Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 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. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in History
Summary of PhD Program:
Three Doctoral Research Fellowship positions (SKO 1017) in History are available at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH), University of Oslo. IAKH has the largest academic environment for history in Norway, organized in research groups. The successful candidates will join one or more of these groups according to the relevance of their PhD-projects. The application must include a detailed project description written in either English or one of the Scandinavian languages.
Application Deadline: 16th March 2025
2. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in linguistics and verbal communication
Summary of PhD Program:
Three positions as doctoral research fellows (SKO 1017) in the fields of linguistics and verbal communication are available at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo. Researchers in these areas investigate, using qualitative and/or quantitative methods, how language is learned and used; the social and cognitive processes involved in language use and acquisition; the structure of language in both written and oral contexts; and the role and function of language in institutional settings.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
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3. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in nordic literature, Ibsen-studies or rhetoric
Summary of PhD Program:
Two PhD fellowship positions (SKO 1017) within the fields of Nordic literature, Ibsen studies, or rhetoric are available at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies (ILN), University of Oslo. Research within these areas prioritizes the analysis of fiction, film, theater, and non-fiction. Researchers in these fields use various theoretical frameworks and methods to explore themes, rhetorical strategies, narrative structures, historical contexts, cultural significance, and the artistic value of literary texts as well as non-fiction.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in philology
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in philology is available at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo. Philology is the study of language and literature in written historical sources, considered in their cultural and material contexts. Philology involves the examination of manuscripts, inscriptions, and other historical documents to understand the development of language, literature, and written culture.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Music History
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Musicology is available at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo. The Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, welcomes applications for one doctoral fellowship in musicology. The successful candidate will work on an independent research project in the field of music history before 1900. The position is open with regard to time period in the given framework, geographic area (not restricted to the Western world), and musical genre or tradition.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Music Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Music Technology is available at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo. The Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, welcomes applications for one doctoral fellowship in musicology. The successful candidate will work on an independent research project in the field of new technologies for sound and music. The candidate will be supervised by Associate Professor Tejaswinee Kelkar (uio.no) and music technology research faculty at the Department of Musicology.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in language and linguistics
Summary of PhD Program:
Two Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) in language and linguistics are available at the Department of Literature, European Languages and Area Studies, University of Oslo. We seek innovative, curiosity-driven and scientifically strong candidates who want to pursue a doctoral degree in one of our areas of research. Projects that use digital methods are highly welcomed. The successful candidate should join one of our existing research groups.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in area studies
Summary of PhD Program:
Two Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) in area studies are available at the Department of Literature, European Languages and Area Studies, University of Oslo. We seek innovative, curiosity-driven and scientifically strong candidates who want to pursue a doctoral degree in one of our areas of research. Projects that use digital methods are highly welcomed. The successful candidate should join one of our existing research groups.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
9. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in literary studies
Summary of PhD Program:
Two Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) in literary studies are available at the Department of Literature, European Languages and Area Studies, University of Oslo. We seek innovative, curiosity-driven and scientifically strong candidates who want to pursue a doctoral degree in one of our areas of research. Projects that use digital methods are highly welcomed. The successful candidate should join one of our existing research groups.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in linguistics
Summary of PhD Program:
The position will be affiliated with the research program DESCRYPT – Echoes of History: Analysis and Decipherment of Historical Writings funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond from January 2025–December 2032. The program investigates new approaches to analyzing and deciphering historical sources with non-standard, rare or unknown writing systems through advanced computational linguistics and artificial intelligent techniques. The key outcome of the program is the development of robust, scalable tools to assist researchers in the Humanities in unlocking these historical writings.
Application Deadline: 28th February 2025
11. 05 Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) are available at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), University of Oslo. The Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies has 62 tenured academic staff and 45 temporary academic staff. Its ongoing research covers a wide range of topics under the broad rubrics of study of religion, cultural history and culture, politics, and history of Asia and the Middle East. Candidates will apply with an individual research project. This project needs to be thematically relevant to the department to such an extent that it may be supervised by the department’s faculty.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in History of Ideas
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in the history of ideas is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. Applicants must submit a project description. The proposed project must be relevant to the department’s ongoing research within the history of ideas and to one of the research groups in which tenured academic staff take part.
Application Deadline: 7th February 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Political Science
Summary of PhD Program:
We are offering a PhD position with a specialization in public policy and public administration research. This position is part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium “Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies (SUPA),” which includes various research institutions across Europe and beyond. The analytical starting point of the SUPA Consortium is the observation that democratic governments often produce more policies than they can effectively implement.
Application Deadline: 4th February 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Art History and Visual Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
Two Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) in Art History and Visual Studies are available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. Applicants must submit a project description. The proposed project must be clearly relevant to the department’s ongoing research in art history and visual studies, and preferably related to one of the following two research groups:
Art History Research Group in Modernism
Visual Studies Research Group
Application Deadline: 31st January 2025
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15. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position in Philosophy
Summary of PhD Program:
Four Doctoral Research Fellowships in Philosophy are available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. The application must contain a project description. While applications in any area of philosophy will be considered, preference will be given to project descriptions that show how the project relates to the work of at least one of these research groups: Ancient Philosophy, Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS), Oslo Mind, Language and Epistemology Network (OMLET), and Practical Philosophy.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Classics
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Classics is available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. Applicants are expected to submit a proposal for a research project within Classics that can be completed within 3 years. The proposed project should be thematically relevant to ongoing research in the Classics division. Applications combining areas of specialization present in the department are particularly welcome.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in KnowAI
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is linked to the research project «The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Political Knowledge, Opinion Formation, and Democracy» (KnowAI), funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by Professor Rune Karlsen. KnowAI’s starting point is that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), such as ChatGPT, can reinforce, but also counteract, societal trends that drive us apart: increasing knowledge gaps, misinformation, echo chambers, diminishing social and political trust, as well as deepening polarization. The project investigates how knowledge acquisition and opinion formation in a media context are characterized by artificial intelligence, with a focus on how different types of GenAI interact with individuals’ motivation, skills, trust, and cognitive bias.
Application Deadline: 25th January 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) is available at the Center for children, youth and media at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The fellowship is connected to the wider research field of children, youth and media. The research environment explores research- and societal issues affiliated with media use by children and youth. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to research on online opportunities and risks, and how these are influenced by other factors, such as home environment, parental mediation, school situation and online engagements.
Application Deadline: 25th January 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Statistical and Population Genetics
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Centre for Precision Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, there is a doctoral research fellowship position available. The Centre runs a series of multidisciplinary studies involving hospital departments in Oslo and several research groups at the University of Oslo. The main goal is to develop tools and knowledge for precision medicine in psychiatry, building on advanced statistical methods for analysis of large-scale human genetic and neuroimaging data, to better understand how biological, psychological, and environmental factors contribute to severe mental and neuropsychiatric disorders, their treatment, and outcomes.
