Do you hold a Master’s degree and dream of pursuing a fully funded PhD in the Bergen, Norway? Great news! University of Bergen now accepting online applications for fully funded PhD positions across a wide range of disciplines. Passionate and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply through the respective university’s official application portals and take the next big step in their research journey.”
1. Funded PhD Vacancy in Algorithms and Extremal Combinatorics
Position Description:
This project bridges two foundational fields in computer science and mathematics: Theory of Algorithms and Extremal Combinatorics. By integrating these areas, the project seeks to develop innovative computational techniques and theoretical insights that extend the frontiers of both fields. It focuses on leveraging recent breakthroughs that combine algorithmic approaches with classical results in extremal combinatorics.
Deadline to Apply: 1st February 2026
2. Funded PhD Vacancy in Cultural Studies
Position Description:
The project will focus on how the modern divide between nature and culture is articulated in Norwegian museums, and builds on a framework combining perspectives on museums from Cultural Studies and Cultural History with insights from history and social anthropology. We are looking for a candidate who develops a project with a starting point in the museums of Vestland County that explores how naturecultural relations have been / are articulated in establishing new museums, in traditional crafts, in collecting and communication practices and in different ways of understanding history, cultural and natural heritage in the Anthropocene.
Deadline to Apply: 26th January 2026
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3. Funded PhD Vacancy in systematics and evolution of Malagasy heathers (Erica; Ericaceae)
Position Description:
The candidate will use integrative morphological and molecular taxonomic methods to study aspects of the diversity of Malagasy Erica, with particular focus on the putatively critically endangered Erica goudotiana species complex. The work will involve a combination of herbarium study, fieldwork including collections and threat assessments, lab work including DNA processing for high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics including phylogenetic analysis and coalescent based species inference, and synthesis in the form of a formal revision.
Deadline to Apply: 4th January 2026
4. Funded PhD Vacancy in Mathematics
Position Description:
Research at the Lie-Størmer Center (LSC) aims to explore uncharted territory at the interface of computational and pure mathematics, targeting foundational mathematical challenges relevant to the modern information society and geometric dynamical control in engineering. This project builds bridges between pure and computational mathematics, among mathematics departments in Tromsø, Bergen, and across Norway, and between high-level research and education within the ERCOM network of European mathematical research centers.
Deadline to Apply: 22nd December 2025
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5. Funded PhD Vacancy in Law (AI LEARN)
Position Description:
The PhD position is linked to Cluster 4 Governance, Ethics and Regulation, project “Regulatory Case Studies” led by professor Malgorzata Cyndecka. The theme of the PhD project is challenges and opportunities raised by the nature, use and regulation of synthetic data in light of, in particular, the GDPR and AI Act while taking into account the purposes of AI LEARN.
Deadline to Apply: 17th December 2025
6. Funded PhD Vacancy
Position Description:
The candidate will have the opportunity to work with the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Study, a unique study with detailed information on approximately one hundred thousand pregnancies (fhi.no/no/ch/studies/moba). The candidate will study symptoms during pregnancy using genetic epidemiology. The project will be carried out at the Center for Diabetes Research (uib.no/diabetes) located at the Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital in Bergen. The candidate will receive guidance and training, assistance with career development and the opportunity to conduct research stays abroad.
Deadline to Apply: December 7, 2025
7. Funded PhD Vacancy in Hanseatic history from the Middle Ages to the early modern period
Position Description:
The doctoral scholarship is linked to the research project “Women among the Hanseatic League in Bergen”, which aims to achieve a more holistic and nuanced understanding of women’s roles in relation to the Hanseatic community at Bryggen in Bergen. The project challenges the perception that this environment was a purely male society, and will examine how women played different roles in the life and trade of the Hanseatic merchants. The project is a collaboration between the University of Bergen and the Hanseatic Museum, and the fellow will have the opportunity to work in both places.