Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Labour Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
The labour market division at KOF Swiss Economic Institute is a research division that monitors, analyses, and evaluates the effects of policies, institutions, and economic forces on jobs, the workforce, and wages, with the aim of establishing quantitative evidence relevant for policy makers and society at large. Core competencies include the analysis of firms’ demand for workers, wage setting and wage inequality, discrimination, and immigration. The team uses innovative large datasets and applies rigorous empirical methods to estimate causal effects. The division is headed by Michael Siegenthaler.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
2. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position in Production Management
Summary of PhD Program:
The Chair of Production and Operations Management (POM) (Prof. Netland) at D-MTEC, ETH Zurich, in cooperation with the Institute of Technology Management Division Production Management (ITEM) (Prof. Friedli) at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), is looking for up to 4 new doctoral students to be hired by ETH Zurich or HSG. This is a unique opportunity for top talent who are passionate about next-generation production management.
Application Deadline: 30.11.2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Innovation Economics/ Management
Summary of PhD Program:
The KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich is the leading institute for applied economic research in Switzerland. The Division Innovation Economics conducts high-quality empirical research. We use advanced methods to collect a wide variety of (big) data and analyze them using state-of-the-art econometric and text analytic methods. The division provides the basis for evidence-based policy making in Switzerland and publishes its analyses in leading field journals.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Security Politics
Summary of PhD Program:
Our research is both theoretically rigorous and empirically grounded, utilizing a wide range of methodologies. We focus on evolving threats to states and societies, as well as how key actors organize to address these challenges. Our sustained inquiry into political violence, security paradigms, and the institutions, processes, and policies aimed at reducing insecurity shapes everything we do.
Application Deadline: December 1, 2024
5. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Global History
Summary of PhD Program:
Elena Valdameri’s project will contribute to the costs of the successful applicant’s research visits to the relevant archives in India, PRC, Switzerland, the UK and the USA, as well as travel expenses for conferences. The professorship ‘History of the Modern World’ offers an inspiring research environment with an international team of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, and regular exchanges with scholars from around the world. Successful applicants will have full access to a modern infrastructure in one of the world’s leading research universities located in the heart of Europe. The salary is based on the ETH standards and regulations.
Application Deadline: 31 October 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in friction in architected materials
Summary of PhD Program:
The Computational Mechanics of Building Materials (CMBM) aims to understand and predict mechanical failure in materials and structures. By combining numerical modeling tools with tailored laboratory experiments and theoretical models, we create a holistic perspective on mechanical failure, bridging the gap between material behavior at the small scale and principles governing catastrophic failure at the system level. CMBM is a highly interdisciplinary and international research team.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Labour Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate(s) will conduct academic research within the project “Labor Market Inequality in Modern Labour Markets” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The project is led by Dr. Michael Siegenthaler and will last four years. Using large-scale register data linked to online employer review and survey data from Switzerland and Germany, the main research objectives of this project are to understand the importance of non-wage work arrangements for workers and firms – and the implications for labour market inequality – in Germany and Switzerland.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in directed evolution of material-making microbes
Summary of PhD Program:
Utilize a droplet microfluidic platform for the directed evolution of functional microorganisms and investigate genotype-phenotype correlations of selected strains compared to native species. The project will involve the design and fabrication of microfluidic devices, the directed evolution and sorting of microorganisms under selective pressure, as well as the characterization of the biological activity and the genetic analysis of selected microbial strains.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Technology and AI for Individual and Organisational Resilience
Summary of PhD Program:
In the upcoming project, we will examine how technology and AI can be leveraged to strengthen individual and organisational resilience across a variety of fields (e.g., business, education etc.). To do so, we will examine how both detection (e.g., use of data) and intervention (i.e., application of technology) can support individual (i.e., cognitive performance, stress, learning etc.) and organisational (i.e., staff turnover, employee satisfaction etc.) outcomes. This will be achieved through primary and secondary data collection in both controlled and field settings. The successful candidate will shape projects and research questions within this overarching scope.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
10. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Architecture and Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
The A&T Doctoral Programme is ETH Zurich’s interdisciplinary educational platform committed to training scholars in research and teaching of technology in architecture. The programme is offered and managed collaboratively by the chairs of the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA). The work of the ITA chairs assimilates many diverse aspects of employing science, technology and engineering in architecture, including computational design of buildings and structures, building processes and systems, digital and robotic construction and fabrication, and many others. For more information about our institute, please consult the ITA website, and check out the ten years of ITA video.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in combustion instabilities of hydrogen flames
Summary of PhD Program:
This research work will combine experiments and modeling. The experimental research will be performed on a lab-scale, high-pressure test facility. Experimental techniques for fluid mechanics, combustion and acoustics will be used, including laser-based optical diagnostics. The modeling work will consist in the development of analytical low-order models of the combustion instabilities, and in large eddy simulations of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cryo-Atom Probe Tomography for Corrosion Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
In this particular project, the student will develop an experimental methodology to study early-stage nanoscale corrosion processes at the metal-liquid interface, leveraging advanced microscopy techniques, namely cryo-transfer focused ion beam (FIB) and atom probe tomography (APT) in combination with additional nano-characterization techniques. The focus will lie on iron and steel corrosion in neutral and alkaline environments, that are relevant for infrastructure corrosion in the energy and transportation sector, radioactive waste disposal, or archaeology.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Rock Mechanics
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, you will use the state-of-the-art laboratory and numerical modelling infrastructure available to the Chair of Engineering Geology to develop, test and apply a new methodology to investigate the behaviour of jointed rock. This will combine state-of-the-art mechanical tests with recent developments in additive manufacturing. You will then use numerical modelling to develop, validate and test the newly developed methodology. Finally, you will perform scaled experiments of engineering geology systems to make fundamental insights into processes such as rock slope failure and rock fracture propagation in jointed rock.
Application Deadline: October 31st, 2024
