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
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