PhD Opportunities in Medical Science

Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge, Sweden, is offering a full-time PhD position in digital lifestyles and mental wellbeing in adolescents, using mHealth and EEG methodologies. The doctoral student will join the IMPACT research group, led by Professor Marie Löf, and work within the research team of Researcher Ioannis Ioakeimidis. The project investigates how objectively measured digital lifestyle parameters relate to lifestyle behaviours, mental wellbeing and neurophysiological responses among ch...

PhD in Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and Sport offers full-time study over three years or part-time study over six years, beginning in September 2027. A PhD by Distance option is available for suitably qualified applicants, although it is not a fully online programme. The programme supports independent research across physical education, sport management, sports science, the social and cultural significance of sport...

Swansea University is offering a fully funded PhD studentship in Health, Wellbeing and Data Science through the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). The opportunity is based in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science in Swansea, United Kingdom, and is open to UK and international students. The pathway investigates pressing health and social challenges using observational, descriptive, trials-based, computational, and population-level methods. Potential research ma...

Fully funded PhD position in molecular microbiology is available at the Drescher Lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland . The doctoral thesis will investigate emergent behaviours in bacterial biofilm communities , with a focus on molecular microbiology and bacterial community biology. The project may involve approaches such as transcriptomics, bacterial genetics, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, and microfluidic systems. Applicants should hold a Master's degree with a research the...

The Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence in Germany is offering 25 fully funded PhD positions focused on developing artificial intelligence and computational methods for biomedical and life-science research. The three-year PhD programme is conducted through the Max Planck Society, participating universities, and research institutions across Germany. Students will benefit from dual supervision, interdisciplinary training, conference funding, mentoring, and access to advanced re...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in vector-borne disease surveillance at the University of Glasgow, with the research based at the Manhiça Health Research Centre and the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique. The thesis will investigate mosquito ecology, vector genomics, and climate-related disease transmission. The project is associated with VectorGrid-Africa and involves joint supervision, field-based research, and periodic training visits to Glasgow. Applicants should have a Master's degre...

Fully funded research Master’s and PhD opportunities are available in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Melbourne in Australia through the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Research interests include pharmaceutical research, drug discovery, drug formulation, pharmacology, and biomedical sciences. Applicants should apply to a relevant graduate research project aligned with their background and interests. Applicants must meet the entry requirements for a...

Max Planck School Matter to Life in Germany is offering a fully funded, integrated five-year MSc/PhD programme for students interested in chemistry and interdisciplinary molecular sciences. The two-year Master’s phase takes place at Heidelberg University or the University of Göttingen and covers chemistry, molecular systems, synthetic chemistry, biophysics, biomaterials, synthetic biology, complex systems, and the chemistry of living systems. Students then progress to a three-year PhD research p...

Professor Huayan Yang’s Chiral Nanomaterials Group at the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is recruiting PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in China. The group works at the intersection of chemistry , materials science and nanotechnology, with research spanning atomically precise metal nanoclusters, chiral inorganic nanoparticles and functional nanomaterials. Projects include synthesis and structural determination of Au, Ag, Cu and Pd n...