Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Zurich, Zürich, 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 Generative AI in the Context of News Recommender Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking Ph.D. students interested in investigating how such generative-driven recommendation systems can be developed and how they can adhere to fairness, accountability, trustworthiness, and transparency principles. The position is available for candidates interested in these topics, who have a MSc in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline (or will be receiving it shortly), as well as a passion for discovering new things. Experience in the areas of recommender systems, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and knowledge representation are considered a plus but are not strictly necessary.
Application Deadline: 16/06/2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI for Good in the Context of News Recommender Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the University of Zurich is looking for motivated applicants who are interested in investigating how news recommender systems can have a more diverse coverage of recommended items from a societal perspective, be fair and transparent, and provide more control to users using modern technologies such as generative AI.
Application Deadline: 16/06/2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Zurich is one of the most renowned research universities in Europe. The Faculty of Business, Economics, and Information Technology is known for its strong international focus, vibrant research environment, and close connections to practice. We are seeking a dedicated and research-enthusiastic individual to join our team. This position is ideal for applicants interested in pursuing a well-founded, academically and internationally oriented doctorate at a research-intensive university in the heart of Europe.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Statistical Modeling of Linguistic Evolution
Summary of PhD Program:
You will join Professor Balthasar Bickel’s Distributional Linguistics Lab and will be integrated into the NCCR Evolving Language, a Swiss network of scientists from the natural, social, cognitive, and computational sciences working together on the evolution of language. Your dissertation will be supervised by Balthasar Bickel, Chundra Cathcart, and Anna Graff.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in ecology
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interactions”. Ecological communities are home to many different species that interact with each other. These interactions control how energy and resources flow through ecosystems, which affects how ecological communities function and maintain stability. A key factor influencing how populations interact is how the strength of their interactions changes based on population density.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The Chair of International Management is part of the Department of Business Administration (Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre) at the University of Zurich. The research focus of the chair is on strategic management, in particular the challenges that multinational enterprises face related to M&A, innovation, transformation & renewal, corporate governance, and top management topics.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Urban Analytics – Housing Affordability and Spatial Accessibility
Summary of PhD Program:
The Urban Analytics Unit at the University of Zurich invites applications for a 4-year PhD position as part of a new research program. The PhD project will focus on spatial and social inequalities in housing affordability and explore future pathways in the context of urban change and Zurich’s policy commitment to expanding non-profit housing.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Urban Analytics – Mobility in the Net-Zero Transition
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project will involve:
Quantifying city- and population-level trends in mobility across different socioeconomic groups and geographies, using both emerging digital data sources (e.g., mobile phone data) and traditional sources (e.g., transport surveys).
Investigating the influence of net-zero interventions and technologies (e.g., electric vehicles, incentives for low-carbon and active transport, smart grids, shared mobility) on mobility behavior with particular emphasis on spatial inequalities.
Developing simulation models for scenario testing by integrating approaches from agent-based modelling, spatial interaction models, and deep learning.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Your duties will include working at the chair (including designing the chair’s website and general administration), preparing and organizing courses, participating in research projects, supervising bachelor’s and master’s theses, and correcting examination papers. The position is suitable for writing a dissertation. Half of your working time will be available for your own academic activities.
Application Deadline: June 13, 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Text analysis of Multifunctional Landscapes GeoComputation
Summary of PhD Program:
The Geocomputation Unit in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich invites applications for a PhD position as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation funded project Digiland: a digital approach to changing landscape value through multiscalar geographic text analysis. The appointment will be for up to four years, with an initial appointment for three years and one-year extension.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Philosophy
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite you to apply for a three-year funded PhD position in philosophy whose research output will be directly relevant to building the next generation of neuro-symbolic reasoning AI. As a PhD student you will contribute to the research project «Reconceiving and Improving Multi-Perspectivality and Rationality in Argumentative AI (M-Rational)» funded by the SNSF at the University of Zurich’s Digital Society Initiative (DSI) under the supervision of Dr. Reto Gubelmann. The main philosophical reference point will be inferentialism, especially as developed by Robert Brandom.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental evolution of reproductive strategies under varying sex ratios
Summary of PhD Program:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Lüpold from the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies seeks a highly motivated PhD candidate to investigate how operational sex ratios shape long-term evolutionary adaptations in reproductive strategies. The project leverages Drosophila prolongata populations experimentally evolved over 60 generations under male- or female-biased OSR regimes. This work addresses critical gaps in understanding how competition and mate choice drive the evolution of male and female mating strategies in dynamic social environments.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Global Protected Areas GeoComputation
Summary of PhD Program:
The Geocomputation Unit in the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich invites applications for a PhD position as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation funded project Digiland: a digital approach to changing landscape value through multiscalar geographic text analysis. The appointment will be up to four years, with an initial appointment for three years and one-year extension.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Our chair is international, interdisciplinary, and multi-paradigmatic (both qualitative and quantitative research are welcome, although our work has a strong focus on qualitative research). Our work focuses on current issues of corporate responsibility—such as (transnational) governance approaches and grand societal challenges, for example, in dealing with digital populism and hate speech, organizations in times of social polarization and fake news, or dealing with corruption.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Population Genomics
Summary of PhD Program:
A fully funded 4 years PhD position is available in the Human Genetic and Cultural Evolution group at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies of the University of Zurich. Our research focuses on reconstructing the demographic history of ancient and modern human populations to understand how various evolutionary processes – both biological and cultural – shape genetic and linguistic diversity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
16. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a psychological professional with experience in neuropsychological testing diagnostics who will also serve as a research assistant and assume various project-related organizational tasks. In addition to being responsible for neuropsychological research, you will also maintain an overview of the current project status and be involved in the care and examination of the participating senior citizens. Contribution to scientific publications is also desired.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
17. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The project primarily addresses the question of which processes can contribute to individuals setting personal goals in line with their implicit motives during the transition to retirement, and whether these goals contribute to a positive transition. The project pursues a multi-method approach and includes experimental and correlational studies, cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, and an intervention using experience sampling in everyday life.
