Last Updated on December 31, 2025 by Scholar Idea
ETH Zurich in Switzerland invites application for vacant PhD Scholarships, one of the leading universities for technology and the natural sciences in Switzerland.
PhD Scholarships
PhD Position: Computational Design and Digital Fabrication of high-performance timber plate structures100%, Zurich, fixed-term19.12.2025 | Departement Architektur, Gramazio Kohler Research
PhD Position: Molecular Thermodynamics Modeling for the Energy Transition100%, Zurich, fixed-term19.12.2025 | Molecular Engineering Thermodynamics
Doctoral Position in Earth Observation and Remote Sensing100%, Zurich, fixed-term19.12.2025 | Institute of Environmental Engineering
Doctoral Fellowship in Landscape and Urban Studies100%, Zurich, fixed-term18.12.2025 | D-ARCH LUS
Doctoral position in isotope geochemistry for marine authigenic clay formation and the silicon cycle100%, Zurich, fixed-term16.12.2025 | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD position focused on Electrocatalysis100%, Zurich, fixed-term16.12.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich
PhD Position in Foundation Models for Medical Reasoning100%, Basel, fixed-term16.12.2025 | Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
PhD position to study epigenomic diversity and altitude adaptation in Arabis alpina100%, Zurich, fixed-term15.12.2025 | Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS), ETH Zürich
PhD Position in Visual Computing and (Self-)calibration for XR devices100%, Zurich, fixed-term15.12.2025 | Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), D-ARCH, D-BAUG, D-INFK
PhD position in Smart Sensors & Energy Efficient Machine Learning100%, Zurich, fixed-term15.12.2025 | Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
PhD Student in Medical & Surgical Robotics100%, Zurich, fixed-term11.12.2025 | Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
PhD Position in Meta-Structures with Autonomous Sensing Capacities100%, Zurich, fixed-term08.12.2025 | Institute of Structural Engineering
PhD position in Development of a microfluidic platform for diagnosis of sepsis100%, Basel, fixed-term08.12.2025 | Dpartment Biosystems Science and Engineering, Bioanalytics Group
PhD in Active Meta-Structures for Enhanced Damage Detection and Localization on Wind Turbine Blades100%, Zurich, fixed-term08.12.2025 | Institute of Structural Engineering
PhD Position in Reflection Seismology for Carbon Capture and Sequestration100%, Zurich, fixed-term04.12.2025 | Institute of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
PhD Position in Metabolic Discovery and Mechanistic Physiology using Exhalomics in Dairy Cows100%, Zurich, fixed-term03.12.2025 | Institute of Animal Sciences, Animal Nutrition Group
PhD Student Position in Public Economics100%, Zurich, fixed-term03.12.2025 | KOF Swiss Economic Institute
PhD position in Environmental Chemistry of Biodegradable Polymers100%, Zurich, fixed-term01.12.2025 | Department of Environmental Systems Sciences (ETH) and Eawag
PhD position in Decision Support at the Fleet Level100%, Zurich, fixed-term26.11.2025 | Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG)
PhD Position in Computational Materials Theory (Nickelate Superconductors)100%, Zurich, fixed-term24.11.2025 | Materials Theory
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
Doctoral Positions in AI for Computational Thinking100%, Zurich, fixed-term11.11.2025 | D-INFK; Programming, Education, and Computer-Human Interaction group
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
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 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)
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 on Nonlinear Topological Metamaterials100%, Zurich, fixed-term17.10.2025 | Combustion, Acoustics & Flow Physics (CAPS)
PhD Position in Ultrafast Condensed Matter Physics100%, Zurich, fixed-term08.10.2025 | Ultrafast physics, ultrafast spectroscopy, condensed matter, quantum materials
Doctoral Fellowships in Architecture and Technology100%, Zurich, fixed-term06.10.2025 | Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) / Department of Architecture (D-ARCH)
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
