Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in law and human reproduction
Summary of PhD Program:
The University Research Priority Program (URPP) “Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R” explores rapidly developing medical technologies in the field of human reproduction, the societal challenges they pose and their legal implications. This interdisciplinary positioned URPP is hosted by the Faculty of Law and brings together researchers from six faculties as well as from various disciplines from the humanities, social, medical and natural sciences. The URPP’s phase 2 (2025-2028) revolves around three main research foci: family, kinship and gender; declining fertility and non-reproduction; and CRISPR.
Application Deadline: December 8, 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Neuroscience of Motivation in Neurorehabilitation
Summary of PhD Program:
The Neuroscience of Cognition and Motivation in Rehabilitation Lab (NeuroCoRe) at the University and University Hospital of Zurich (Department of Medicine) is dedicated to translating motivational and cognitive neuroscience to develop innovative approaches in neurorehabilitation. Our core research interest is to understand the neuronal and behavioral correlates of motivation.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Large Scale User Experiments with Recommender Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the University of Zurich, Department of Informatics is looking for motivated applicants, who are interested in investigating how recommender systems can adhere to normative and beyond-accuracy objectives, as well as be made explainable, fair, and/or trustworthy. In the tradition of our research group to explore both the technical and behavioral dimension of computer science, we are seeking interested Ph.D. students to investigate the traditional computer science approach of how normative and responsible recommender systems can be built, as well as running large-scale behavioral studies in online environments to measure the impact of such recommender systems on user behaviour.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Personalized Visual Analytics: Human Preference Elicitation for Ranking-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Support
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, we will demonstrate how cutting-edge VA principles can be transferred to item ranking, to overcome remaining challenges, demonstrate effective and efficient interactive ranking creation solutions, and empower broad audiences. Limitations of ranking systems mainly include their incompatibility for the elicitation of item- and attribute-based preferences, insufficient handling of user-introduced uncertainty, inadequate guidance for engaging with large item sets, lacking interaction histories, inefficient human-centric feedback loops, or a lack of explanations and transparency of ranking algorithms, thus creating a disconnect between the technology and nuanced user needs. Finally, interactive ranking creation does not yet make use of interfaces for eliciting implicit user preferences, e.g., in textual form using large language models.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in LLM-based Voice Assistants in Early Dementia
Summary of PhD Program:
The advertised PhD position will be at the Chair of Digital Health Interventions. We offer funding for a 4-year (48 months) PhD position at 80% employment, as part of the SNSF project “GRACE: A voice assistant for improving quality of life in people with early dementia”. The PhD will be supervised by Prof. Tobias Kowatsch, Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno, and Dr. Rasita Vinay.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Natural Products in Drug Discovery
Summary of PhD Program:
There is a PhD Student position opening in the research group of Dr. Simon Sieber (which is part of Prof. Dr. Karl Gademann’s research group), located at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Zurich. Dr. Sieber’s research group focuses on developing analytical methods for the fast and selective identification of natural products. The project consists of synthesizing chemoselective probes to enhance the discovery process of novel natural products. This interdisciplinary approach combines Organic Synthesis, Analytical Chemistry, and Metabolomics.
Application Deadline: 29th November 2024
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich invites applications for a PhD position in the research group of Thomas Widmer, who holds a professorship in Political Science with focus on Evaluation.
Your responsibilities
- development and conduct your own PhD project in the professorship’s field of research, namely research on policy making, implementation and evaluation (with a focus on Switzerland)
- participation in the department’s doctoral program, which offers advanced methodological and substantive training as well as professional development
- contribution to the activities of the research group
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ethics of Voice Assistants in Dementia Care
Summary of PhD Program:
The institute (IBME) belongs to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich, and consists of two Chairs; Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine. Since 2009, the IBME has been a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics, and also provides ethical advice to numerous professional associations globally. The advertised PhD position will be at the Chair of Biomedical Ethics, in the PhD program “Biomedical Ethics and Law (medical track)”. The Chair was established at UZH in 2005 in response to the growing need for education, research and consultancy in the area of medical ethics and bioethics. The IBME is also involved in teaching activities for medical and dental students, as well as at the UZH History Seminar through the Chair of History of Medicine.
Application Deadline: 31.12.2024
9. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in American Literature and Culture
Summary of PhD Program:
The English Department of the University of Zurich invites applications for two Research and Teaching Assistantships at the Chair for American Literature and Culture (Prof. Dr. Katharina Gerund) to begin on 1 February 2025. These doctoral positions are open to candidates with a completed Master’s degree who plan to pursue a PhD in American Studies. The contracts are initially limited to three years (with the possibility of extension for up to three years).
Application Deadline: 6 December 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate will work on a project in the EcoVision Lab in cooperation with a large project consortium to build a Public Data Lab for measuring societal wellbeing under changing circumstances together with more partners from the University of Zurich, the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich, and the Zurich University of the Arts. Emphasis for the doctoral project is on developing deep learning and computer vision methods to jointly analyse street-view and depth imagery, aerial and terrrestrial laser scans, satellite imagery etc. in combination with auxiliary map layers provided by the project partners, cantonal and federal Swiss agencies to come up with dense, high-resolution, spatially explicit indicators of green spaces with emphasis on societal and environmental well-being.
Application Deadline: 16 December 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD position is offered within the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases (ITINERARE), a program at the University of Zurich dedicated to pioneering molecular and gene therapies for selected genetic disorders. Alongside these therapeutic advancements, ITINERARE offers a platform that brings together multidisciplinary expertise to address the societal challenges associated with novel therapies. The research will explore regulatory approaches, legal and ethical considerations, and pricing strategies, particularly for gene therapies and other innovative therapies for rare diseases. Working closely with clinicians, ethicists and life sciences researchers, the candidate will contribute to research that aims to enhance the responsible rollout of these therapies both in Switzerland and internationally.
Application Deadline: 30.11.2024
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Decades of Peace
Summary of PhD Program:
The “Decades of Peace” project aims to answer a critical question: How do societies move from persistent violence to sustainable peace? Despite a global decline in violence over centuries, many regions, particularly in Latin America, remain plagued by persistently high levels of violence entrenched in local social structures. The “Decades of Peace” project proposes a novel theory of alignment between state and societal institutions as a mechanism to overcome persistent violence.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
