth, division and morphogenesis. We are an interdisciplinary team of young researchers that combine state-of-the-art cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and image processing with genetics, experimental bacteriology and light microscopy. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of cryo-ET, image processing, and bacterial cell biology.
