
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026

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Shourya Dutta Gupta
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Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
India
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The research group of Shourya Dutta Gupta in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is seeking a Ph.D. candidate for research in advanced materials science and characterization. The project focuses on thin film science , particularly the design, synthesis, and fundamental understanding of functional metallic and alloy thin-film architectures. Students will investigate how materials behave at microstructural and atomic sca...
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Aalborg University
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Denmark
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Aalborg University is offering a three-year PhD stipend in experimental quantum materials physics within the Physics Group at the Department of Materials and Production in Aalborg, Denmark. The project investigates how molecular complexes can be used to engineer quantum properties in materials. It addresses fundamental questions in quantum science while exploring knowledge relevant to future applications in electronics, sensing, and energy harvesting. The PhD researcher will prepare and investig...
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Marit Otterlei
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
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This PhD position is part of the NTNU interdisciplinary research project “Preparedness and Response to AMR, the silent pandemic” , linking clinical and molecular medicine with social science perspectives across several closely coordinated doctoral projects. The successful candidate will work at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, within a broad, international research environment. The project focuses on rapi...
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Peter Liljeroth
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Aalto University
Finland
2 days ago
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Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, is hiring 1–2 doctoral researchers for a PhD project combining gated two-dimensional device structures with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The research focuses on condensed matter physics, two-dimensional quantum devices, correlated quantum materials, atomic-scale phenomena, nanotechnology, and quantum technology. The project is particularly relevant to students interested in studying quantum materials and device behavior using advanced l...
2 days ago
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
3 days ago
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is recruiting a full-time PhD Candidate in molecular medical microbiology at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM) in Trondheim, Norway. The project, "Emerging technologies enabling rapid precision diagnostics of severe infection," is part of the interdisciplinary initiative Preparedness and Response to AMR, the silent pandemic . It addresses bloodstream infection and sepsis, where delayed diagnosis can lead to inadequa...
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University of Birmingham
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United Kingdom
4 days ago
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The University of Birmingham is offering a PhD studentship in polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and dynamic materials. Based in the Fielden group, the project investigates how osmotic pressure can initiate polymer breakdown and enable the controlled exchange of monomers between polymers. The researcher will design reaction systems in which monomers diffuse away from parent polymers, study reversible depolymerisation under different conditions, and work with reaction media and catalysts...
4 days ago
Paul Scherrer Institut
Switzerland
6 days ago
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland, is offering a PhD position in Real-Space Quantum Geometry within the Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments. The project focuses on magnetic thin films and their nanoscale behavior. The successful candidate will grow and pattern magnetic thin films using nanolithography, perform micromagnetic simulations, and investigate patterned films through electron and X-ray imaging techniques and electronic transport measurements. Responsibil...
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Technical University of Munich
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Germany
1 week ago
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PhD opportunity at the Technical University of Munich in the Complex Soft Matter team at TUM School of Life Sciences. This opening is part of the new ERC project EngToTarget , focused on how molecular organisation on nanoparticles controls selective recognition of biological targets. The research combines synthesis , surface chemistry , automated experimentation , and data-driven materials design . The position is a PhD opening with four years of funding at TV-L E13 , subject to a positive progr...
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain
1 week ago
🚀 2 fully funded PhD positions are available within the MSCA Doctoral Network IDEAS-MSCA at the Group of Characterization of Materials (GCM), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The openings are for Doctoral Candidates in Drug Delivery , Pharmaceutical Formulation , Nanotechnology , Materials Science , Chemistry , Physics , and Machine Learning . Project 1: Hybrid Nanoparticles for Biopharmaceutical Delivery — synthesize and characterize hybrid silica–polymer micro/nanopartic...
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Estimated costs in Austria.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | €552 $600/yr |
![]() Visa & Immigration Fees Student visa and residence permit fees per year | €147 $160/yr |
![]() Dining Out & Social Restaurants, cafes, and social dining per year | €2.0k $2,160/yr |
![]() University Tuition Average PhD tuition per year | €1.4k $1,500/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Univ. Prof.
Universität Wien
Austria
Materials Chemistry
Tissue Engineering
Adsorption Science
Nanostructured Materials
Water Splitting
Graz University of Technology
Austria
Materials Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Supercapacitor
Materials Science
Univ.-Prof.
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Austria
Organic Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Photophysics
Heterocyclic Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Associate Univ.-Prof.
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
Austria
Immunology
Virology
Inflammatory Biology
Nanoscience
Sars-cov-2
Professor of Experimental Applied Biophysics
University of Linz
Austria
Polymer Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Nanomechanics
Nanoscience
Medical University of Graz
Austria
Tissue Engineering
Biochemistry
Nanomaterials In Biomedical Engineering
Respiratory Medicine
In Vitro Studies
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