Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sub-Seasonal Predictability of Extreme Storm Impacts
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for a PhD position in the field of Atmospheric Sciences at the Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre, University of Bern. The project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, aims to advance the understanding and prediction of extreme storms and their associated impacts in Europe and the North Atlantic on sub-seasonal to seasonal “timescales – spanning” from two weeks to two months. The goal of the PhD project is to provide valuable insights on the predictability of extreme storm impacts in present and future climate. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Hilla Afargan-Gerstman.
Application Deadline: 10.01.2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Digital Pathology
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary supervisor for the project is Prof. María Rodríguez Martínez, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at the Yale School of Medicine, and an adjunct researcher with the Institute of Tissue Medicine and Pathology (ITMP), University of Bern. The student will be based at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and will join the group of the secondary supervisor, Prof. Inti Zlobec, a Professor of Digital Pathology at the ITMP. Collaboration between both groups is expected. To ensure this, a portion of the PhD program will be spent at Yale University.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in business administration (Operations Research)
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Bern is one of the 150 best universities in the world. The professorship for quantitative methods in business administration represents the areas of operations research, analytics and operations management in research and teaching at the Department of Business Administration. We are filling a doctoral and assistant position as of August 1, 2025 or by agreement. The aim of the research is to develop operations research methods for use in project management.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sub-Seasonal Predictability of Extreme Storm Impacts
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite applications for a PhD position in the field of Atmospheric Sciences at the Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre, University of Bern. The project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, aims to advance the understanding and prediction of extreme storms and their associated impacts in Europe and the North Atlantic on sub-seasonal to seasonal “timescales – spanning” from two weeks to two months. The goal of the PhD project is to provide valuable insights on the predictability of extreme storm impacts in present and future climate. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Hilla Afargan-Gerstman.
Application Deadline: 10.01.2025
5. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position in Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Economics at the University of Bern invites applications to four vacant positions for Doctoral Students in economics. The successful candidates will participate in the teaching and research activities of the applied microeconomics and econometrics group of the Department of Economics. They are expected to finish the dissertation within four years.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Tumor Radiobiology of Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy
Summary of PhD Program:
Dr. Cristian Fernandez-Palomo is offering an exciting opportunity for a PhD candidate to join our interdisciplinary team and work on tumor biology and immune modulation in sub-millimeter Spatially Fractionated Radiotherapy (sub-mm SFRT) as part of the MIRACLE project. Sub-mm SFRT is an innovative radiotherapy technique that uses spatially modulated radiation beams, including microbeams and minibeams, at sub-millimeter scales. This method creates distinct regions of high and low doses (peaks and valleys), enabling precise tumor targeting while preserving surrounding healthy tissues.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in User-centered Generative AI for intuitive data interactions
Summary of PhD Program:
The Information Management Department of the Institute of Business Information Systems at the University of Bern is looking for committed young scientists (m/f/d) for a postdoc or doctoral position as part of an interdisciplinary research project. The aim of the project is to research and develop innovative solutions based on generative AI technologies (GenAI) that enable intuitive support for users in complex issues. The focus is on applications with “impact” that address real social and economic challenges and bring GenAI technologies closer to different user groups.
Application Deadline: January 27, 2025
8. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Philosophy
Summary of PhD Program:
The Institute of Philosophy at the University of Bern offers two PhD positions within the project “Worldly Indeterminacy”, which is funded by an SNSF Consolidator grant. The working hypothesis of this project is that there are facts about the world that remain indeterminate no matter how much we know. The goal is to develop a metaphysical theory of this indeterminacy and to investigate its consequences for normative questions, especially the attribution of responsibility. The project group will consist of four members: Prof. Dr. Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (University of Bern), Dr. Jonas Werner (University of Bern), and two PhD students.
Application Deadline: 20.01.2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in veterinary epidemiology of free-roaming dog movements and diseases
Summary of PhD Program:
A fully funded PhD position is available at the Veterinary Public Health institute on the population structure, movement behaviour, and connectivity of free-roaming dogs and their viruses. This position is part of a large interdisciplinary project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) with several PhD positions aiming to determine the role of free-roaming dogs in the spread and persistence of infectious disease. The project will combine experts from veterinary and social sciences, epidemiology, mathematical modelling and population genetics to test which influence the landscape, infrastructure and human-dog relationships have on disease transmission.
Application Deadline: February 20, 2025
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning and Medical Imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
The Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (AIMI) lab at the University of Bern’s ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research invites applications from excellent scientists and engineers with a strong background in machine learning and computer vision to work on innovative methods in the domains of medical image computing. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with excellent technical skills to join our research group. We require outstanding students with in-depth programming and analytical capabilities and a strong background in machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision. Candidates will be expected to create new state-of-the-art machine learning methods for applications of medical imaging computing.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
