Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in mathematics or mathematical statistics, with focus on geometric deep learning
Summary of PhD Program:
Machine learning (‘artificial intelligence’) is having an immense impact on both society at large and research especially, and this impact is expected to increase. This boom is driven by so-called deep neural networks, a class of machine learning models proven incredibly powerful, versatile, and capable of solving many machine learning tasks. Mathematicians have taken huge steps towards theoretically understanding their empirical success, but many open questions remain.
A subfield within neural network theory is geometric deep learning. It concerns symmetries in the data or the learning task and constructing neural networks that react properly to them (equivariant networks). Examples of such symmetries are symmetries towards rotations of point clouds, translations of images or permutations of nodes in graphs. Combining the geometric/algebraic theory of (group) symmetries with the more analytical/statistical theory of machine learning allows for mathematically multifaceted research.
Application Deadline: 2024-08-26
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physiotherapy
Summary of PhD Program:
Umeå University is one of Sweden’s largest higher education institutions with over 37,000 students and about 4,700 employees. The University offers a diversity of high-quality education and world-leading research in several fields. Notably, the groundbreaking discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool, which was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was made here. At Umeå University, everything is close.
Application Deadline: 2024-08-07
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry, with a specialization in recycling lithium ion battery
Summary of PhD Program:
Our research group at the Nordic Membrane Laboratory, Umeå University, is dedicated to designing and synthesizing innovative materials and methods to advance the field of separation science. In collaboration with Toyota Motor Europe (TME), we are pleased to offer a PhD position focused on developing a novel approach to recycling lithium-ion batteries. This interdisciplinary project provides a unique opportunity to engage in a spectrum of activities including recycling, separation, re-manufacturing, and testing of lithium-ion battery components.
Application Deadline: 2024-07-03
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Experimental Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The ‘Ultrafast Nanoscience’ group at Umeå University is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate interested in performing research on ultrafast spectroscopy in condensed matter nanosystems. The project interfaces exciting fields of research, including ultrafast science, photonics and magnetism, with an overarching goal to understand the dynamics of electronic degrees of freedom (charges and spins) in nanostructured materials.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-30
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Medical Science
Summary of PhD Program:
The main goal of the project is to develop an AI system for rehabilitation of patients with impaired arm and hand function. At the hand surgery clinic in Umeå, patients with impaired function in their arm and hand are treated. This may include traumatic amputation injuries as well as congenital absence or underdevelopment of a part of the upper extremity, a condition sometimes referred to as dysmelia. Injuries to the arm’s nerve plexus (plexus injury), or other nerves, can lead to a dramatic reduction in motor functions in the arm and hand.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-30
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in developing membranes for gas separation applications
Summary of PhD Program:
Our research group strives to design and synthesize innovative materials that will shape the future of separation science. In this particular project, we are dedicated to synthesizing polymer, and fabricating carbon molecular sieve membranes for gas separation application. The project represents a true intersection of various disciplines, offering you the opportunity to actively participate in the design and synthesis of polymers, fabricate membranes, and test the membrane for gas separation applications. Within this project, you will have access to cutting-edge gas separation facilities (e.g., gas booster, gas permeation, gas filtration, etc.), spinning hollow fiber membranes (single layer and dual layer), and carbonization equipment. Your contributions will play a crucial role in advancing our understanding and development of new materials for gas separation applications.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-26
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sociology
Summary of PhD Program:
The first project is called ‘Disentangling discrimination in Europe: Patterns, processes, and consequences of discrimination experiences among multiple targeted groups in a comparative perspective’. The PhD student in this project will work with survey data (e.g. from the European Commission for Human Rights) to answer questions about both the causes and consequences of discrimination in society. Collaborations in an international environment are part of the work, as the project’s partner university is in Alicante, Spain.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-19
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Sciences within the national Data-Driven Life Sciences program
Summary of PhD Program:
This position is part of a national data-driven life science (DDLS) program recruitment. DDLS uses data, computational methods, and artificial intelligence to study biological systems and processes at all levels, from molecular structures and cellular processes to human health and global ecosystems. The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for DDLS aims to recruit and train the next generation of data-driven life scientists and to create globally leading computational and data science capabilities in Sweden. The program is funded with a total of 3.1 billion SEK (about 290 MUSD) over 12 years from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Foundation.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-17
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computing Science with focus on data privacy
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will develop privacy-aware machine learning (ML) models. We are interested in building models that are explainable and are extracted from complex and heterogeneous data. Within explainable ML, we are interested in topics as provenance, interpretable and transparent models. Within privacy, we are interested in different types of privacy measures and models (differential and integral privacy, k-anonymity), different scenarios (centralized and decentralized data; local and global privacy). For decentralized data, we consider federated learning. Other topics of interest for this project are: aggregation, voting, game theory, and graph theory.
Application Deadline: 2024-06-14
