PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Biotechnology in New Zealand

University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship supports doctoral study at the University of Otago in New Zealand. This funding is available for PhD candidates and professional doctorate candidates, including DClinDent, DMA, DBA, and EdD. The scholarship is open to both domestic and international students. Funding includes a NZ$34,128 annual stipend. PhD awards include a domestic tuition fee waiver for 36 months, while professional doctorate awards include a tuition fee waiver for up to 36 months cappe...

PhD/MPhil scholarship opportunity in kidney disease, health equity, and epidemiology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand . The project is part of the Access and Equity in best Treatment for people with kidney disease (ASSET) research programme and is linked to an HRC Delivery Project. The work focuses on understanding and addressing inequities in access to healthcare for people living with kidney failure using linked national health and administrative data. Potential research directions...

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is advertising its next Doctoral Scholarship round for a fully funded PhD opportunity in New Zealand . The scholarship covers tuition at the domestic rate , the compulsory student services fee , and provides a stipend of approximately NZ$34,737 per year . This opportunity is suitable for applicants interested in PhD research and related study areas such as biotechnology , genetic engineering , and broader life-science research. The post notes that applican...

Postdoctoral opportunity in plant physiology , electronic engineering , and mathematics at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Professor Sebastian Leuzinger shared that a postdoc is now available in his group for a highly interdisciplinary, “very blue sky” research project. The role is framed as a Research Fellow position and appears to sit at the intersection of plant ecology, global change science, and engineering/mathematical approaches. This is a strong fit for candidates who c...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Computational infrastructure for linked data, health and environmental resilience . The project focuses on developing new computational and geospatial approaches for connecting longitudinal health and social data with environmental information across the lifecourse. Research themes include spatial epidemiology , linked data , GIS/geospatial science , public health , environmental health , data science , and p...

🚀 PhD opportunities are available in control, robotics, and learning-based optimisation at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington , New Zealand. The project sits at the intersection of model predictive control (MPC) and reinforcement learning (RL) , with applications to safe, efficient, and adaptive controllers for real engineering systems. Research directions include robotic manipulators and high-precision motion control, quadruped robots and loco-manipulation, and energy systems suc...

PhD opportunity at the University of Waikato (Hamilton Campus, New Zealand) on Sustainable Timber Packaging for Steel Coil Transport . This funded PhD scholarship, developed with Ferrier Industrial Limited , focuses on the sustainability, performance, and compliance of timber packaging and dunnage used for steel coil transport. The project aims to develop reusable and returnable packaging systems that can replace consumable packaging and support circular-economy practices in steel manufacturing,...

PhD opportunity at the University of Waikato (Hamilton Campus, New Zealand) in high-entropy alloys , hydrogen storage , and atomic-scale modelling . The project investigates hydrogenation and dehydrogenation mechanisms in HEAs using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations, with a focus on how composition and atomic-scale structure affect hydrogen absorption/desorption behaviour and the underlying thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms. This is an international collaboration in...

PhD opportunity: Climate Mitigation – Renewable Energy and Green Economy Transition at the University of Waikato, Hamilton Campus, New Zealand. This doctoral project examines how renewable energy can be delivered at the scale and pace needed for a transition to a green and circular economy, with a comparative focus on New Zealand, Oman, and the United Kingdom. The research highlights regulatory framework barriers to the rollout of solar and wind energy generation and connects directly to Oman Vi...