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 Large Scale User Experiments with Recommender Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the University of Zurich, Department of Informatics is looking for motivated applicants, who are interested in investigating how recommender systems can adhere to normative and beyond-accuracy objectives, as well as be made explainable, fair, and/or trustworthy.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Personalized Visual Analytics: Human Preference Elicitation for Ranking-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Support
Summary of PhD Program:
The Interactive Visual Data Analysis (IVDA) Group at the University of Zurich is seeking a talented Ph.D. (m/f/d) at the intersection of visual analytics, interactive machine learning, and human-centered AI. Together, we will develop novel approaches for the characterization, design, and evaluation of interactive visual data analysis solutions that combine the strengths of both humans and algorithms. This position is particularly suitable for candidates with interests/experience in human preference elicitation and multi-criteria decision support, which we will study for the case of item ranking challenges.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in middle-ear mechanics and middle-ear implant (SNSF project)
Summary of PhD Program:
As a PhD student in our research facility, you will play a key role in advancing our understanding of middle-ear mechanics and hearing restoration techniques. Your research will involve laboratory experiments, patient follow-up, and computational modeling. You will conduct experiments using temporal bone preparations to explore biomechanics of the middle ear and assess effects of surgical interventions. Additionally, you will engage with patients who have undergone middle-ear implant surgeries, collecting and analyzing data on their postoperative recovery and hearing outcomes.
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Neotropical Fish Palaeontology and Systematics
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for a PhD position at the Evolutionary Morphology and Palaeobiology of Vertebrates group in the Department of Palaeontology of the University of Zurich. The University of Zurich is one of the top research institutions in Europe and offers an exceptional academic environment for research and study. The Department of Palaeontology has state-of-the-art research facilities in an international and stimulating academic environment. The Natural History Museum of the University is closely tied to our department; it offers opportunities to participate and develop skills in scientific outreach activities.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Generative AI for Health-Professionals
Summary of PhD Program:
Artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT is changing the way we work, cooperate and study. This also applies to services in which digital assistants are integrated into the interaction between participants. We design it! Do you want to find out with us how intelligent voice-based systems can change the work of nurses and doctors? Then apply to us. The Information Management working group (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schwabe) at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Zurich (UZH) is a European leader in this field and conducts research in close cooperation with practice.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in evolutionary anthropology and medicine
Summary of PhD Program:
The Human Ecology Group of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, led by Prof. Adrian Jaeggi, is inviting applications from prospective PhD students. Applicants must hold a master’s degree by the time of the appointment, and will earn their PhD through the evolutionary biology PhD program (https://www.evobio.uzh.ch/en.html). The ideal candidate has a background in evolutionary biology, anthropology, or related fields, with a strong interest in working on human behavior, biology and health.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in development, early detection and prevention of pathological media consumption among adolescents
Summary of PhD Program:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJPP) is one of the largest child and adolescent psychiatry facilities in Europe and, as a university clinic, is involved in both clinical work and research, teaching, and continuing education. We are looking for a motivated person to start work on our national and international projects on pathological media consumption among schoolchildren, either immediately or by arrangement .
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in cognitive neuroscience for 4 years
Summary of PhD Program:
Humour is a universal and complex phenomenon that profoundly influences social communication and adaptation. But do we all process humour in the same way? Previous studies report that individuals on the autistic spectrum (AS) may process humour differently from neurotypicals. However, the evidence in the literature does not seem conclusive. This project aims to understand how AS adolescents process humour and whether a humour-based training programme can improve well-being in this population. This proposal will achieve this by embracing the neurodiversity paradigm, which is an alternative to the deficit conception of autism
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Peptide Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
We offer an exciting PhD Student position in a stimulating and challenging environment directed towards the investigation of novel peptides and derivatives at the interface of chemistry and biology. You will be trained in automated peptide synthesis technology, synthetic organic chemistry, and analytical methods. The ambitious PhD project centers around the total synthesis of peptide natural products and selective peptide modification reactions and is set in a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure, ensuring its successful implementation. Furthermore, you will have unique opportunities to develop a strong interdisciplinary portfolio, fostering personal and professional growth.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in media use & media effects
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Media Use and Media Effects focuses on health-relevant aspects of media use and media effects in research and teaching. This includes both media content that explicitly relates to health topics (e.g. nutrition, exercise, substance use, prevention) and health-relevant aspects of general media use. This includes classic mass media as well as new media and various forms of interpersonal communication. The department has a quantitative social science profile and is committed to the development and application of innovative research methods and research designs such as the collection of data donations and the analysis of dynamic network data.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Contested Representation of Ine- qualities in International Cooperation
Summary of PhD Program:
The Contested Representation of Inequalities project seeks a PhD candidate to explore the representation of minority interests in International Organizations (IOs). Specifically, the project focuses on the role of members of parliament (MPs) and their function in representing inequalities in international politics. Through a combination of attendance data, text analysis of summit speeches, and elite interviews with MPs, the research aims to understand how countries from both the Global North and South decide which social and global inequalities are highlighted and politicized in IOs.
Application Deadline: 3 March 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Inequalities, Politicization and Policy Demand
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek a PhD candidate interested in exploring the relationship the politicization of inequality, party politics and policy demand in Western Europe. The project asks whether, for whom and under what conditions economic and social inequalities affect electoral preferences and behavior, as well as policy demand. Specific sub-questions may focus on up- and downward experiences in social hierarchies and how they affect the ways in which citizens think about the politics of inequality, on responsibility and accountability attributions linked to inequalities experienced and perceived in the labor market and/or society, as well as on the policies that various groups of citizens expect to effectively address perceived inequalities.
Application Deadline: 3 March 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in social anthropology and human reproduction, with a focus on Southeast Asia
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is part of sub-project 3 that traces the global entanglements of human reproduction through emperical, qualitative case studies from different parts of the world. The PhD position will be attached to the Chair for Social Transformation Processes at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (Prof. Dr. Annuska Derks).
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in social anthropology and human reproduction, with a focus on declining fertility in Asia
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is part of sub-project 3 that traces the global entanglements of human reproduction through emperical, qualitative case studies from different parts of the world. The PhD position will be attached to the Chair for Social Transformation Processes at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (Prof. Dr. Annuska Derks).
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Religion and human reproduction, with a focus on deliberate childlessness
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is part of sub-project 3 that traces the global entanglements of human (non)reproduction through empirical, qualitative case studies from different parts of the world. The PhD position will be attached to the Chair for the Study of Religions with a focus on social sciences (Prof. Dr. Dorothea Lüddeckens).
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Within the URPP “Adaptive Brain Circuits in Development and Learning” (AdaBD), we offer a PhD position in an interdisciplinary project investigating the developmental origins of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The project uses advanced MRI neuroimaging methods and comparative human and animal studies to investigate the prenatal development of the brain connectome and its association with ASD traits. It is a collaboration between the research groups of Prof. Andras Jakab at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich and Prof. Theofanis Karayannis at the Brain Research Institute.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
17. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
You analyze neurocognitive developmental disorders in children with spina bifida and investigate how these are related to brain structural changes visible on fetal and neonatal MRI images.
You import clinical variables into a RedCap-based data system.
You will work closely with the study team and assist with administrative tasks related to the project.