Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 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. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cryptography Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
The field of cryptography has shown to be the key enabling technology in securing communication systems. Cryptographic functionality realized in microcontrollers and embedded systems has become essential to our daily use of communication networks. The theory and practice of engineering of cryptographic systems include encryption/decryption, authentication, digital signatures, random number generators, and their utilization in practical security protocols. New cryptographic algorithms propounding security against quantum computers are under development and being standardized internationally, denoted quantum-safe algorithms. However, plain implementations turn out to be vulnerable to various physical and electrical signal processing attacks, denoted side-channel attacks.
Application Deadline: 15th September 2023
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Geography with a focus on just and sustainable energy-transitions
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this position is to complete a doctoral education leading to the attainment of a doctoral degree. The successful candidate is expected to develop a PhD project that investigates the interplay between policies for green energy transitions in Norway and the EU, and the extraction of critical minerals in the Global South. Of particular importance is examining the role of civil society organizations in shaping political and corporate governance strategies concerning energy transitions and mineral extraction
Application Deadline: 1st September 2023
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advance Machine Learning for Face Presentation Attack Detection
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position is available at the Institute of information security and communication technology (IIK), NTNU, Gjøvik in the field of face presentation attack detection (also known as spoofing attack detection). The primary focus of research activities includes the development of advance machine learning algorithms to achieve the scalable, generalisable and reliable presentation attack detection algorithms for face especially on the smartphones.
Application Deadline: 31st August 2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Atomic Scale Photonics
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of the candidate is to design, study and assemble nanoscale photonic devices that will utilise molecules to detect radiation in atomic-size volumes. Main focus will be theoretical and experimental understanding of nanophotonic devices as well as optical characterisation using advanced spectroscopic modules. The research will be performed at the Department of Electronic Systems, NTNU and supported by scientific partners in Belgium, Switzerland and Greece. The applicant will be encouraged to spend short exchange visits with the scientific partners.
Application Deadline: 31st August 2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in social studies
Summary of PhD Program:
The position of Research Fellow is a temporary position for a period of three years. The position is an educational position that will give promising researchers the opportunity for professional development. The research field for the position is within social science, focusing on the development of democratic citizenship and social science didactics within the Norwegian education system.
Application Deadline: 21st August 2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in human relationship with the natural environment
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project should investigate how the human relationship with the natural environment of Mjøsa has changed over time. Among the topics that can be investigated are what kind of ideas of nature, and particularly of Mjøsa as a large body of water, enabled its use as a dumping site? How and when did concerns first arise over the deteriorating health of the lake and its potential impact on the human population in the region? When and why did such concerns lead to changes in behavior, political action or regulation at a local, regional and national levels? How does this fit into a broader international history of environmental mis(use) and interventions?
Application Deadline: 20th August 2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Generation of semantic rich digital twins from 3D Lidar point clouds data
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, a novel framework will be developed to generate digital twin with detailed geometries, attributes, and semantic information from laser scanning point clouds data. Among others, new deep learning-based algorithms for semantic segmentation and 3D outline extraction will be proposed for traffic related objects (i.e. traffic signs, road marks, urban facilities, etc.) in urban area. This will be integrated together with the existing work for building reconstruction and individual tree detection (ITD) into the framework, so that 3D digital models can be generated with high quality and efficiency.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sociology or Political Science connected to the research group CHAIN
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is connected to the research of CHAIN (Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research). CHAIN brings together researchers from diverse regions and disciplines, public health experts, the UN system and civil society organizations, to examine the causes and magnitude of health inequalities, and to identify solutions to decrease these inequalities. It aims to empower governments, businesses and civil society to act on evidence-based solutions to increase health equity.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Learning Control Policies for Evolutionary Design of Aerial Robots
Summary of PhD Program:
Aerial robotics have scored some major successes, yet – interestingly – they have long employed designs that merely represent miniaturizations of manned aviation concepts or have resorted to biomimic designs. However, an alternative paradigm is possible if we combine the forces of evolutionary robot design (airframe, sensing) and data-driven navigation policy learning in an iterative loop that can allow us to identify the novel designs and autonomy functionalities necessary towards aerial robots that are best tailored to their environment.
Application Deadline: 6th August 2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental Fluid Mechanics at an Air-Sea Interface
Summary of PhD Program:
The project involves ground-breaking research that will develop models to facilitate better understanding of our climate systems, while allowing the candidate to gain experience with cutting-edge experimental equipment. The particular colleagues working on this project are friendly and welcoming, and foster an enjoyable working environment while balancing the pursuit of scientific excellence with all the other experiences, activities and benefits life has to offer in Norway. Norway is frequently rated as one of the best and happiest places to live in the world.
Application Deadline: 2nd August 2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable Soil Stabilisation
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position will be affiliated to the Geotechnical Engineering group which focuses on computational geotechnics complimented by extensive field work and advanced field and laboratory testing of geomaterials. The research of our group aims for safe, environmentally sound, and cost-effective solutions for the built infrastructure. Research encompasses roads, railways, harbours, and complex deep-underground city construction.
Application Deadline: 31st July 2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainability in the building and construction sector, A long-term planning tool
Summary of PhD Program:
There exist at least three approaches which deal with greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability issues in the construction sector. (1) Life-cycle assessment (LCA) addresses material use and emissions at a detailed level and can be used prospectively or ex-post to assess specific construction projects and products. They are often static in nature an improvement options are addressed through comparisons. LCA is mainly of operational importance. (2) Sector roadmaps are usually built on strongly simplified models of the construction sector and its production processes and products which can consider interaction among strategies applied to individual processes or inputs.
Application Deadline: 28th July 2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Texture Analysis and Perception
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project focuses within the area of image processing and perception, specifically for texture. The PhD candidate will focus on developing texture analysis algorithms and its quality assessment protocols to measure, e.g., bias and uncertainty of the algorithm. They will also be required to design and develop psychovisual experiments, aiming to understand human perception of texture and how it correlates to machine/computer perception. While the PhD project is essentially a basic fundamental research, applications to natural sciences problems will also be carried out.
Application Deadline: 28th July 2023
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Artificial Intelligence Based Software Defect Detection Using Multimodal Learning
Summary of PhD Program:
Different artificial intelligence (AI) approaches have been proposed to predict software defects however most of these approaches considered datasets containing only one type of modality and majority of these datasets are textual while few of them are image datasets. In this project, a framework to detect software defects by analyzing multimodal datasets will be developed. Further an AI, in particular, Nature inspired, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL) techniques, based model will be developed and trained using multimodal dataset. Finally, the proposed multimodal approach will be compared to models using single data modality in order to understand if any additional performance is produced by data fusion.
Application Deadline: 23rd July 2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in the SUBPRO-Zero Team
Summary of PhD Program:
SUBPRO-Zero (SUstainable Bridge PROgram towards Zero emissions) is a research center that funds 10-12 PhD students and postdocs in the next 3-years. Its mission is to conduct fundamental and applied research to contribute to net-zero emissions in the offshore industry.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in HYDROGENi team
Summary of PhD Program:
HYDROGENi is a Centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME) dedicated to the research and innovations within hydrogen and ammonia needed to meet the 2030 and 2050 goals of the Norwegian hydrogen road map. HYDROGENi’s activities are a collaborative effort from Norwegian and European partners (industry, universities, and research institutes) that cover the entire hydrogen value chain.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Pd-based membranes for hydrogen and ammonia technologies
Summary of PhD Program:
The position aims to understand and control surface phenomena relevant to the performance (separation efficiency and material integrity) of palladium (Pd)-based membranes for hydrogen technology. The membranes are 3-10 µm thin films of Pd alloyed mainly with 23 wt% silver (Ag), fabricated by the sputtering method developed by SINTEF Industry and under commercialization by Hydrogen Mem-tech AS. The sputtered membranes are unique in terms of being defect free, thus low thickness and high hydrogen flux can be realized alongside high purity of the hydrogen permeate.
Application Deadline: 8th July 2023
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in heterogeneous catalysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary objective of this PhD project is to develop highly active, selective, and stable iron-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation towards fuels (liquid fuels, methane etc) and mechanistic investigations using kinetic and spectroscopic methods. The main research activities include catalyst preparation, characterization, and kinetic testing in a laboratory fixed bed /slurry reactor. Mechanistic investigation of CO2 hydrogenation with isotopic labelling and kinetic modelling are also important parts of the project. We are seeking a person with a good understanding of heterogeneous catalytic materials and catalytic reactions.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Statistical Physics of Dispersions in Porous Media
Summary of PhD Program:
PoreLab is an interdisciplinary center with joint efforts in theory, computer simulations and experiments, both in fundamental and in more applied directions. The center works to advance the understanding of porous media by developing theories, principles, tools and methods to replace ad hoc approaches to porous media with a fundamental understanding of porous media with relevance in biology, chemistry, geology and geophysics based on fluid mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Expanding Electricity Transmission to Accelerate Norway’s Energy System Decarbonization
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an academic position which will provide promising research recruits with the opportunity for professional development through studies towards a PhD degree. The position is connected to the FME Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies (NTRANS), which is a multidisciplinary national research centre studying transitions in the energy sector and related sectors. The FME NTRANS is a collaboration between 8 Norwegian research institutions and over 30 user partners from the industry and the public sector. Key research areas are the future energy system, active consumers and distributed solutions, deep decarbonisation and sector couplings, and accelerating the energy transition. The position is linked to Research Area 3 “Future Energy Systems” within FME NTRANS.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Informatics for Distributed Grid Balancing Through Flexibility Aggregation
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position is connected to the FME Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies (NTRANS), which is a multidisciplinary national research centre studying transitions in the energy sector and related sectors. The FME NTRANS is a collaboration between 8 Norwegian research institutions and over 30 user partners from the industry and the public sector. Key research areas are the future energy system, active consumers and distributed solutions, deep decarbonisation and sector couplings, and accelerating the energy transition. The position is linked to Research Area 3 “Future Energy Systems” within FME NTRANS.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Safety Assessment and Verification of Collision and Grounding Avoidance Algorithms
Summary of PhD Program:
Collision avoidance systems for ships are computer-based systems designed to help ships avoid colliding with other ships, obstacles, or landmasses. They typically use various sensors such as radar and cameras to detect and track other vessels in the vicinity and are critical systems for enabling the use of autonomous ships. A particular challenge related to collision avoidance systems is bridging the gap between COLREG (the traffic rules at sea) and the algorithms for collision avoidance. COLREG contains several qualitative terms to describe acceptable collision avoidance behavior, such as “ample time” and “good seamanship”.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Formal Safety Assessment of Autonomous Ships
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is funded through the Horizon Europe research project “SEAMLESS: Safe, Efficient and Autonomous – Multimodal Library of European Shortsea and inland Solution”. This project is led by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and is a cooperation between several European research institutions and companies, such as SINTEF Ocean, Delft University of Technology and Kongsberg Maritime. The main goal of the project is to develop and adapt missing building blocks for enabling fully automated, economically viable, cost-effective, and resilient waterborne freight feeder services for short sea shipping and inland waterways transport.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Dynamic Allocation of Resources in Short-term Power and Flexibility Markets
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position is connected to the FME Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies (NTRANS), which is a multidisciplinary national research centre studying transitions in the energy sector and related sectors. The FME NTRANS is a collaboration between 8 Norwegian research institutions and over 30 user partners from the industry and the public sector. Key research areas are the future energy system, active consumers and distributed solutions, deep decarbonisation and sector couplings, and accelerating the energy transition. The position is linked to Research Area 3 “Future Energy Systems” within FME NTRANS.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in Complete Subsea Separation
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, you will merge two existing separation/water treatment laboratories into one complete separation facility. You will study the behavior of this system and design an optimal control strategy both in simulation and in the laboratory. This will allow for optimal behavior of the entire system, with the controllers working in tandem rather than at cross purposes to ensure that the maximum amount of water is extracted from the fluid stream while maintaining sufficient purity of the water output for re-injection or discharge to sea.
Application Deadline: 29th June 2023
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in materials technology for subsea power cables
Summary of PhD Program:
A PhD Candidate position in the field of materials technology for subsea power cables is available. The academic position will provide the opportunity for professional development through studies towards a PhD degree, related to the SeaConnect project. The SeaConnect project aims to increase the breakdown strength and lifetime of subsea cable connectors and terminations using a new design principle and tailor-made materials. The PhD Candidate will work on a joint research project with leading energy companies and developers, suppliers and manufacturers, and research and innovation organizations.
Application Deadline: 28th June 2023
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in development of digital twins and control of Microbial Bioprocesses
Summary of PhD Program:
As a PhD Candidate, you will explore the possibility to model and control in real-time the activity, growth and processes inside bacteria and their interactions with the environment, using multi-variable control, and optimal control such as model predictive control (MPC). You will also explore and develop digital twins that will integrate the online analytical probes and will improve the control performance.
Application Deadline: 27th June 2023
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in Spectral Image Processing and Visualisation for Paintings Conservation
Summary of PhD Program:
In the field of paintings conservation, the degradation of pigments and dyes is a well‐known problem which has a large impact on the preservation, exhibition/display, and perception of works of art. For example, in the Munch Museum’s collection, the fading of some cadmium yellows is visible in The Scream (1910?) as a possible consequence of the interaction of the paint with moisture and/or light in combination with chlorine compounds, whereas the darkening of some ultramarine‐, cobalt blue and red lake‐based areas is appreciable in Old man in Warnemünde (1907) as result of causes that are still unknown.
Application Deadline: 26th June 2023
29. Fully Funded PhD Position in Information Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus of this position is on the exploring the business value that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can deliver to organizations and the mechanisms through which this is achieved. While there has been widespread enthusiasm regarding AI, adopting and strategically utilizing these technologies constitutes a major challenge for many organizations. Furthermore, there is limited understanding about how the use of technologies such as AI can drive business strategies and generate sustained value. While most research to date has investigated technical aspects related to AI, there is a growing need to understand how business strategies can be developed to harness the strengths of these novel technologies.
Application Deadline: 26th June 2023
30. Fully Funded PhD Position in Predictive Models of Change and Inattentional Blindness for Multimedia Application
Summary of PhD Program:
An exciting three-year PhD position in the field of psychophysics and visual perception is available, with a focus on understanding and predicting change and inattentional blindness —our common yet fascinating failures to detect alterations in visual scenes or notice unexpected stimuli due to focussed attention. Understanding these perceptual phenomena can significantly enhance multimedia applications. For example, by identifying areas of an image or video frame where viewers typically exhibit change blindness, we can target these areas for data compression, thereby reducing file sizes without noticeably degrading the perceived quality.
Application Deadline: 25th June 2023
31. Fully Funded PhD Position in Circular Economy and Climate Change Mitigation
Summary of PhD Program:
The circular economy has been recognized at the EU and global levels as an important mechanism to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Both the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UN International Resource Panel (IRP) has pointed to potential synergies between reducing material footprints and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, a better and more detailed understanding of these synergies (and potential trade-offs) are desired across the economy. To enable such analysis, the project will be linking different modeling frameworks such as Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), Material Flow Analysis (MFA), and Multi-Regional Input-output models (MRIO) with sectoral models of Transport, Building, etc. and apply these for analysis across selected focus areas.
Application Deadline: 25th June 2023
32. Fully Funded PhD Position in Edge Intelligence
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD candidate will investigate fundamental issues on edge intelligence, with focusing on 1) development of edge intelligence architecture for IoT; 2) develop and optimize lightweight edge devices; and 3) augmented interactions for IoT. Results of this research will lead significant scientific, industry and social impact. The PhD candidate will collaborate with innovative researchers from University of Helsinki and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Application Deadline: 30th June 2023
33. Fully Funded PhD Position in microfluidics for water treatment
Summary of PhD Program:
The Ugelstad Laboratory at the Department of Chemical Engineering has a vacant PhD position, in which microfluidics will be used to investigate the treatment of water via gas flotation. The main goal of the research will be to: (i) identify process conditions that will improve the efficiency of removing contaminants at high temperatures and pressures and (ii) understand the physical mechanisms by which these process conditions act to improve this efficiency. The candidate will have the possibility to collaborate with researchers within the Ugelstad Laboratory as well as project partners in industry.
