Europe Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027 — Page 9
471 verified europe scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. 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.
Max Planck School of Biomedical AI (BMAI) · Germany
The Max Planck School of Biomedical AI (BMAI) offers 25 fully funded three-year PhD positions at leading German research institutions. Interdisciplinary research at the interface of AI and life sciences. Application deadline: 1 December 2026. Applicants can apply without IELTS - German doctoral hiring assesses English through documents and interview.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) · Netherlands
UMCG is hiring a mechatronics engineer for the cryogenic kidney preservation programme, a research-driven technical role developing equipment that keeps donor kidneys viable at extremely low temperatures. The role sits at the interface of medical device engineering and transplant research, contributing to systems that are being developed to extend organ preservation windows beyond what current static cold storage allows. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
✓ Fully FundedEUR 3,897 - EUR 5,341 gross per month
MERGED trains membrane engineers for water treatment, gas separation and sustainable industrial processes across a French-coordinated consortium. Each year's call, with its scholarship deadline and mobility options, is published on the programme's application-procedure page.
MESPOM Consortium (Central European University) · Austria
MESPOM is the Erasmus Mundus master in environmental sciences, policy and management run by Central European University with Lund, Manchester and the University of the Aegean. For studies in 2027-2029, applications for financial aid and visa-sensitive applicants close on 7 January 2027, with later self-funded rounds on the admissions calendar.
META4.0 prepares engineers for the Industry 4.0 transition — smart manufacturing, industrial IoT, digital twins and data-driven production — across an Erasmus Mundus consortium of technical universities. Each year's call, including the exact closing date and scholarship places, is published on the programme site.
MIPDaL trains practitioners in international public diplomacy and law with a multi-round admission calendar: the scholarship and early-bird round has historically closed on 15 January, followed by windows in March and June. The 2027 cycle is expected to keep the same structure.
Partially FundedScholarship and early-bird fee reductions in the January
MISEI is an Erasmus Mundus master in inclusive education sciences, training specialists who design and lead inclusive schooling systems. Its application period runs from October 2026 to 1 February 2027, with Erasmus Mundus scholarships available for the 2027 cohort.
PhD at University of Edinburgh on molecular engineering of water treatment membranes using computational methods and machine learning. Competitive funding available. Deadline: 2 March 2027. Self-funded applications are accepted. A full studentship for this project is not guaranteed.
Partially FundedCompetitive funding may be available for 3
MOPGA (Make Our Planet Great Again) is France's research programme attracting international scientists to work on climate, earth sciences and the energy transition through doctoral and postdoctoral funding hosted at French institutions. Campus France publishes each year's call — including the application window and eligibility — on the MOPGA page.
Fully funded PhD fellowships in Quantum Science and Technology at IMPRS-QST and Munich Quantum Valley. Next application period: 15 Oct 2026 - 15 Jan 2027.
The MRC North West programme supports doctoral research in medical sciences. Hosted by University of Manchester in Manchester. Apply by 27 November 2026.
MSc European Forestry is an Erasmus Mundus joint master in forest sciences coordinated from the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu. The next call for student applications runs from 2 December 2026 to 13 January 2027 for the cohort starting in August 2027, and applications go through the Finnish Studyinfo service.
The University of Southampton recruits doctoral candidates to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network BlueOcean, focused on robotic monitoring and data processing for seafloor change. The network develops autonomous platforms, sensing technologies and data pipelines to observe and understand seafloor dynamics - from habitat change to geohazards - training a cohort of doctoral researchers across European partner institutions.
Prestigious Horizon Europe funded doctoral training networks offering fully funded PhD positions in engineering across Europe. Generous salary and mobility allowances.
The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027 support excellent researchers of any nationality to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility. Approximately 1,600 fellowships available with a living allowance of €6,350 per month. Opening date: 7 April 2027. Deadline: 8 September 2027.
MSCA doctoral network SPARK PhD position in numerical photonics at University of Namur. Gross salary ~€3,000/month plus mobility and family allowances. Deadline: 15 Nov 2026.
The Erasmus Mundus master in Journalism, Media and Globalisation, run from Aarhus University with partners including Amsterdam, Hamburg, Charles University and City St George's London, has opened applications for the 2027-2029 programme. The deadline is 10 January 2027 at 13:00 CET, and the consortium expects to award 10-15 Erasmus Mundus scholarships.
Mundus MAPP is the Erasmus Mundus master in public policy coordinated by Central European University with partner institutes across Europe. The financial-aid round closes on 1 December 2026, while self-funded applicants can apply until 15 April 2027 (non-EU) or 1 July 2027 (EU).
Queen Mary’s organ-on-a-chip CDT trains doctoral researchers in bioengineering and predictive in vitro models. The 2027 recruitment round is expected to open in late November 2026.
The NL Scholarship is the Dutch national grant for international students from outside the European Economic Area who come to the Netherlands for a full-time bachelor's or master's programme. The scheme, formerly known as the Holland Scholarship, is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science together with Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences.
Partially FundedEUR 5,000 paid in the first study year
NOHA Network (University of Groningen) · Netherlands
NOHA is the Erasmus Mundus joint master in international humanitarian action, coordinated from the University of Groningen through the NOHA network. For the 2027 intake the Erasmus Mundus scholarship deadline is 15 December 2026 at 23:59 GMT, while the central application deadline for all ordinary candidates is 1 April 2027 and non-EU applicants have until 1 July 2027.
