PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Aerospace Engineering in Italy

This PhD scholarship is hosted by the Conservatorio di Musica N. Piccinni in Bari and is centred on the interdisciplinary topic of Computational Electroacoustic Music Composition, Generative Algorithmic Models and Computational Complexity . The programme brings together music theory, composition theory, electroacoustic composition, electronic music, computer science, and mathematics, offering advanced training that links artistic creation with computational and analytical methods. Candidates wil...

The Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) in Trieste invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship starting in Fall 2027. IFPU is a collaborative research initiative linking SISSA, ICTP, INAF Trieste Observatory, and with additional support from INFN, creating an interdisciplinary environment focused on some of the most active questions in modern cosmology and fundamental physics. The fellowship is embedded in IFPU’s broad research ecosystem, where postdoctoral researcher...

The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in L’Aquila is offering six Ph.D. positions in its doctoral program Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences . The program is organized within GSSI’s Mathematics area, which brings together faculty working across analysis, fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, and probability/statistical mechanics. The doctoral structure includes graduate coursework in the first year, after which students choose a research project and a thesis advisor. The advertised...

The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in L’Aquila, Italy, is offering six fully funded positions within its four-year PhD programme in Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences. The Fluid Dynamics area welcomes applicants to develop their own research focus rather than joining a predefined project. The Fluid Dynamics group investigates a broad range of problems in fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics, including turbulent flows, high-speed aerodynamics, heat transfer, hydrody...

This research contract at Politecnico di Milano is hosted by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology and focuses on Autonomous Cislunar Relative Orbit control for CubeSats (ACRO-Cube) . The project is centered on the safe and fuel-efficient station-keeping of CubeSats flying in formation in the challenging cislunar region between the Earth and the Moon. The selected researcher will work on modelling relative orbital dynamics in the cislunar environment, developing and verifying reduce...

Politecnico di Milano , through its Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), is recruiting for a research contract focused on the mechanical characterization of planetary surfaces . The project aims to define a methodology and an instrumentation architecture for studying the mechanical properties of surfaces in space environments. The research is centered on in-situ exploration of Solar System small bodies , with applications to lunar missions and asteroid missions . The work combi...

This research contract is hosted by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano in Milano Bovisa . The project is centered on the verification and validation of scientific cameras and their acquisition chains for space missions, with the activity primarily applied to the LUMIO mission . The selected researcher will work on developing innovative methodologies and techniques to characterize the optical, radiometric, and functional performance of scientific cameras. ...

The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), through the Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA) in Bari, is offering one research contract within a programme in biomedical engineering, biomedical signal analysis, human movement study, and technologies for health and well-being . The position is centered on the analysis of EMG signals and muscle synergies . The selected researcher will work on the acquisition of multichannel EMG data from...

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Mathematics section is offering postdoctoral fellowships starting in 2027. The positions are based in Trieste and are embedded in a broader mathematics environment that connects ICTP with SISSA and the University of Trieste. Successful fellows will pursue their own research in mathematics while taking part in the scientific life of the Centre. The fellowship is designed for researchers who can make strong use of ICTP’s facilitie...