PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Mathematics in South Korea

서울대학교 이차전지혁신연구소 is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join its battery computational science and simulation research program. The institute was established as an Innovation Research Center (IRC) supported by Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation of Korea. Its mission is to strengthen R&D capacity, train talent, and build a world-class research hub in battery science. The advertised position is centered on computational science for next-generation batteries...

The Institute for Basic Science is offering the IBS Young Scientist Fellowship , a recurring annual fellowship for early-career researchers in basic science. The scheme supports independent research in fields aligned with life sciences, mathematics, and physics . Selected fellows will conduct their research at the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea, with support intended to enable a substantial research program over a 3-year period. The award includes dedicated research funding, with dif...

KAIST and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are advertising multiple postdoctoral researcher positions in Resilient Human-Machine-AI Autonomy through September 2027. The appointment is jointly hosted across the two institutions and is based primarily in Korea, with the selected researcher working under Prof. SooJean Han at KAIST and Prof. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto at UIUC. The project sits at the intersection of autonomy, control, and intelligent systems, with emphasis on Human-Machine-AI Aut...

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) School of Physics is recruiting a Research Fellow in Quantum Field Theory & String Theory in Seoul. KIAS describes itself as the first research institute for basic sciences in Korea and emphasizes its research environment with constant academic stimuli and friendly administrative support. The opening is centered on postdoctoral research in quantum field theory and string theory . The fellow will join the School of Physics at KIAS and contribute to an...

Seoul National University in South Korea is hiring postdoctoral researchers to join a growing AI for Science research program led by Professor Yousung Jung. The initiative focuses on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. Research areas include scientific foundation models , LLM-based AI agents, multi-agent systems, agentic scientific discovery, self-driving laboratories, autonomous experimentation, and generative AI for molecular and materials discovery. The group aim...

Yerevan State University’s Computational Materials Science Laboratory is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in atomistic modelling and computational materials science, based in Armenia. The successful candidate will contribute to computational discovery of crystalline and amorphous materials for battery applications, 2D materials for energy applications, and AI-accelerated materials discovery. Research activities may include density functional theory calculations, phase sta...

AI & Intelligent Communication (AIIC) Lab at Sejong University is advertising fully funded graduate research positions for Indonesian students in M.S., Ph.D., or Joint M.S.-Ph.D. programs. The lab is led by Prof. Sunghwan Kim . Research areas include AI for communications (deep learning for signal processing and network optimization, AI-assisted design of communication systems), next-generation wireless (reliable and efficient 6G with RSMA, NOMA, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces), and inf...

Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea is recruiting 2–3 PhD students for Spring 2027 admission (March 2027) in a research group led by Professor Sungjun Kim. The opening focuses on AI / Computer Engineering and Semiconductor Devices . Research topics include deep learning, neural networks, hardware-aware AI, AI accelerators, edge AI, neuromorphic computing, in-memory computing, computer architecture, hardware/software co-design, modeling and simulation, as well as RRAM, FeFET, FTJ, device fab...