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 Information Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD you will focus on designing new conversational AI models, based on recent foundation models. The key research question is how these state-of-the-art language models (including multi-modal versions) can be leveraged and adapted to create an AI-powered voicebot in a recruiting context. Key challenges are to achieve (1) controlled adaptation of the question sequence in the conversation; (2) personalization of dialog flow as well as language; and (3) improving engagement to ultimately limit drop-out of potential candidates. As an underlying building block to address (1) and (2), it is crucial to be able to incorporate external knowledge, in terms of domain knowledge (e.g., specific vocabulary, ontologies of skill sets and/or job titles), and conversation-specific information (e.g., on the interviewee, the organization, a predefined conversation structure).
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Information Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
The IDLab Ghent research group is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD student to join the Software-Defined Radio (SDR) research team. Digital communication plays a pivotal role in professional environments, supporting both persons, machines to interact with each other over a communication network. In professional environments, such as industry automation (industry 4.0), communication becomes increasingly diverse, and demands more reliable and time-critical end-to-end wireless connectivity, that can seamlessly adapt to dynamic environments and application needs.
Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
Belgium has been taking a leading position in the transition towards a hydrogen economy thanks to many companies and research institutes active in hydrogen technologies. In addition, Belgium has currently the second largest hydrogen pipeline network in the world and has a strategic position in Western Europe as an import and transit hub for renewable H2 molecules. In the context of these global and local evolutions, Ghent University (UGent) focuses on an important link in the future hydrogen economy, being the storage of hydrogen in pressurized composite tanks, both in the vehicle itself as in refueling stations. Indeed, the success of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles depends both on the development of safe storage options in the vehicle, as well as a supporting refueling infrastructure.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
The researcher will work within an Inter-University project on artificial intelligence in collaboration with other Flemish Universities. This project will investigate if AI systems can really equal human performance when it comes to complex tasks. AI systems have to be capable of complex reasoning in a way that is autonomous, intelligent and trustworthy. Therefore, we need systems that can integrate and interpret, represent and understand their complex environment in multiple domains, over large timescales and in shared human-machine contexts.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electrical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a 3D sensing technology based on laser light to measure the distance between an object and the sensor that holds great promise for allowing autonomous machines to see and navigate the world with very high precision. Typically, LiDAR designs comprise a multitude of moving parts (e.g., an assembly of lasers, optics, electronics, and detectors) on a mechanically rotating stage. The need to assemble and align all these parts leads to high costs and relatively low manufacturing volumes, while the wear and tear on the mechanical components limits long-term reliability, and all these factors have been hindering a wide adoption of this technology.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD student for a research project on microscale mechanical characterization of fiber reinforced polymer composites using in-situ microscopic techniques. Much more fundamental insights and measurements at the micro-scale are necessary to enable fully predictive multi-scale modelling and faster adaptation of composites. Therefore, we have developed advanced micromechanical test methods for fibre reinforced polymer composites based on in-situ optical and electron microscopy during loading. This includes micro-scale Digital Image Correlation (DIC) which gives full-field strain information at the sub-micron scale, force measurement and correlation of the damage mechanisms at micro- and macro-scale.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Astronomy
Summary of PhD Program:
Research will be done within the framework of the ERC Starting Grant project Star-Grasp, which aims to constrain the formation processes of gravitational wave sources by combining theoretical modelling of stellar populations with observations of intermediate evolutionary stages. Successful applicants will carry out extensive computer simulations of single and binary star evolution from birth to the possible coalescence of compact objects, design new methods to efficiently compute the evolution of stars, and develop techniques to perform comparisons against large observational datasets.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
UGent-MMS is partner in a large research project with several leading companies in the automotive industry. This research project aims at developing composite solutions for future hydrogen storage tanks. This PhD vacancy is focused on the use of guided elastic waves for the structural health monitoring of hydrogen tanks under different operational conditions. This involves instrumentation, signal acquisition and -processing, feature extraction and learning algorithms to assess the structural condition of hydrogen storage tanks. Further, a probabilistic framework will be developed to predict the remaining useful lifetime of hydrogen tanks from the guided wave signals.
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Law
Summary of PhD Program:
The ERC research project “MIGJUST: Global Migration Justice: Beyond conflicting approaches to migration in international human rights law” (ERC-AdG-2023- 101141743) is seeking to fill three PhD positions. This document concerns the vacancy for research on the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights. The key hypothesis of MIGJUST is that there is a fundamental conflict in human rights case law on migration between the human rights approach, adopted by the Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights and the African Court and Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, and on the other hand the sovereignty approach of the European Court of Human Rights.
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Law
Summary of PhD Program:
The key hypothesis of MIGJUST is that there is a fundamental conflict in human rights case law on migration between the human rights approach, adopted by the Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights and the African Court and Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, and on the other hand the sovereignty approach of the European Court of Human Rights. The difference is also at work in the case law of the UN human rights bodies. The two approaches are reflected in, and are in turn reinforced by, political theory on migration justice.
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in European, Public and International Law
Summary of PhD Program:
The key hypothesis of MIGJUST is that there is a fundamental conflict in human rights case law on migration between the human rights approach, adopted by the Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights and the African Court and Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, and on the other hand the sovereignty approach of the European Court of Human Rights. The difference is also at work in the case law of the UN human rights bodies. The two approaches are reflected in, and are in turn reinforced by, political theory on migration justice.
Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Applied Medical Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The Gut-Liver ImmunoPharmacology Unit, in collaboration with the Hepatology Research Unit, is seeking a highly motivated PhD student for an innovative translational research project focused on liver diseases. In this project, you will play a crucial role in further unraveling the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in computer science
Summary of PhD Program:
The IDLab Ghent research group from Ghent University – imec in Belgium is extending its interdisciplinary research cluster focusing on artificial intelligence for bio-informatics, within a new collaboration project between academia and industry, focusing on the AI-driven generation and optimization of proteins for therapeutic purposes.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronics and Information Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
Are you passionate about Machine Learning, AI, Computer Vision, and FAIR data management? Do you aspire to make a meaningful impact in Belgian and European heritage enrichment? Join our team AI4Heritage at IDLab Ghent University, and embark on an exciting journey to transform historical data into valuable insights and innovative AI apps with societal impact! We are seeking a motivated candidate for a fully-funded PhD researcher position (1 year + 3 additional years after a positive evaluation) focused on applying advanced AI techniques (incl. LLMs, vision transformers, multimodal AI, etc.) to enrich and interact with data from the heritage domain.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in biomedical
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to perform research on the development of experimentally validated and morphologically detailed computational models of the ultrasound-sensitive hippocampal formation. The models will include a comprehensive set of underlying ultrasound-neuron coupling mechanisms (e.g., mechanosensitive ion channels, radiation force induced membrane bending, intramembrane cavitation).
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Languages and Cultures
Summary of PhD Program:
The KNOW project examines the interaction between scholarly disciplines in the post-formative period (1200–1800 CE), a time marked by the rise of new institutions of learning, the expansion of libraries, the establishment and integration of academic disciplines, and an increase in scholarly travel. These developments fostered interdisciplinary cooperation, competition, and conflict, shaping the intellectual landscape of the era.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electrical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for one bright and motivated PhD student for TripleQ project. The project is financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and it is a collaboration between IDLab – Ghent University / imec (Belgium), Alea quantum technologies (Denmark), DTU (Denmark), and DFM (Denmark). TripleQ is an ambitious research and innovation project aiming to develop, test and validate secure, low-cost, and ultra-fast 10 Gigabits/second Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) for next-generation cryptographic applications. In today’s highly digitalized societies, information security is crucial as the current cybersecurity infrastructure is under constant pressure from financially and politically motivated hacking.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electrical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for one bright and motivated PhD student for CyberQ project. The project is financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and it is a collaboration between IDLab – Ghent University / imec (Belgium), DTU (Denmark), SiPhotonicIC (Denmark), DFM (Denmark) and GlobalConnect (Northern Europe). CyberQ is an ambitious research project focused on developing next-generation Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems that address challenges in scalability, performance, and practicality. In the modern digital age, secure communication is vital for global commerce, effective governance, and overall security.
Application Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electromechanical
Summary of PhD Program:
The performance of industrial gearboxes often varies due to subtle manufacturing differences, lubricant property changes, assembly inconsistencies, and fluctuating operating conditions. These variations, even in gearboxes of the highest quality, can affect durability and NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) performance unless carefully mitigated. Traditional gear design approaches, governed by standards such as DIN 3990, ISO 6336, or AGMA 2001, fall short in addressing the impact of within-tolerance surface roughness, geometric deviations, and changes in lubricant properties.
Application Deadline: Dec 20, 2024
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Linguistics
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.
