Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands 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 Rare-Earth Ion Emitters for Quantum Networks (Experimental)
Summary of PhD Program:
In the future, quantum networks could change the way we communicate, run apps in the cloud, and help scientific tools and sensors. To build such quantum networks, nodes based on solid-state emitters are promising contenders. One specific type of solid-state emitters, rare-earth ions (REIs) in host crystals, are particularly interesting. Because of their internal atomic structure, REIs can serve as excellent qubits, with long coherence time and emission in the visible and NIR spectrum. In the last few years, a lot of research has been done on proving REIs as qubits, including showing remote entanglement and quantum teleportation.
Application Deadline: 22 Jun 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Floating Wind Turbines Operational Environmental Impacts (DC7 BETTER-MSCA-DN)
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate will join the Delft University of Technology i) examine the fundamental aspects of noise and vibration generation and propagation in seawater, as well as the impacts of different floating wind/floating renewable concepts, with moorings as root causes; ii) develop mathematical modelling tools to represent the different sources of noise and vibrations in structures and mooring lines; iii) incorporate wave conditions into noise propagation models and seabed vibrations; iv) develop a generalised framework for mapping noise generation across multiple scales, applicable for different regions and floating structures.
Application Deadline: 26 Jun 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biophysical Studies of Mechanosensing ion Channels in Artificial Lipid Bilayers
Summary of PhD Program:
Would you like to monitor the activity of single mechanosensitive membrane channels being inserted into artificial cell membranes? This will be the focus of a PhD project that will use biophysical tools combined with cell-free protein synthesis. A microfluidics system with freestanding lipid bilayers will enable the electrical monitoring of ion channels while a mechanical load is directly applied. The knowledge generated by this project will contribute to making synthetic cells which are responsive to the environment. The general goal is to advance (mechano)sensing in synthetic cells through optimization of ion channels incorporation and activity in lipid bilayers.
Application Deadline: 4 Jul 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Responsible Multimodal Information Delivery in Human-AI Interactions
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD project, you will investigate these phenomena to design and evaluate responsible methods in human-AI interaction when interacting with generative information and receiving recommendations. By studying user behavior, preferences, and decision-making in diverse contexts (e.g., safety-critical, non-safety-related), you will aim to develop adaptive and responsible intelligent interactive systems that enhance trust in a safe manner, without encouraging over-reliance or skepticism. Your findings will contribute to the creation of AI tools that are reliable, explainable, context-aware, and aligned with the diverse needs of users and their contexts.
Application Deadline: 6 Jul 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Probabilistic Modelling and Reliability Assessment of Ship-induced Waves
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in hydraulic structures and waterways safety, and probabilistic modeling. In this project, you will work on better characterizing the most relevant factors and uncertainty in the generation of ship-induced waves in waterways, and embedding the generated knowledge in the management and safety assessments of hydraulic structures and (natural) embankments. To do so, the PhD candidate will work close to practitioners and join a consortium integrated by a knowledge institution, Delft University of Technology; a public national organization, Rijkswaterstaat; an international organization, BAW (Germany); and two private partners, HKV lijn in water B.V. and Deltares.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Scaling Renovation Passports through Responsible Business Models and Management Learning
Summary of PhD Program:
The reasons are structural. The sector is marked by inertia, fragmented responsibilities, and limited learning capacity. Data is collected inconsistently, rarely reused, and often lost when buildings change hands. Small and medium-sized firms, which dominate the industry, lack the capacity and incentives to embrace digital tools. At the same time, the workforce is under-equipped to navigate this shift. Business models for the Renovation Passport remain weak, and legal frameworks for data ownership are still under development.
Application Deadline: 29 Jun 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Embedded AI Diagnosis
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD will work towards analyzing explainable AI (XAI) techniques and designing explainable AI methods for diagnosing embedded AI models. They will focus on analyzing the state-of-the-art model-specific (e.g., integrated gradient) and model-free (e.g., counterfactual instances) XAI methods to identify robustness issues through causal analysis of relevant feature in model behavior. To that end, they will develop principled approaches and practical tools for diagnosing what knowledge the embedded ML model needs thus clearing the roadblock for robust AI.
Application Deadline: 29 Jun 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding Hydrogen Effects in Sustainable Steel Bearings
Summary of PhD Program:
Join the Extreme Materials & Mechanics (X2M) Group at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), TU Delft, in a cutting-edge PhD project in collaboration with SKF, a global leader in bearing technology. This research is part of the national Groeien met Groen Staal (GGS) programme, which aims to transform the Dutch steel industry into a circular, CO₂-neutral sector by 2050. Bearings are essential to modern infrastructure, powering everything from trains to turbines. Remanufacturing them can reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 90%—but there’s a hidden challenge: hydrogen degradation.
Application Deadline: 6 Jul 2025
9. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Reconceptualizing Individual and Collective Housing Preferences
Summary of PhD Program:
The two PhD positions are part of the research project InCommon – Reconceptualizing Individual and Collective Housing Preferences. This project investigates the potential for housing models based on sharing and collectivity—such as cooperatives, cohousing, and ecovillages—to gain broader appeal and adoption across society. These collaborative housing models aim to decommodify housing, reduce environmental footprints, and strengthen social cohesion by encouraging shared living arrangements and communal practices.
Application Deadline: 6 Jul 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Digitally Modulated Radar
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this project is to develop new class of sensing waveforms to be used by MIMO radars operating in a very dense electromagnetic spectrum. These waveforms should be separable in a low complexity digital receiver, which should be developed as well. The ambiguity function of the waveform should have low level of sidelobes in the range, Doppler and angular domains. The digital code and the carrier should be adjustable to the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum at the moment of transmission.
Application Deadline: 22 Jun 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Smart, High-Resolution 3D Microscopy Platform to Evolve Synthetic Cells
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is part of the EVOLF (evolving life from non-life) consortium, in which we work together with 31 research groups to study if and how we can create living cells from lifeless molecules. In this experimental project, we will collaborate closely with other experimental and machine learning groups both inside and outside the department. We will first focus on establishing the techniques, followed by using them to evolve different parts of synthetic cells with others.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in First-class Coinduction in Proof Assistants
Summary of PhD Program:
Essential to writing and reasoning about software that operates continuously is a practically usable language for programs and proofs of coinductive types. Proof assistants currently rely on either syntactic guardedness conditions on programs, sized types, or guarded recursion. However, the syntactic guardedness condition is very restrictive and brittle, while both sized types and guarded recursion require significant additional annotations to the program.
Application Deadline: 29 Jun 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human-robot interaction Researcher of Biomechanics-aware Rehabilitation
Summary of PhD Program:
Your project is funded by an Open Technology Programme grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) entitled “Biomechanics-aware real-time robotics for intelligent assistance of knee surgery and rehabilitation.” You will be a member of the Human-Robot Collaboration Lab in Cognitive Robotics and the Computational Biomechanics Lab in BioMechanical Engineering. You will be supervised by assistant professor Luka Peternel and associate professor Ajay Seth and work with BSc/MSc students and other PhD candidates in their research groups and collaborations with other departments at TU Delft, Erasmus MC, and Leiden UMC.
Application Deadline: 2 Jul 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Formal Methods for Trustworthy Software Interoperability
Summary of PhD Program:
Looking for a PhD student who is passionate about designing safe and maintainable abstractions. Preferably a student who appreciates the benefits of formal verification and understands its challenges. This PhD project focuses on developing analysis and program repair techniques that enhance interoperability. For example, how can we restore Rust’s safety guarantees when integrating it with legacy C code? More generally, how can we ensure that software components—written in different languages and by different authors, such as human developers and AI assistants—interact correctly, safely, and securely?
Application Deadline: 13 Jul 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Virus Removal by Ultrafiltration
Summary of PhD Program:
Viruses are difficult to remove with filters because of their small size. Yet, the growing demand for safe, low-chemical water treatment is increasing interest in membrane processes that can effectively retain them. Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes hold great promise. However, their virus removal performance is still assessed through costly, infrequent virus challenge tests. Reliable methods to predict performance based on membrane structure are not yet available.
Application Deadline: 1 Jul 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in DNA Origami Nanoactuators for Molecular Diagnostics
Summary of PhD Program:
DNA and proteins are fantastic examples of molecular machinery. In the Caneva Lab, we develop novel biophysical platforms to image and control the dynamics and mechanics of biomolecular processes at the single-molecule level. In the recently funded VIDI project, we combine ultraflat, biocompatible 2D materials surfaces with DNA nanotechnology to study how molecules move, interact and function using fluorescence microscopy techniques. We will apply this fundamental understanding to generate biosensors capable of detecting rare circulating tumor DNA with the aim to allow regular monitoring of cancer progression through liquid biopsies.
Application Deadline: 6 Jul 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Medical Physics- Medical Informatics
Summary of PhD Program:
Medical Physics and Medical Informatics have been evolved to vital sections of health technology, contributing to both diagnostics and therapeutics. Therapeutic applications of radiation are continuously evolving, incorporating innovative techniques for optimization. Radionuclide therapy is a technique designed to target cancerous cells while minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissues. During radionuclide therapy radioactive pharmateuticals are injected into the body and emit low-ranged ionizing particles. Consequently, dosimetric studies must explore how radiation interacts with living cells and their DNA.
Application Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Neuromorphic Vision for Insect-Inspired Path Integration and Obstacle Avoidance
Summary of PhD Program:
Within the project, a PhD position is now available on “Neuromorphic vision for insect-inspired path integration and obstacle avoidance”. Insect navigation heavily relies on path integration, i.e., the integration of velocity estimates over time to determine the position with respect to a starting point. To this end, they likely combine forward models that take into account the effects of their intended actions and sensory feedback from various sensor modalities such as vision. The topic of the PhD is to develop neuromorphic vision algorithms that process (1) events from a neuromorphic camera to estimate ego-motion and depth, and (2) polarization images to estimate the position of the sun.
Application Deadline: 20 Jun 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Urban Water Infrastructure Transitions
Summary of PhD Program:
You will focus on developing innovative strategies for urban water infrastructure transitions, helping municipalities create climate-resilient urban environments. You will develop the research strategy, which may include modelling, data analysis, surveys, serious gaming, and project evaluations. The research is part of the Urban Drainage Knowledge Programme, funded by the Dutch urban drainage sector and hosted by the Water Management Department at TU Delft’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable Wind Powered Desalination for Drinking Water Production
Summary of PhD Program:
At the forefront of tackling two of the most pressing global challenges—water scarcity and the transition to renewable energy—DOT, Delft Offshore Turbine, is driving innovative, sustainable solutions. With the rapid expansion of offshore wind farms, there is a critical need for alternatives to traditional electrical carriers. Combining Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO), i.e. desalination, with wind energy is one of the solutions, significantly reducing the CO2 footprint of conventional desalination processes while providing fresh (drinking) water.
Application Deadline: 7 Jul 2025
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Conceptual Engineering as Political Struggle in the Context of Socially Disruptive Technologies
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project the candidate will examine the political dimensions of conceptual engineering through the lenses of pluralism. The PhD student will investigate how the notion of pluralism in its various expressions (liberal pluralism, agonistic pluralism etc.) can be of use in approaching the disruption created by SDTs such that the political dimension of conceptual engineering is better acknowledged and understood. This will involve translating insights from areas of moral and political philosophy not necessarily concerned with technology into the philosophy of technology and developing a better understanding of how decision-making under value incommensurability applies to instances of conceptual engineering.
