PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Finance in Netherlands

Fully Funded PhD in Environmental Engineering Wageningen University & Research’s Environmental Technology Group is offering a fully funded PhD position focused on turning faecal sludge into clean energy. The doctoral research will involve work connected with Kenya and Ethiopia, addressing sustainable sanitation, waste-to-energy conversion, environmental technology, and resource recovery. Applicants should hold a relevant Master’s degree and demonstrate strong laboratory skills. Essential qualifi...

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in optimization-driven verification and validation of precision machines . The project focuses on discovering how high-precision machines can fail before they are built. The researcher will help develop optimization-driven methods that automatically identify critical “unknown-unsafe” scenarios in semiconductor equipment and other high-tech systems. This opportunity is particularly relevant to researchers in mechanical ...

PhD opportunity in Process-Aware Information Systems for Circular Care Pathways at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands. Join the NWO KIC-funded REMARK project and investigate how process-aware information systems can support sustainable, safe, and compliant circular healthcare pathways. The research will use event data and healthcare process information to monitor care-pathway execution, detect deviations, assess compliance risks, and identify opportunities to reduc...

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a two-year, full-time postdoctoral position in optimization-driven verification and validation (V&V) of precision machines, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The project develops methods to automatically discover critical and previously unknown-unsafe scenarios in semiconductor equipment, metrology systems, and advanced manufacturing tools. The research will extend a multi-modal evolutionary search algorithm, FC-SCGA, from automat...

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the IDEE project on “The Transition from Secondary Education to Higher Education.” The project examines how universities can support students as they move from high school into engineering education. The research will investigate student success from an integrated perspective, considering study progress, well-being, and competency development as interconnected dimensions. Using educational de...

Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands is offering the Africa Scholarship Programme (ASP) , a fully funded opportunity for African students pursuing an eligible on-campus Master’s degree. Eligible study areas include agriculture, food systems, environmental sciences, climate change, water, biotechnology, biosystems engineering, nutrition and sustainable development. The programme is designed for applicants seeking advanced study related to agriculture, environmental science, food an...

Maastricht University Holland-High Potential Scholarship 2027–28 is a fully funded opportunity for exceptional non-EU/EEA students to pursue a Master's degree in the Netherlands . The scholarship is hosted by Maastricht University and supports students admitted to participating master's programmes. It is designed for high-achieving international applicants who meet the academic and nationality criteria. Funding includes full tuition fees, a monthly living allowance, health and liability insuranc...

PhD position available at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam within the EO-TRUST project, based at the Amsterdam Space Law & Sustainability Centre and the Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute (ALTI) in the Netherlands . The project investigates the legal and ethical dimensions of AI-enabled Earth Observation , with particular attention to how space law , AI regulation , and military law address resilience, responsibility, and the trustworthy use of satellite data. This opportunity is aimed at an amb...

PhD opportunity at Wageningen University & Research in the Law Group on assessing social sustainability in short food supply chains . This PhD is part of the Horizon Europe project SOCIAL AGRI , which studies how law and policy can make agri-food systems fairer and more socially sustainable. The project focuses on social issues that are often under-captured in agricultural data and policy, including working conditions, farmer wellbeing, migrant worker integration, gender equality, inclusion, com...