PhD Opportunities in Medical Science in Italy

Fully funded PhD in Computational Biophysics and Machine Learning at the University of Cagliari in Italy, offered through the ELEVATE MSCA Doctoral Network and the Department of Physics, with a joint degree involving RWTH Aachen in Germany. The project integrates physics-based simulations with machine learning to predict protein conformations, investigate how mutations are linked to protein isoforms, and identify molecular descriptors relevant to drug design. The doctoral researcher will work at...

Human Technopole in Milan, Italy, is offering 12 fully funded PhD projects through the HT PhD Programme in partnership with The Open University, UK. The programme covers a broad range of life-science and computational research areas, including computational biology, genetics, machine learning, neuroscience, microscopy, cancer biology, and plant biology. Projects are designed for doctoral researchers interested in using advanced biological, quantitative, and computational approaches to investigat...

Politecnico di Milano is recruiting for a research contract in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering within the scientific area of bioengineering. The project, titled “Agentic EEG Interfaces for Screen-Independent Assistive Communication in ALS” , focuses on developing a non-invasive EEG-based communication system for people with ALS who have difficulty speaking, moving, or using eye-tracking tools. The research is centered on imagined speech and on identifying communicat...

This research contract is hosted by the Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome. The project sits within the self-funded research program “Robot, comportamento e cervello” , focused on the study of psychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions, with the advertised position specifically embedded in a program on cognitive functioning and individual differences. The selected researcher will work on computational neuropsychology , with a str...

This scholarship at the University of Camerino supports a PhD student working on new approaches for treating specialist pathologies in remote patients . The project is framed around improving treatment methods for patients who live far from the hospital, with research activity based in the university’s Faculty of Pharmacological Sciences and Health Products . The advertised research environment highlights strengths in telemedicine and AI in healthcare , suggesting a clinically oriented, technolo...

Human Technopole PhD Programme offers doctoral study in the life sciences and human health. The programme is presented as a route to a PhD at Human Technopole, with the degree awarded by The Open University . Human Technopole is a next-generation life-sciences institute focused on advancing human health through basic research and collaboration. Its research environment includes interdisciplinary work spanning biological and biomedical investigation, with related activities such as genomic sequen...

Human Technopole is inviting applications for 12 fully funded PhD positions within its PhD Programme in Milan, Italy. Successful researchers will join an international and interdisciplinary scientific community and pursue a UK PhD awarded by The Open University. The programme offers projects spanning human biology and disease, with research opportunities involving stem cells, organoids, genomics, advanced microscopy and artificial intelligence. These projects connect innovative technologies with...

The BRAIN Unit Lab at the University of Padua is seeking a doctoral researcher through the China Scholarship Council pathway for the 2027/2028 academic year. The PhD project sits at the intersection of neuroscience, neuroengineering, artificial intelligence and non-linear signal processing . The research environment focuses on advanced analysis of brain activity for clinical and technological applications. One major direction is brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and neural signal decoding, includ...

The European University Institute (EUI) invites applications to its Doctoral Programme in Economics for the 2027–28 academic year. This residential PhD programme is based at Villa La Fonte in Florence, Italy, and offers focused supervision in a research-intensive Department of Economics. EUI researchers work closely with faculty and visiting scholars, developing independent research ideas, intellectual autonomy, academic networks, and professional skills. Applicants can explore the department's ...