PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Business in Switzerland

ETH Zurich is offering a fully funded Master's scholarship opportunity in engineering and advanced technology for students beginning in Autumn 2027. The opportunity supports thesis work focused on engineering innovation, advanced technology, and interdisciplinary technical research. Eligible areas include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Robotics, and Energy Science. The programme is suitable for applicants interested in innovative engineering ...

The University of Zurich is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Economics of Children and Families for the Department of Economics and the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development in Zurich, Switzerland. The research will address topics broadly related to the economics of children and families. The postdoctoral researcher may contribute to Assistant Professor Ana Costa-Ramón's research agenda and the European Research Council Starting Grant SAFECHILD: Safeguarding Childhood: Bullying,...

PhD opportunity in Applied Marketing Research at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland , within the Institute for Marketing and Customer Insight. The position focuses on marketing , consumer behavior , AI-driven marketing , and social media , with hands-on collaboration with companies and the chance to contribute to empirical research in leading international journals. The role is embedded in an interdisciplinary team and offers access to a strong executive network in marketing, communi...

Postdoctoral Researcher opportunity at ETH Zurich in public economics, with a focus on international corporate taxation or local public finance / urban economics . The Chair of Public Economics at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) invites applications for a fixed-term postdoc position (100%, Zurich). The research environment centers on theoretical and empirical work in public economics, including fiscal federalism, taxation of multinational enterprises, internationa...

Doctoral Student in Magnetic Resonance for the Study of Granular Systems at ETH Zurich This 100% fixed-term PhD position is offered at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, in the research group of Prof. Klaas Prüssmann. The project sits at the intersection of Physics , Biomedical Engineering , Electrical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Materials Science , and Mathematics , with a strong emphasis on nuclear magnetic resonance, particle tracking, imaging, and granular syste...

University of Bern is advertising a Postdoc in Educational Sociology within the Department of Sociology of Education / Institute of Educational Science in Switzerland . The position is designed for researchers interested in educational sociology , educational inequality , social inequality , family processes , and the intergenerational transmission of inequality . The successful candidate will conduct independent research on educational processes across the life course and contribute to ongoing ...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in chironomid biodiversity across Swiss lakes. The project is linked to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES) , an initiative focused on building a stronger scientific basis for monitoring biodiversity in Swiss lakes and connecting research with conservation and management needs. The student will work with chironomids collected during the plann...

PhD opportunity at EPFL in aerodynamic design of small-scale turbomachinery This is a full-time PhD position at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, within the TurboImpact project funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network . The project brings together 14 doctoral candidates working on complementary topics in small-scale turbomachinery for applications such as heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, and gas turbines. The selected doctora...

EPFL is advertising a PhD position in Integrated Design and Optimization within the STI IGM LAMD group in Neuchatel, Switzerland . The project is part of TurboImpact , a Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network focused on the design, optimization, material selection, and manufacturing of small-scale turbomachinery for applications such as heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, and gas turbines. The research emphasis is on model order reduction , surrogate modeling , machine learning / AI , ...