
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
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MONASH UNIVERSITY
Australia
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This PhD scholarship sits within Monash University’s evidence-based rheumatology research environment and the Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network (ANZMUSC). The project focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of living clinical practice guidelines in rheumatology, an area that aims to keep recommendations current through continuous evidence surveillance, systematic reviewing, GRADE methodology, and digital guideline platforms. The successful cand...
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Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
4 days ago
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...
4 days ago
José Alberto da Silva Freitas
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Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Portugal
5 days ago
Closing soon
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is recruiting one PhD holder for a research position equivalent to Assistant Researcher within the VR4Health project, Immersive VR Training for Healthcare Professionals (COMPETE2030-FEDER-03404900). The post sits in the scientific area of Digital Health and related fields and is based at FMUP in Porto, Portugal, within the RISE-Health research unit. The work focuses on developing and evaluating immersive virtual reality environments for the t...
5 days ago
The University of Queensland
Australia
1 week ago
PhD opportunity in Evaluating Clinical AI in Real-Time at The University of Queensland , through the Queensland Digital Health Centre and the NASCENT initiative (National Infrastructure for Real-time Clinical AI Trials). This funded doctoral project focuses on how artificial intelligence can be safely and effectively evaluated in real-world healthcare settings. The position is designed for a student interested in clinical AI , digital health , and the responsible deployment of AI in practice. Po...
1 week ago
University of Edinburgh
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United Kingdom
1 week ago
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Global Health PhD and MScR at the University of Edinburgh — postgraduate research opportunities in global health, epidemiology, public health, population health, infectious disease, health inequalities, e-health/tele-medicine, migration and minority ethnic health, sexual and reproductive health, and related interdisciplinary areas. The programme is based in the School of Population Health Sciences and the Usher Institute , with research links across the Centre for Global Health , Centre for Popu...
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Mamunur Rashid
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University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
1 week ago
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A fully funded PhD opportunity is available in the Birmingham AI & Digital Health and Care Group at the University of Birmingham via the MIBTP program. The project, SleeplessAI , sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence , digital health , bioinformatics , and electronic health records (EHRs) . The research aims to discover latent sleep signatures and use them to improve cardiometabolic risk prediction , including conditions such as Type 2 Diabetes . A major focus is addressing health ...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
1 week ago
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Unifying distributional and distribution-free uncertainty quantification for trustworthy medical decisions . This project sits at the intersection of machine learning , uncertainty quantification , statistics , and medical science . The research aims to combine distributional approaches (such as hierarchical models) with distribution-free approaches (such as conformal prediction) to better understand and control uncertainty in high-stakes clini...
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Benjamin Perry
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University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
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PhD fellowship opportunity in personalised prevention for psychosis , focusing on how to move from predicting physical health risks to identifying which preventive treatments will help each person most. The project is supervised by Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham) alongside Joie Ensor , Marco Bardus , and Amedeo Minichino , and is offered through the Wellcome-funded Midlands+ Mental Health & Neuroscience PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals . Research themes include psychosis , ca...
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Franklin Mingzhe Li
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
2 weeks ago
Franklin Mingzhe Li, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is recruiting two or three PhD students for the ATLAS Lab (Accessible Technology and Life Augmented Systems) in the School of Data and Information Sciences, starting Fall 2027. The lab focuses on human-computer interaction, accessibility, physical AI, AI for health, data science, information science, design, health, and related areas. Current research directions include generative AI tools that help blin...
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Umeå University
Sweden
1 month ago
Umeå University (Sweden) is recruiting one to two PhD students in Statistics for the research project “Next-Generation Latent Variable Models for Social Data Science” at the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE), Department of Statistics. The project focuses on statistical theory, methodology, and computational methods for complex social science data, with emphasis on latent variable models and their connections to modern machine learning . The research is motivated by applica...
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Estimated costs in Belgium.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | €552 $600/yr |
![]() Health Insurance Student health insurance or surcharge per year | €92 $100/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | €828 $900/yr |
![]() Transportation Public transport and local travel per year | €497 $540/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Professor
Ghent University
Belgium
Industrial-organizational Psychology
Organizational Behavior
Agile Methodology
Sociotechnical Systems
Process Engineering
Professor
Ghent University
Belgium
Health Communication
Exercise Physiology
Health Psychology
Exercise Therapy
Lifestyle Medicine
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Health Communication
Health Economics
Ambulatory Care
Primary Care
Patient Care
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium
Health Communication
Clinical Psychology
Digital Health
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Exercise Therapy
Ghent University
Belgium
Health Communication
Exercise Physiology
Prehabilitation
Digital Health
Physical Activity
Professor at University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Health Communication
Health Economics
Exercise Therapy
Web-based Intervention
Digital Health
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VUB PhD Scholarships are doctoral research positions at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, typically offering funded PhD study in Belgium across specific research projects and departments.

University of Antwerp Doctoral Scholarships are funded PhD research positions at the University of Antwerp in Belgium across a wide range of disciplines, usually offered as full-time appointments.

KU Leuven PhD Scholarships are fully funded doctoral positions at KU Leuven in Belgium, typically offered for specific research projects and renewable up to 4 years.
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