PhD Opportunities in Applied Mathematics in Switzerland

The University of Zurich's Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning is inviting applications for an 80% Doctoral Candidate position in AI and Optimization. The doctoral project will be conducted in the AI and Optimization Lab with Prof. Anastasia Koloskova. Research will focus on theory or the intersection of theory and practice in areas including optimization for machine learning, privacy, machine unlearning, distributed optimization, and federated learning. Applicants should ho...

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland is advertising a PhD Student in Materials Science within the Applied Materials Group in the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging . The project focuses on the texture of additively manufactured lightweight alloys , using wavelength-resolved neutron imaging and related experimental methods to connect crystallographic texture with mechanical properties. The successful candidate will develop and apply a texture tomography inverse problem to r...

ETH Zurich is advertising a PhD position in Computational Methods for Digital Twins of Embryonic Development & Disease at the Computational Biology Group of Prof. Dagmar Iber in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), Basel, Switzerland. The project sits at the interface of computer science , mathematics , biology , and biomedicine . The research aims to build the algorithmic infrastructure for digital twins of living systems, with applications to embryonic development, re...

EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a full-time PhD student position in Operations, Economics and Strategy at the Chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES) within the College of Management of Technology. The position sits at the intersection of economics, operations research, strategy, optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, market design, pricing, and dynamic systems . The research mission of OES is to conduct world-class research and teaching on orga...

FMI International PhD Program Fall Call 2026 at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Basel, Switzerland, is a funded PhD opportunity for students interested in cutting-edge biomedical research. The program focuses on the molecular and cellular basis of human disease and offers advanced interdisciplinary training across Genome Regulation , Multicellular Systems , and Neurobiology . Successful candidates will carry out a research project under the guidance of an FMI gr...