Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 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 biogeochemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Most living biomass across the biosphere is comprised of organic matter (OM) that is 50% carbon-based. When decomposing in a liquid state as dissolved organic matter (DOM), it can pass across biological membranes and is a vital source of energy recycled back to living biomass. When degraded by aerobic microbes, DOM produces atmospheric CO2, a greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. The amount of time it takes for DOM to degrade is highly variable, spanning from minutes to millennia, and remains perplexing to predict. The uncertainty associated with predicting rates of DOM degradation remains one of the greatest barriers to projecting how the global carbon cycle might change in the future.
Application Deadline: 30.May.2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data-driven epidemiology and biology of infection
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project is part of the Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) research school supported by the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program. The research group at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology where the candidate will be joining is focusing on mechanisms and dynamics of plasmid copy number in pathogenic bacteria, with a strong focus on infection biology and evolution of antibiotic resistance. The goals for this project are i) to better understand the role of small cryptic plasmids in the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, and ii) Use machine learning tools to examine the complex interplay between bacterial hosts, various plasmids and resistance.
Application Deadline: 28.May.2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning of Physics-Based Force Fields
Summary of PhD Program:
The research program for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics hosts research in both applied and theoretical computational biochemistry. Important topics include fundamental methodological developments as well as applications to enzyme function and drug design. We now have two open Ph.D. position in Machine Learning of Physics-Based Force Fields in the group of Prof. David van der Spoel and we are looking for highly motivated individuals to join the team. You will be trained in performing state-of-the-art research in computational chemistry and machine learning, in software development and management, as well as in presenting academic research in writing as well as orally.
Application Deadline: 15.May.2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in biomedical engineering focused on microphysiological systems for cancer research
Summary of PhD Program:
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with many types showing resistance to standard treatments, posing significant challenges for healthcare and research. There is growing interest in microsystems that can replicate the local physiology of tumors, providing a platform to identify and optimize therapeutic candidates. Our group specializes in developing technologies to assess the multicellular environment within three-dimensional microtumor models. This work addresses a critical knowledge gap in cancer immunobiology and supports the development of more accurate disease models.
Application Deadline: 15.May.2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in silicon biosensor chip
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD candidate selected for this position will utilize advanced nanofabrication technology, originally developed for silicon integrated circuits, to create silicon sensor chips for single-cell and single-molecule analysis. These sensor chips have the potential to provide fundamental insights into cellular and molecular heterogeneity, deepening our understanding of the biological mechanisms of diseases. Additionally, this research could contribute to the development of innovative diagnostic tools and novel treatment options. Device fabrication, materials analysis and electrical characterisation will be carried out using Ångström cleanroom facilities as well as the state-of-the-art sensor characterisation laboratory at Prof. Zhen Zhang’s group.
Application Deadline: 15.May.2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Materials Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project will focus on the structural manipulation and synthesis of 2D materials. Within the project, the student will use ion irradiation to functionalise 2D substrates with defects. They will then use ultra-low energy ion implantation to introduce metal atoms to the systems. By controlling both processes, the student explores the formation of atomically thin metallene layers. The structures are characterised at the atomic scale using spectroscopy and high-resolution electron microscopy and their properties are mapped. The investigation aims to shed light on the atom scale growth process of thin metal layers on 2D substrates.
Application Deadline: 02.May.2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Linguistics, specifically multilingual language development
Summary of PhD Program:
The announcement concerns a PhD position in Linguistics that is affiliated with the Nordic-Baltic research project LINC: Linguistic integration of refugee children and their families (NordForsk 191524, starting 2025). The project investigates the multilingual language development of Ukrainian refugee children and their families in four countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) in relation to environmental and individual-level background factors. It also maps, compares and evaluates language policies and practices of linguistic integration across countries. Professor Ute Bohnacker directs the subproject based in Sweden.
Application Deadline: 02.May.2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in antenna arrays for communication and energy harvesting SATCOM applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The EU-funded POWERSAT project aims to captures the microwave spillover losses from satellite antennas and converts them into a DC power source. POWERSAT will investigate also how to harness the untapped solar infrared (IR) spectrum by introducing an innovative THz (10-400 THz) energy harvesting platform, complementing the functionality of photovoltaic cells. It will deliver a unique solar-microwave hybrid system using rectennas (rectifying antennas) to collect a significant portion of IR radiation from the sun and the spillover electric field emitted by satellite communications across four key frequency bands: C-band (4-8 GHz), X-band (8.2-12.4 GHz), Ku-band (12-18 GHz), and K-band (18-27 GHz).
Application Deadline: 01.May.2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Statistics
Summary of PhD Program:
The duties of a PhD student are primarily directed at his/her own research education, which lasts four years. The work may also involve, to a limited extent (maximum 20 %) other departmental duties, mainly related to teaching undergraduate courses – in which case the position may be extended to a maximum of five years.
Application Deadline: 30.Apr.2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in computerized image processing with focus on analysis of tissue samples
Summary of PhD Program:
Digital pathology and detection of cancer based on hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained tissue samples has made enormous progress in the past ten years thanks to artificial intelligence, mainly in the form of deep convolutional neural networks. In parallel, functional analysis of tissue samples via novel microscopy techniques and spatial omics has made great leaps in terms of multiplexing capabilities and power to decipher spatial patterns of molecules and cells. They provide insight into cell development, micro-environment interactions, and transformation into diseased states.
Application Deadline: 30.Apr.2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in industrial engineering focusing on hydrogen supply systems using offshore wind power
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering consists of three divisions: Industrial Engineering and Management, Quality Science, Civil Engineering and Built Environment. The department has approximately 100 employees and has its research and education both at the Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala and at Campus Gotland. For more information, see the web of the department. This position will be affiliated with the Division of Quality Science and will be located at Campus Gotland in Visby. For more information, see the web of the division.
Application Deadline: 30.Apr.2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Microbiology
Summary of PhD Program:
The research group where the candidate will work studies heteroresistance and its mechanisms with a focus on how variations in gene copy number affect evolution of antibiotic resistance and horizontal gene transfer. The successful candidate will have access to a large collection of genetically well characterized and clinically problematic bacteria (E. coli, S. enterica and K. pneumoniae) that will be studied via experimental evolution, precise genetic constructions, ddPCR, Illumina and Nanopore sequencing as well as proteomics and RNA seq.
Application Deadline: 30.Apr.2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry with a Specialization in Organic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
This project focuses on the development of novel synthetic tools based on the use of chiral diboronates that are designed to enable the generation of a broad spectrum of chiral organic molecules through target- and diversity-oriented synthesis. It is financed by the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and hence the work is performed in close collaboration of four leading research teams active at Uppsala University and Stockholm University. These contribute to the project with knowledge in synthetic organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, quantum chemistry, NMR spectroscopy and computer science. The successful candidate will become part of an international multidisciplinary environment and will receive ample opportunities for learning, collaboration and knowledge transfer.
Application Deadline: 27.Apr.2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in physical geography with focus on the future of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will work in a project funded by the Swedish National Space Agency, with the main aim to generate new bed height and thickness maps for the Greenland Ice Sheet, and to simulate the evolution of the ice sheet up to 2300. To achieve this, a novel, fast and versatile inverse approach will be used that infers present-day bed topography under the ice, and simultaneously provides initial conditions for prognostic modelling. After recent applications on mountain glaciers in the Arctic and sub-Arctic (see e.g. Frank and Van Pelt, 2024; Van Pelt and Frank, 2025), and an ongoing application to all mountain glaciers on Earth, in this project the method will be optimized for use on the larger Greenland Ice Sheet, while making use of the newest high-resolution satellite data products.
Application Deadline: 25.Apr.2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry with specialization in Analytical Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position in Analytical Chemistry for the global and targeted metabolomics analysis of neurological and cancer diseases is available in the laboratory of Professor Daniel Globisch. The Globisch laboratory is an international and multidisciplinary research group (globischlab.org) with a research focus on the investigation of human metabolism and the metabolic interaction with the gut microbiome. The project will include global metabolomics analysis of human plasma and serum samples as well as application of Chemical Biology methodologies to enhance the scope of metabolomics-based research. (Example literature: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318579; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14342-14346, J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 2021, 41, 12, Gut Microbes 2024, 16, 2356275).
Application Deadline: 25.Apr.2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning for Accelerated Electrolyte Modeling and Design
Summary of PhD Program:
The electrolyte is an indispensable and critical component in any electrochemical storage device. The materials discovery of electrolytes for battery applications faces an enormous challenge where the design space is highly combinatorial in chemical, compositional, and topological spaces. To tackle this outstanding challenge, computational tools powered by machine learning techniques need to be developed to explore the corresponding design space efficiently. The focus of this project will be on (i) developing molecular representations used in generative AI and atomistic machine learning that can handle both liquid and polymer electrolyte systems and (ii) developing high-throughput and accurate molecular dynamics simulation techniques for fast access to transport coefficients.
Application Deadline: 24.Apr.2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physical Chemistry with a focus on photocatalysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary responsibility of the doctoral student is to pursue their doctoral education. This includes conducting research on organic nanoparticles in photocatalysis, employing both synthetic and photochemical approaches. The student will have the opportunity to design and synthesize organic molecules, investigate their aggregation behavior in photochemical reactions and photophysical studies, and explore how molecular structure and nanoparticle morphology can be optimized for chemical reactions. The research will be carried out both independently and in collaboration with others. Additionally, departmental duties, such as undergraduate teaching, may account for up to 20% of full-time employment.
Application Deadline: 24.Apr.2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in synthesis of covalent-organic frameworks for flexible X-ray detectors
Summary of PhD Program:
Flexible X-ray detectors represent a future technology that can benefit applications spanning several scientific, medical, and technological fields. Our joint project funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation aims to realize flexible X-ray detectors by developing new high-Z covalent organic framework (COF) materials that can fulfil the critical requirements on flexibility, X-ray absorption, and charge transport simultaneously. You will focus on the synthesis of the COF semiconductor materials, and their preliminary electrochemical characterization. You will be working jointly with chemists, materials scientists and device physicists to carry out your research, which will involve close and regular interaction with the other participating research groups at Linköping university (led by Professors Feng Gao and Mats Fahlman), and Chalmers University (led by Professor Eva Olsson).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Wireless Communication and Security
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall contribution of this project is to enable secure wireless communication in ultra low-power embedded systems, such as backscatter and beyond communication systems. The focus of the research is to derive general methods and building blocks to reduce device complexity and to improve reliability by collaboration between devices. Among the expected achievements are prototype implementations to demonstrate and evaluate the research results.
