ETH Zurich in Switzerland invites application for vacant PhD Scholarships, one of the leading universities for technology and the natural sciences in Switzerland.
PhD Student in Food Process Engineering100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.10.2025 | Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health
PhD Position in Fire Behaviour of Timber-encased Steel Composite Structures100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.10.2025 | Institute of Structural Engineering, D-BAUG (Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)
PhD Position in Advanced 3D Organotypic Bone Models for In Vitro Osteosynthesis Research100%, Zurich, fixed-term27.10.2025 | Institute for Biomechanics
Funded Ph.D. Positions at the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)100%, Zurich, fixed-term24.10.2025 | Partnerinserat | Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)
PhD Student in Sustainable Finance and Climate Risk100%, Zurich, fixed-term22.10.2025 | Group for Sustainable Finance
PhD positions in computational quantum many-body physics, machine learning, non-Hermitian systems100%, Zurich, fixed-term22.10.2025 | Department of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP)
PhD positions in High-voltage circuit breaker technology100%, Zurich, fixed-term22.10.2025 | High Voltage Laboratory
PhD Position: Spatio-temporal causal modeling of shared EV demand100%, Zurich, fixed-term21.10.2025 | Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Dept. Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Doktorand:in Minimal Viable Products and Innovation Pathways in Engineering (m/w/d)100%, Zürich, befristet20.10.2025 | Professur für Produktentwicklung und Konstruktion an der ETH Zürich, Departement Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik
Two PhD positions in Biophysics and rheology of bacterial biofilms100%, Zurich, fixed-term20.10.2025 | Institute of Environmental Engineering
PhD Position: Synthetic surrogates to trace microbial transmission in healthcare settings100%, Zurich, fixed-term17.10.2025 | D-CHAB
PhD position on Nonlinear Topological Metamaterials100%, Zurich, fixed-term17.10.2025 | Combustion, Acoustics & Flow Physics (CAPS)
Doctoral Researcher in Energy Systems, Data Centers and Digitalization100%, Zurich, fixed-term16.10.2025 | Chair of Energy Systems Analysis (ESA)
Doktorand:In Navigating Safety-Security Interrelations and Related Human Factors in Critical Infrastructures (m/w/d)100%, Zürich, befristet16.10.2025 | Security, Privacy & Society, D-GESS
ETH AI Center Post-Doc Fellowships 2026100%, Zurich, fixed-term15.10.2025 | Partnerinserat | ETH AI Center
PhD student position in fluid dynamics and optics for biomedical applications100%, Zurich, fixed-term14.10.2025 | Institute of Fluid Dynamics
ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellowships 2026100%, Zurich, fixed-term13.10.2025 | Partnerinserat | ETH AI Center
PhD Position in Ultrafast Condensed Matter Physics100%, Zurich, fixed-term08.10.2025 | Ultrafast physics, ultrafast spectroscopy, condensed matter, quantum materials
PhD Position in Deformation & Microstructures of Eclogites100%, Zurich, fixed-term07.10.2025 | Structural Geology and Tectonics/ Geological Institute / Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD position on hydrogen turbulent combustion100%, Zurich, fixed-term06.10.2025 | Combustion, Acoustics & Flow Physics (CAPS)
Doctoral Fellowships in Architecture and Technology100%, Zurich, fixed-term06.10.2025 | Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) / Department of Architecture (D-ARCH)
Scientific Assistant in the Optimization of Rail System Development Processes100%, Zurich, fixed-term03.10.2025 | Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management
PhD Position in Decentralized Resource-Constrained Machine Learning100%, Zurich, fixed-term03.10.2025 | Distributed Computing Group
PhD position: Mapping CO2 Capture technologies with CO2 emitters100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.10.2025 | Energy and Process Systems Engineering
PhD Position in Soccer Analytics100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.10.2025 | Social Networks Lab
EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) PhD Position: Bioprinting next generation functional tissues100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.10.2025 | Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication
PhD position in Molecular Biology & Biophysics – Hospenthal Group100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.10.2025 | Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, ETH Zurich
PhD position on quantum computing100%, Zurich, fixed-term30.09.2025 | Theoretical computer science, physics, applied mathematics
PhD positions in Agri – Food System Policy and Plant-Based Value Chains100%, Zurich, fixed-term29.09.2025 | forthcoming school of public policy at ETH / GESS
PhD Position in Atmospheric Chemistry100%, Zurich, fixed-term29.09.2025 | Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC)
PhD Position in Novel Frequency Combs and Coupled Cavity Physics100%, Zurich, fixed-term25.09.2025 | Department of Physics
PhD Position in Frequency Lattices and RF-Controlled Comb Dynamics100%, Zurich, fixed-term25.09.2025 | Department of Physics
Two PhD positions in atmospheric selenium research: field & lab analyses and process-based modeling100%, Zurich, fixed-term25.09.2025 | Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics
Doctoral Student in Food Biochemistry100%, Zurich, fixed-term15.09.2025 | Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health
RobotX PhD Program100%, Zurich, fixed-term05.09.2025 | Center for Robotics
PhD on interrogating chirality at the nanoscale100%, Zurich, fixed-term04.09.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT)
PhD position: Development of catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to higher alcohols100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.08.2025 | Laboratory of Energy Science and Engineering
PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction: Adaptive Systems in Mixed Reality (UI + LLMs)100%, Zurich, fixed-term20.08.2025 | Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab | Institute of Intelligent Interactive Systems | Department of Computer Science
PhD and Postdoc Positions for Supramolecular Catalytic Systems100%, Basel, fixed-term18.08.2025 | Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
PhD candidate for developing concepts for active/passive EMI/input filters and tools for filter design optimisation100%, Zurich, fixed-term18.08.2025 | Laboratory for High Power Electronic Systems / D-ITET
PhD and Postdoc Positions in Advanced Bioelectronic & Electrical Conversion Research100%, Basel, fixed-term14.08.2025 | Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
PhD and Postdoc Positions for Synthetic Biology-Inspired Therapies100%, Basel, fixed-term14.08.2025 | Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
PhD position in the Distributed Computing Group100%, Zurich, fixed-term12.08.2025 | Distributed Computing Group
PhD student for analysis of phase transformations in metallic solid glasses at the atomic level100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.07.2025 | Department of Materials – Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology