ETH Zurich, a world-leading university consistently ranked among the top institutions globally for science and technology, is actively seeking exceptional candidates for approximately 40 fully funded PhD Scholarships and scholarships.
Doctoral studies at ETH Zurich are primarily conducted through salaried research Scholarships rather than traditional scholarships, meaning that most PhD candidates are employed as scientific assistants and receive a competitive salary based on ETH standards.
Funded PhD Scholarships at ETH Zurich
PhD in Meta-optics based optomechanics100%, Zurich, fixed-term18.11.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT)
Doctoral fellowship in History and Theory of Architecture100%, Zurich, fixed-term17.11.2025 | Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture
PhD position Wood Materials Science – DC11:Electrically conductive bio-based materials -within the Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Actions –Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) RE-Fibre100%, Zurich, fixed-term13.11.2025 | Partnerinserat | D-BAUG, Institute for Building Materials, Wood Materials Science
Doctoral Positions in AI for Computational Thinking100%, Zurich, fixed-term11.11.2025 | D-INFK; Programming, Education, and Computer-Human Interaction group
PhD Position in Energy-Efficient Machine Learning for Wearable and Augmented Reality Systems100%, Zurich, fixed-term06.11.2025 | Integrated Systems Laboratory (D-ITET)
PhD Student in Macroeconomic Forecasting100%, Zurich, fixed-term06.11.2025 | KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Research Division Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science
PhD Position – C++ Software Engineering of a 3D Cell-Based Tissue Simulation Framework100%, Basel, fixed-term04.11.2025 | D-BSSE, CoBi
PhD candidate for developing highly efficient and ultra-wide range converter systems for DC power supplies100%, Zurich, fixed-term03.11.2025 | Laboratory for High Power Electronic Systems / D-ITET
PhD candidate for developing multi-physics models of high-power medium frequency transformers100%, Zurich, fixed-term31.10.2025 | Laboratory for High Power Electronic Systems / D-ITET
Doctoral Student in Development Economics100%, Zurich, fixed-term29.10.2025 | ETH Zurich – Development Economics Group (ETH-DEC)
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 Experimental mechanics100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.10.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
PhD position in Computational mechanics100%, Zurich, fixed-term28.10.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
PhD Position in Advanced 3D Organotypic Bone Models for In Vitro Osteosynthesis Research100%, Zurich, fixed-term27.10.2025 | Institute for Biomechanics
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)
PhD position/ 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
PhD student position in fluid dynamics and optics for biomedical applications100%, Zurich, fixed-term14.10.2025 | Institute of Fluid Dynamics
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
EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) PhD Position: Bioprinting next generation functional tissues100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.10.2025 | Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication
PhD position on quantum computing100%, Zurich, fixed-term30.09.2025 | Theoretical computer science, physics, applied mathematics
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
RobotX PhD Program100%, Zurich, fixed-term05.09.2025 | Center for Robotics
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 position in the Distributed Computing Group100%, Zurich, fixed-term12.08.2025 | Distributed Computing Group
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