Last Updated on November 23, 2025 by admin
The University of Zurich (UZH), a premier European research university located in Switzerland’s largest city, is offering approximately 31 fully funded PhD positions and scholarships.
UZH is committed to training the next generation of academic leaders and provides a stimulating, interdisciplinary environment across its seven faculties. For most doctoral candidates at UZH, a “scholarship” refers to a salaried employment contract as a scientific assistant, ensuring financial stability and highly competitive pay while you pursue your research.
These 31 opportunities are distributed across a wide academic breadth, with significant recruitment in UZH’s key research focus areas:
Science & Medicine: Major research clusters in areas like Neuroscience, Immunology, Data Science in Biomedical Research, and Planetary Sciences.
Arts and Social Sciences: Focused areas including Digital Society, Linguistics, and Political Science.
Business, Economics and Informatics: Opportunities in Finance, Management, and Computer Science.
If you hold an excellent Master’s degree and seek to undertake doctoral research in a top-ranked European institution with secure funding, explore the specific projects and contact UZH faculty today to apply for one of these 31 positions.
31 fully funded PhD positions and scholarships
PhD Position – Exploring the human microbiome and human DNA/RNA markers for forensic (and clinical)
Doktoratsstelle im Römischen Recht, Privatrecht oder der Privatrechtsvergleichung
Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Doctoral Positions In Computational Visual Media Research (Prof. Dr. Jing Zeng)
Department of Communication and Media Research
PhD position in Nursing Implementation Science
Implementation Science in Health Care
PhD position in Nursing Implementation Science
Implementation Science in Health Care
Doctoral Candidate in AI and Optimization
Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning
Zwei Doktoratsstellen multigenerationale soziale Mobilität
Doktoratsstelle am Lehrstuhl “Entwicklungspsychologie: Erwachsenenalter”
Psychologisches Institut, Entwicklungspsychologie: Erwachsenenalter
Wissenschaftliche Assistenz (MLaw oder BLaw)
Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät / Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. iur. Daniel Jositsch
PhD position – Drought Tolerance of European beech
2 PhD positions within the Horizons project SOCIAL (Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia)
Postdoctoral researcher
Institut für Veterinäranatomie
PhD Position in Redox Chemical Biology
Support Forschung & Lehre
Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät / Lehrstuhl Frau Prof. Dr. iur. Ruth Arnet
Doctoral Candidate in computer vision and machine learning for developing novel deep learning methods for satellite-based tracking of global CO2 and NOX emissions of point sources
Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning (DM3L)
Doctoral Position in Cognition of Speech & Signing
Department of Computational Linguistics
Doctoral Position in Automatic Analysis of Fluency in Sign Languages
Department of Computational Linguistics
Wissenschaftliche Assistenz
Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät / Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. iur. Peter Georg Picht
StellentitelInstitut/AbteilungPensum
Senior Research Associate
Oberassistenz
Post-Doc (f/m/d) for research projects in Hepatology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Oberassistenz
Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Herr Prof. Dr. iur. Peter Georg Picht
PhD Position in Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Modeling: Antimicrobial Resistance and Treatment Strategies for Gonorrhea
Klinik für Infektionskrankheiten und Spitalhygiene, Universitätsspital Zürich
Doctoral Position in Human Voice Recognition Development
Department of Computational Linguistics
PhD position “Assistenz” in Modern Chinese Studies
Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Chinese Studies
Doktorand*in
Departement für Kleintiere, Klinik für Kleintiermedizin
Research Assistant
Institute of Education, Chair of Natural Science Education, Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert
StellentitelInstitut/AbteilungPensum
Wissenschaftliche*r Assistent*in
PhD position in cognitive neuroscience for 4 years
Doctoral (Ph.D.) / Assistant Position in Comparative Politics
Department of Political Science
PhD Position in middle-ear mechanics and middle-ear implant (SNSF project)
University Hospital Zurich, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery