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Master’s Opportunities in Environmental Science in Switzerland

Master Positions in environmental science in switzerland

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Universities with open master's positions in environmental science in Switzerland include Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

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Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, offers a six-month master’s thesis in microbial ecology at its Kastanienbaum site near Lucerne, Switzerland. The project investigates bacterial and archaeal diversity in Swiss lakes as part of the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES). The successful student will use approximately 100 lake samples to study microbial community diversity and composition through 16S rRNA gene amplicon seq...

Environmental Science
Biology
Freshwater Ecology
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1 week ago

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Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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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...

Ecology
Environmental Science
Biology
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2 weeks ago

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Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater ecology , evolutionary dynamics , biodiversity , and ecosystem functioning focused on subarctic lakes in Greenland. The project is hosted by the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc) and contributes to a newly funded Swiss National Science Foundation project on eco-evolutionary community assembly in subarctic lake ecosystems. The research context is especially exc...

Ecology
Environmental Science
Biology
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2 weeks ago

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Eawag

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Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater biodiversity , community ecology , macroinvertebrates , and lake ecology within the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc), in collaboration with the Aquatic Ecology department. The thesis contributes to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES), a project focused on improving the assessment of Swiss lake biodiversity and s...

Ecology
Environmental Science
Biology
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2 weeks ago

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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EPFL is offering Master Excellence Fellowships in Switzerland for outstanding students pursuing a master’s degree at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) . The fellowship is described as fully funded and provides CHF 10,000 per semester plus student housing assistance . It is open to all nationalities and supports study for up to 4 semesters . Relevant fields mentioned in the post include engineering , computer science , AI , data science , biotech , robotics , physics , architect...

Computer Science
Data Science
Environmental Science
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3 months ago

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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EPFL is offering the Master Excellence Fellowships for students beginning a Master's degree at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. The fellowship is aimed at outstanding candidates with a strong academic record and notable extracurricular achievements in areas such as research, entrepreneurship, leadership, sports, arts, or community service. It supports a wide range of EPFL Master's programs across engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, ph...

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland is offering a full-time PhD position within the Plant Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL) focused on forest ecophysiology , remote sensing , forest ecology , and plant responses to drought . The project will study how forest canopy temperature and spectral properties reflect tree physiological responses to increasing atmospheric drought and soil water limitation. The research combines field ecophysiology, forest drought experiments, thermal and spectral remote sensin...

Environmental Science
Biology
Remote Sensing
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2 weeks ago

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EPFL

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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 , ...

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University of Basel

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The University of Basel (Department of Environmental Sciences, research group Ecology) is recruiting a fully funded postdoc in ecological modelling focused on global change , mountain plant ecology , and species range shifts . The project will model the relaxation times of accrued lags of plant species across Europe’s mountain ranges using a spatially explicit dataset on species-specific shifts and lags over recent decades. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with team members and ...

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Environmental Science
Biology
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3 weeks ago

Living costs in Switzerland

Estimated costs in Switzerland.

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Switzerland

Visa & Immigration Fees

Student visa and residence permit fees per year

CHF132

$150/yr

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Utilities & Connectivity

Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year

CHF845

$960/yr

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Personal Care

Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year

CHF845

$960/yr

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Housing

Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year

CHF9.5k

$10,800/yr

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Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo

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Professor at ETH Zürich

ETH Zürich

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Research Interests

Environmental Chemistry

Soil Science

Geochemistry

Paleoecology

Soil Ecology

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University of Basel

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Switzerland

Research Interests

Soil Science

Environmental Chemistry

Soil Ecology

Soil Erosion

Soil Dynamics

Research Scientist (Group Leader)

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich

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Switzerland

Research Interests

Hydrogeology

Hydrology

Groundwater Modeling

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Fluid Flow In Porous Media

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Department of Environmental Sciences University of Basel Basel Switzerland

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Switzerland

Research Interests

Environmental Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Science

Geochemistry

Ecotoxicology

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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Switzerland

Research Interests

Environmental Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Science

Soil Ecology

Hydrochemistry

EPFL

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Research Interests

Environmental Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Aerosol Science

Spectroscopy

Environmental Science

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