PhD Opportunities in Materials Engineering in Portugal

Örebro University is offering a doctoral position in Mechanical Engineering with a specialisation in wire drawing . The project is based at the School of Science and Technology and is designed to support a doctoral degree through research on more efficient, robust, and sustainable wire drawing processes. The research focuses on steel wire production and on how to improve resource efficiency, material performance, and environmental impact in industrial manufacturing. Working in close collaboratio...

Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, is offering fully funded postdoctoral, PhD, and MASc positions in advanced coatings for extreme environments . The project centers on thermal spray coating development, tribology, and advanced characterization. Researchers will investigate coating materials and performance under demanding conditions, with applications in aerospace and other high-performance environments. The work also integrates computational modeling and machine learning, providing an i...

PhD research in sustainable business models and circular economy This fully funded doctoral position at KU Leuven focuses on environmental and circularity modelling methods for sustainable business models. The thesis is part of the Flanders Make project on Digital Product Passports, exploring how product information and modelling approaches can support more sustainable and circular business practices. The research is situated within the SAM Team in the Department of Materials Engineering, under ...

This PhD project at Politecnico di Torino focuses on using advanced AI to improve how industrial catalytic systems are explored and optimized. The work addresses a key challenge in sustainable chemical and energy production: traditional experimentation is often slow and costly when many variables and competing objectives must be considered at once. The candidate will develop and apply Sequential Learning and agent-based methods to guide experimentation in complex design spaces. The aim is to acc...

The University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy is offering a four-year PhD studentship in the Structural Materials Group, beginning 1 October 2027. Funded by EPSRC and Rolls-Royce plc, the project focuses on developing new high-performance polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys for gas turbine disc rotor components. The research will support more efficient, lower-emission civil aviation by designing alloys capable of operating under highly demanding temperature an...

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)–BarcelonaTech in Barcelona, Spain, is offering 23 predoctoral doctoral training grants beginning 1 April 2027. The opportunities support PhD research projects across agricultural, computer, electrical, electronic, biomedical, civil, materials and communication engineering, environmental science, physics, and related fields. The grants provide contracts of up to four years, including an optional maximum 12-month post-PhD orientation period. Funding is €2...

The Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu invites applications to its PhD programme under the ongoing admission advertisement. The opportunity is focused on Materials Science and Engineering , Metallurgical Engineering , and related materials technology research. PhD scholars may work with experienced faculty, use advanced laboratory facilities, and contribute to research, scientific discovery, innovation, and the development of advance...

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral student position in the synthesis and processing of solid-state electrolytes for next-generation batteries. The research combines polymer science, materials synthesis, materials engineering, electrode processing, and scalable battery manufacturing. The project will investigate polymer-based solid-state electrolytes, battery component properties and interfaces, and processing strategies that ...

Fully funded PhD position in Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing is available at Western University, Canada, within the Data-Driven Advanced Manufacturing (D2M) Group in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The doctoral thesis, Functional Materials for Hierarchical Manufacturing , focuses on developing and applying functional materials for wearable energy storage and sensor technologies. The research sits at the intersection of materials science, mechanical enginee...