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 computational chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project will deal with development and application of novel, accurate approaches for the study of functional catalytic compounds. A possible direction of the project is the development of advanced dynamic approaches for detailed and realistic study of reaction mechanisms and reaction networks considering in a sophisticated manner environmental effects (also under catalytic conditions). This can include the development of advanced enhanced sampling and machine learning approaches.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Adaptive Brain Circuits during Learning and Development: AdaBD
Summary of PhD Program:
A doctoral position is available as part of the ChildBrainCircuits+ (CBC+) project of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) AdaBD. The project is led by Prof. S. Brem and Dr. S. Di Pietro in collaboration with Prof. C. Ruff, Prof. N. Raschle, PD M. von Rhein, and Prof. A. Rauch at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich. The efficient integration and processing of stimuli from different sensory modalities is fundamental for learning and the development of cognition, perception, and especially language.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for a PhD position in the research group of Prof. Daniel Kübler, who holds the chair of Democracy and Public Governance and serves as the director of UZH’s Centre for Democracy Studies. The Department of Political Science offers excellent support in a vibrant research community and is committed to advancing young scholars’ careers.
Application Deadline: 1.08.2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Comparative Politics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for 1 doctoral (Ph.D.) / assistant position (Assistenz) in the research group of the Chair of Comparative Politics held by Prof. Daniele Caramani. The IPZ offers excellent research conditions and a stimulating academic environment. Through its collabora-tions, research centres and exchange programmes, it is widely internationally connected. The IPZ is committed to promote young scholars in their career advancement and provides strong methodological support.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The chair of Prof. Dr. iur. Ruth Arnet belongs to the Private Law Department of the Faculty of Law and focuses on property law, land registry law, and notarization law. In this role, you will support the chair holder in teaching (preparing materials for lectures and exercises, supervising students, assisting with the design and marking of exams) and in research/publication projects (research, collaboration on publications and lectures, and examination papers).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in early child development
Summary of PhD Program:
The Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth and Nutrition of the Newborn (LRF NGN) is an interdisciplinary research group led by Prof. Giancarlo Natalucci and based at the Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich. Within the framework of an international collaborative research project (an EU-funded consortium) focused on the health, development, and follow-up of children born preterm, LRF-NGN intends to launch a study on the development, validation, and standardization of a questionnaire assessing child development at the age of five.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Organic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Dive into our vibrant world where we craft organic dyes into photocages that deliver and activate drugs with tissue-penetrating light as a trigger. We are looking for a PhD candidate to join our research group at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Zurich. Our interdisciplinary research merges organic chemistry, photochemistry, and biology, and pushes the boundaries of applied photochemistry. Our tools help unravel biological processes and advance drug delivery solutions. Our ultimate goal is to push the frontiers of medicine by enabling next-generation and personalized therapies. The position is fully funded by the SNSF Starting Grant for four years.
Application Deadline: 15 September 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Addiction disorders account for a high proportion of the disease burden in Switzerland and worldwide. However, existing therapeutic approaches are often only effective for a portion of those affected, or are not sufficiently effective. The research groups of Dr. Marcus Herdener and Dr. Katrin Preller are therefore investigating new and innovative therapeutic approaches for substance use disorders using multimodal imaging and novel pharmacological approaches to offer more effective treatments.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is limited to three years with the possibility of extension for a maximum of three additional years. The position is intended to enable the candidate to pursue a doctorate and includes research and teaching, as well as other duties. The focus is on writing a dissertation in film studies. Duties also include teaching courses (two hours per week per semester, including organizing excursions to festivals and biennials) and supporting the chair and the Film Studies Department.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in global research network LEVANTE
Summary of PhD Program:
The Jacobs Foundation’s international research network LEarning VAriability NeTwork Exchange (LEVANTE) investigates variability in children’s learning and development. As part of this network, our research group contributes to improving knowledge about the complexity of developmental variability and its impact on learning outcomes. LEVANTE aims to enable a better understanding of predictors of variability in learning, uncover underlying developmental processes, and demonstrate how variability in learning affects interventions for children.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The ASTRAN Lab (Advanced Stimulus-based Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory) is affiliated with the Department of Neurosurgery and the Clinical Neuroscience Center of University Hospital Zurich. Our work focuses on the hemodynamic assessment of patients with cerebrovascular diseases and brain tumors through advanced neuroimaging during respiratory challenges. By means of prospective end-tidal gas targeting during fMRI BOLD sequence acquisition, we are able to estimate hypercapnic cerebrovascular reactivity and hypoxic/hyperoxic tissue perfusion parameters.
Application Deadline: 15/08/2025
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12. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The SNSF research project “Translators of art. Actors, processes, and conceptual shifts in literary and visual translation in the sixteenth century,” directed by Prof. Dr. Johannes Bartuschat and coordinated by Dr. Giovanna Targia, is dedicated to the history and theory of translating art literature, particularly in the Italian Renaissance. Reflecting on the relationships between text and image, literature and the visual arts, it examines the translations of texts on visual art in 16th-century Italy in relation to the literature and cultural life of the era.
Application Deadline: September 15, 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
As part of the strategic direction of research at the University of Zurich, the University Research Priority Program (URPP) “Human Reproduction Reloaded” | H2R will conduct eight years (2021–2028) of research into rapidly changing medical technology for human reproduction and its sociological, societal, ethical, and legal implications. This interdisciplinary research priority program is based at the Faculty of Law and brings together researchers from six faculties and various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and natural sciences.
Application Deadline: September 5, 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Starting September 1, 2025, or by mutual agreement, the doctoral program “Biomedical Ethics and Law/Law Track” at the chair of Prof. Dr. Brigitte Tag and the MERH Competence Center are seeking to fill a position as a research assistant/research assistant. This position is temporary. Support for the doctoral program “Biomedical Ethics and Law/Law Track” / MERH Competence Center, including participation in and conducting courses, conferences, and examinations.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The University Veterinary Hospital of Zurich is a leader in the field of veterinary medicine. It employs enthusiastic and competent staff who are committed to making a difference in the care of sick and injured animals from all over Switzerland and neighboring countries. The Department of Small Animal Medicine at the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich is seeking to fill a position as an Assistant Veterinarian starting in January 2026.
Application Deadline: August 25, 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Economics at the University of Zurich, a leading European research department, representing a wide range of research interests in all areas of economics, invites applicants for the position of a pre-doctoral research fellow in Economics. The predoctoral fellow receives an appointment of one to two years and will work closely with Prof. Dina Pomeranz and together with Paul Carrillo (GWU), Dave Donaldson (MIT), Ronak Jain (University of Zurich), Constantine Manda (UC Irvine), Marina Ngoma (World Bank), Monica Singhal (UC Davis), Juan Carlos Suárez-Serrato (Stanford University), Gabriel Tourek (University of Pittsburgh), and Jonathan Weigel (UC Berkeley).
Application Deadline: 15.08.2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is limited to three years with the possibility of extension for a maximum of three additional years. The position is intended to enable the candidate to pursue a doctorate and includes research and teaching, as well as other duties. The focus is on writing a dissertation in film studies. Duties also include teaching courses (two hours per week per semester, including organizing excursions to festivals and biennials) and supporting the chair and the Film Studies Department.
Application Deadline: September 16, 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The ABE chair focuses primarily on the upbringing of children and adolescents beyond the school system and on informal educational processes in child and youth welfare, the family, and the peer group.
Application Deadline: September 3, 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth, and Nutrition of the Newborn (NGN) at the University Hospital of Zurich and the University of Zurich is seeking a study coordinator for the LEARN (Long-term effects of early nutrition on child development) longitudinal study at the earliest possible date. The LEARN project is being conducted under the direction of Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Natalucci and Dr. Tilman Reinelt, Dipl. Psych., and involves collaboration with 800 families and their support during their children’s first years of life. The aim of the project is to investigate the effect of breast milk on child development while controlling for influences of the home learning environment.