Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 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 Systems and Metal Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
As a PhD student, you will contribute to the development of multiphysics (electromagnetic & thermal) models for windings of electric motors. Also, you will study how the motor design can be modified to make the windings in the machine more robust against thermal variations or mechanical vibrations. The work includes a significant experimental part, i.e. making prototypes of stators and test the concepts for sustainable windings. The project has a user group of companies, which are active in enameled wire, impregnation and potting techniques, electric machine design and electric machine manufacturing or repair.
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bioscience engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
The current PhD position is available for a highly motivated candidate to work within the research group of Prof. Olivier De Wever. The main aim of the PhD project is to address the fidelity of tumor models in cancer research. In this regard, the PhD student will apply state-of-the-art technologies to analyze the behaviour and therapy response of tumor models including the composition and characteristics of cancer cells and tumor microenvironment elements such as cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) and immune cells.
Application Deadline: Aug 01, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Business Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
We offer a fully funded, full time PhD position in a 4-year research project in the area of sustainable consumption (initial 1-year position with 3-year extension upon satisfactory performance). You will be supervised by prof. dr. Adriaan Spruyt (Ghent University) and Agnes Moors (University of Leuven). The successful candidate will join the Department of Marketing, Innovation, and Organization of Ghent University.
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronics and Information Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
Solid was born as a decentralization effort for the Web, based on Web standards such as the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or the Resource Description Framework (RDF), with the main goal of decoupling storage from data consumption, to enhance end-users control over their data and who gets to access it. Such a decoupling gives end-users the possibility to select which data vault provider to choose, while allowing them to reuse data across multiple applications and to switch between them at any time. This signifies a substantial change in relation to the current status quo of the Web, where the big platforms not only use data but also keep it in their own servers out of reach from their users.
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Translational Physiology
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD student position is focused on the impact of alphaherpesvirus infection on gap junction (GJ) permeability. Gap junctions are crucial communication channels. As one of their many functions, they allow virus-infected cells to warn neighboring cells about the imminent viral threat. Indeed, upon virus infection, infected cells generate antiviral messenger molecules like cGAMP. These antiviral messengers can be transferred to neighboring cells via gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) and elicit an antiviral response in these adjacent cells, rendering them less susceptible to virus infection.
Application Deadline: Jun 01, 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Information Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to perform research on DRL-based closed-loop control for the treatment of focal epilepsy. The controller will be designed with a morphologically detailed computational model of the ultrasound-sensitive hippocampal formation as environment. The candidate will develop surrogate models of the hippocampus to allow for more extensive optimization of the controller. Finally, the controller will be tested in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Diatoms are a group of highly diverse, globally dominant microalgae which contribute significantly to global carbon fixation and biogeochemical cycling. Understanding how diatoms adapt to changes in their environment is therefore a major research interest. However, whereas the phenotypic outcomes of adaptation have received considerable attention, we understand little about the genomic underpinnings of evolution and adaptation in diatoms. Within DIADAPT, we will investigate the genomic processes that underlie adaptation to climate shifts in diatoms by integrating lab experiments with comparative genomics and transcriptomics on diatoms that inhabit different environments (aquatic, terrestrial) and climate zones.
Application Deadline: May 26, 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law
Summary of PhD Program:
This proposed research aims to facilitate the further integration of technology in arbitration by critically examining the various ways in which technological tools can enhance arbitral processes. It also seeks to assess to what extent such innovations can be reconciled with existing norms of procedural fairness and technology law. In doing so, the research intends to challenge the current cautious approach taken by major arbitration stakeholders and to contribute to reducing both the cost and duration of the thousands of arbitration proceedings initiated each year.
Application Deadline: May 20, 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Metal Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD researcher in the field of system identification and control engineering for mechanical/mechatronic systems. You will work on a strategic research project funded by the Flanders Make. In this project we want to research and develop a transformer-based framework that couples with physics-based models to handle multiscale, multirate and multimodal data in mechatronics. This paves the way to extract actionable insights, i.e. underlying mechanisms that are active within the mechatronic system and its interaction with environment, for improved monitoring and realizing high product quality.
Application Deadline: May 19, 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in mechanical engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD researcher in the field of mechanical and control engineering of robots. You will work on a cutting-edge fundamental research project funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). In this project we want to design and control a hybrid robot, capable of collaborating with humans at low speed and operating at high speed and precision if the human is not within reach of the robot. To be safe in collaborative mode, the robot must be lightweight to keep its kinetic energy as low as possible. On the contrary, to avoid vibrations that compromise the performance at high speed, we require a stiff and hence heavier robot.
Application Deadline: May 19, 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in bioscience engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
The PHARMECO project aims to scale up and demonstrate sustainable processes for industrial (bio)manufacturing of pharmaceuticals by integrating environmentally friendly technologies and processes. However, given the complexity of production processes, there is still a knowledge gap on the environmental impact of, for example, pharmaceutical biomanufacturing. Prospective sustainability assessment of pharmaceuticals in early development stages is especially challenging due to limited data availability, making it difficult to predict environmental impacts accurately. Additionally, complex synthesis routes require integrating green chemistry and life cycle thinking in early decision-making.
Application Deadline: May 18, 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Movement and Sports Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The main objective of the research project of the doctoral candidate is to scale and increase the magnitude of the impact of social innovation for active ageing through data science. The findings will provide a knowledge base for social innovation in active ageing, including models of effective services in terms of their health impact, understand how large reach can be achieved and what business models work sustainably. The map will allow social entrepreneurs to identify areas of need and opportunities to scale up and grow.
Application Deadline: May 18, 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Movement and Sports Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will use a citizen science approach to increase the magnitude of the impact of social innovation for active ageing. An existing citizen science tool will be adapted and tested in older adults in order to create a knowledge base to inform business and social enterprise for scaling-up social innovation in the scope of active aging. The map will allow social entrepreneurs to identify areas of need and opportunities to scale up and grow. Recommendations will include example data stories for business planning.
Application Deadline: May 18, 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Structure and Repair
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will be engaged in setting up iPSC-derived human neural (brain) organoid model recapitulating neural-microglia interactions, as well as establishing fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) approaches and analysis pipelines to perform non-destructive monitoring of neuronal function, DAMs, and multiplexing this with other cutting edge analysis techniques (transcriptomics, mass spectrometry imaging and Raman spectroscopies). The project will require a diverse set of skills in live microscopy, organoids and bioinformatics.
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Basic and Applied Medical Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The Basic and Translational Endocrinology (BaTE) unit led by Prof. Vanessa Dubois studies sex hormone signaling in various target tissues including the musculoskeletal system. By combining mouse models of altered sex hormone action with molecular biology and omics approaches, the PhD student will contribute to new insights into how sex hormones regulate biological processes. Specifically, the project aims to unravel the impact of gender-affirming therapy started in early puberty on skeletal muscle, making use of a mouse model of adolescent gender transition (Dubois et al. J Bone Miner Res 2023). The technologies that will be used include (but are not limited to) mouse handling, cell culture, qRT-PCR, western blotting, ELISA, immunohistochemistry, and transcriptomic analyses.
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
You will conduct research in Swedish linguistics with the primary goal of obtaining a doctoral degree under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Widoff. The doctoral project will be part of the project “Space, polyvalence and domain-neutrality in the organisation of linguistic meaning”. You will be allowed to formulate independent research questions and research tasks that fall within the scope of this project.
Application Deadline: May 08, 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Geography
Summary of PhD Program:
You are interested in scientific research and services, particularly in research related to the research conducted at the Climate and Earth Lab of Ghent University (Department of Geography, see https://geoweb.ugent.be/research/physical-geography). As a PhD researcher, you will have the opportunity to develop your own research project within these themes, work toward obtaining a doctoral degree, and cultivate your expertise while growing as an independent scientist.
Application Deadline: May 01, 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronics and Information Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
As part of the highly prestigious FWO – Research Foundation Flanders a PhD position is available at Ghent University. The project aims to use novel materials and devices to develop and validate an implantable bio-interface for sensing bio/chemical and electrophysiology biomarkers linked with epilepsy. The PhD candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team working towards this objective by being part of (a) the imec-associated research lab Centre for Microsystems Technology (CMST) (Department of Electronics and Information Systems) and (b) Neural Waves lab (NeW) (Department of Information Technology) both belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.
Application Deadline: May 01, 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design
Summary of PhD Program:
The ISyE (Industrial Systems Engineering) research group is active in the domains of Smart Manufacturing Systems Design & Management, Supply Networks Engineering and Logistics, and Smart Mobility and Smart Cities. The phd researcher will develop smart solutions for warehousing and its related internal logistics. The main objective is to address the current challenges of rapidly adapting to changing order-mixes, short delivery times, flexibility in delivery and management of returns. In particular, the researcher will develop advanced and intelligent optimization and simulation techniques for warehousing processes and their related activities.
