PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in materials science in Finland

Doctoral researcher opportunity at Aalto University in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Finland. The project focuses on structural fire engineering of cold-formed steel roof decking systems with perforations . The doctoral research will study the structural behaviour of perforated steel roof deck systems under different fire scenarios, using furnace fire tests , numerical simulations , and analyses of full-scale perforated steel deck systems. Expected outcomes include ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in 2D material nanocomposites for tunable photonics at Aalto University (School of Science, Department of Applied Physics, Multifunctional Nanocomposite group). This postdoctoral opening focuses on 2D materials , nanocomposites , MXenes , functional organic molecules, and tunable photonics . The project aims to develop a new optically active materials platform and demonstrate prototype devices with large modulation amplitudes or fast switching speeds. The work is highly i...

Doctoral Researcher in Rock Mechanics for Underground Hydrogen Storage and Risk-Based Design at Aalto University (School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering), based at the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland . This PhD position focuses on rock mechanics , underground hydrogen storage , risk-based design , geomechanics, numerical modelling, probabilistic methods, and experimental rock engineering. The project is part of the Research Council of Finland project Safety of High-Pressure Sto...

Exciting 3-year postdoctoral fellowship opportunity in photonics at Tampere University in Finland. The FutureChips programme , funded through the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND under Horizon Europe , offers 36-month postdoctoral fellowships for ambitious researchers who want to develop their own research direction in next-generation semiconductor and photonic technologies . Research directions mentioned by the group include TFLT nonlinear photonic building blocks , dielectric/TF...

The University of Oulu in Finland is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for a project on the fracture mechanical properties of welded structures for hydrogen applications . The role is based in the Materials and Mechanical Engineering (MME) research unit at the Faculty of Technology, a research environment focused on the physical metallurgy of high-strength steels and engineering solutions for modern, sustainable structures and machinery. This position is part of the MatH2 project , an industr...

The Department of Physics at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland is recruiting a Doctoral Researcher for a project on the optical and chemical characterization of slow liquid scintillators for neutrinoless double beta decay and other rare-event searches. The position starts on 1 January 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter, and is fixed-term for three and a half years, with the expectation that it leads to the completion of a doctoral thesis. This doctoral project is embedded in the Academ...

FutureChips postdoctoral fellowship call at Tampere University in Finland . This is a competitive postdoctoral fellowship opportunity in integrated photonics technologies , hosted by the group of Goëry Genty . The call is not a standard open postdoc; selection is based on the quality of the proposed project and the applicant’s scientific competence. MSCA mobility rules apply . Possible research directions include nonlinear photonic building blocks , thin-film lithium niobate/tantalate , dielectr...

Tampere University is recruiting 12 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Chip Technologies for its FutureChips Postdoctoral Programme . These are fixed-term, full-time positions for 3 years in the field of next-generation semiconductor technologies , with a research focus on fundamental technology and methods development. The programme spans four interconnected research areas: advanced compound materials and heterostructures , novel architectures , chip design , and advanced packaging . Successful c...

Tampere University is advertising a fully funded doctoral researcher position in Computational Physics within the Many-Body Theory group . The project focuses on the computational study of quantum nuclear effects in solids , with particular emphasis on how these effects influence the electronic structure and other properties of realistic solid-state systems. The research environment combines strong theoretical expertise with access to high-quality infrastructure, including supercomputer resource...