405 verified phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by TU Delft, University of Manchester and Max Planck Society. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
TU Delft · Netherlands
Within Future Network Services, this PhD develops methods for understanding risks to 6G infrastructure and network operations. The work supports planning, network evolution and disaster recovery. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
University of Amsterdam · Netherlands
The University of Amsterdam invites applications for a PhD candidate in access, actors and accountability, studying the role of researchers in AI governance. The project examines how knowledge produced by researchers enters AI governance processes, which actors gain access to regulatory arenas, and how accountability arrangements shape whose expertise counts when AI systems are governed.
Eindhoven University of Technology · Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a PhD position on the acoustic performance of timber structure connections, within the QUIET-ARC project. Timber construction is expanding rapidly as a low-carbon alternative to concrete and steel, but the acoustic behaviour of timber connections - where beams, panels and floors meet - remains hard to predict, limiting both comfort and code compliance.
Eindhoven University of Technology · Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a PhD position on advanced epitaxial growth for indium-phosphide (InP) based photonic integrated circuits. The doctoral project works with a state-of-the-art Aixtron epitaxy reactor to grow InP, InGaAsP and InAlGaAs heterostructures that form the active building blocks of integrated photonic devices.
TU Delft is recruiting a doctoral researcher to coordinate AI agents managing radio, transport, computing and service resources in future 6G networks. The position belongs to the Future Network Services programme. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
University of Liverpool · United Kingdom
The University of Liverpool is advertising a funded doctorate on context-aware metabolite annotation. It builds on Integrated Probabilistic Annotation to reduce reliance on simple mass matching.
AITHYRA — Austrian Academy of Sciences · Austria
Fully funded PhD in AI for Biomedicine at AITHYRA Vienna, at the intersection of machine learning, experimental biology, chemistry and medicine.
Hanken School of Economics · Finland
Fully funded four-year PhD at Hanken School of Economics investigating how AI agents and algorithms reshape co-creation, morality, and business models in creative industries.
University of Surrey · United Kingdom
The University of Surrey is offering a doctorate on AI-assisted camera-lens design. The project combines computer vision, graphics and computational imaging to connect optical design choices with image quality.
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) · Spain
Fully funded PhD at ICIQ Tarragona developing AI-accelerated photochemical methods for upgrading pollutants in continuous flow.
ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Fully funded ETH Zurich PhD in management and organization research on AI in strategic management at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation (SMI). Rolling review.
University of Manchester · United Kingdom
This dual-award PhD project will investigate how environmental factors influence the evolution of antimicrobial resistance across Manchester and Peking University.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position in art-science-action integration and challenge-based sustainability education. The project studies how creative and artistic practices can be integrated with scientific learning and real-world action in sustainability education, and how such integration changes students' engagement with complex environmental problems.
The Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in atmospheric sciences and oceanography, focused on aerosol-cloud-climate interactions. The project studies how atmospheric particles influence cloud properties and, through them, the climate system - one of the largest sources of uncertainty in climate projection.
The Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in atmospheric sciences and oceanography, focused on clouds in the atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-layer clouds regulate the exchange of energy and moisture between the surface and the free atmosphere, and their behaviour is central to weather and climate prediction.
Stockholm University · Sweden
The Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in atmospheric sciences and oceanography, focused on mixed-phase cloud processes. Mixed-phase clouds - containing both supercooled liquid water and ice - control cloud lifetime and radiative effect in cold regions, and their representation remains a challenge for weather and climate models.
The Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in atmospheric sciences and oceanography, focused on machine-learning methods in climate modelling. The project applies modern data-driven techniques - from neural parameterisations to hybrid physics-ML modelling - to improve how climate models represent subgrid and coupled processes.
University of Manchester · United Kingdom
This project focuses on developing a comprehensive Bayesian learning framework for high-dimensional structural data with practical applications.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS doctorate investigates how behavioural interventions can reduce pollution from residents’ domestic activities. It combines evidence synthesis with experimental evaluation.
Stockholm University · Sweden
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in biochemistry. The department conducts fundamental research on the molecular machinery of life, spanning enzyme mechanisms, membrane proteins, RNA biology and cellular metabolism, using approaches that connect structural, biochemical and cell-biological methods.
University of Cambridge · United Kingdom
This project focuses on Biohybrid Photosynthesis, Photocatalysis, Air-to-Fuel, and Sustainable Technologies within the Reisner Lab.
Stockholm University · Sweden
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in bioinformatics. The position develops computational approaches to biological data, working across large-scale sequencing, proteomics or imaging datasets depending on the project line, and contributing methods that the department's experimental groups rely on.
Lund University invites applications for a doctoral student in biomedical engineering specialising in engineering acoustics. The project bridges bioacoustics and medical technology, taking the echolocation abilities of dolphins as inspiration for advances in computational acoustics and medical ultrasound.
Stockholm University · Sweden
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University invites applications for a PhD student position in biophysics. The position addresses quantitative questions about the structure, dynamics and interactions of biological molecules, using methods that may include optical and single-molecule spectroscopy, computational modelling and advanced biochemical assays.