
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...
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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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Université de Nantes
France
3 months ago
PhD funding is available at Nantes University / CEISAM UMR CNRS 6230 in France for a project titled Functional Organic Nanoassemblies for Ultrafast Investigations of Optical and Magnetic Coupling in Nanomedicine . The research focuses on designing hybrid organic nanoassemblies with photo- and magneto-responsive units, then studying optical and magnetic coupling on ns and sub-ns timescales. The project connects Chemistry , Materials Science , Physics , and Biomedical Engineering , with applicatio...
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Estimated costs in Poland.
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![]() Dining Out & Social Restaurants, cafes, and social dining per year | zł4.9k $1,200/yr |
![]() University Tuition Average PhD tuition per year | zł14.2k $3,500/yr |
![]() Transportation Public transport and local travel per year | zł972 $240/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | zł2.4k $600/yr |
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full professor
Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Polymer Chemistry
Tissue Engineering
Supramolecular Chemistry
Cyclodextrin
Supramolecular Chemsitry
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Poland
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Drug Delivery
Hydrogel
Biomaterial
Full Professor
Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry
Poland
Materials Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanostructured Materials
Green Chemistry
Nanoscience
Associate Profesor
Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Poland
Immunology
Cell Biology
Nanoscience
Cytotoxicity
Macrophage Biology
Associate professor
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Poland
Materials Chemistry
Tissue Engineering
Nanomedicine
Nanoscience
Nanophysics
Professor DSc
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Poland
Materials Chemistry
Tissue Engineering
Nanoscience
Nanostructured Materials
Carbon Nanotube

Warsaw-4-PhD is a fully funded interdisciplinary doctoral school in Warsaw, Poland, offering PhD positions across chemistry, biology, physics, and biomedical sciences at leading research institutes.

The International Research Agendas Programme supports internationally led research centres in Poland, which may offer funded PhD and postdoctoral positions across selected scientific fields.
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