PhD Opportunities in Data Science in Switzerland

IMOS Lab at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is hiring a PhD researcher in Trustworthy AI for Autonomous Plant Operations . The project combines agentic AI , physics-informed models , digital twins , and engineering knowledge to monitor plant conditions, diagnose abnormalities, and support operating decisions in complex process plants. This opportunity is well suited to applicants with a strong background in machine learning and engineering, especially those interested in trustwor...

PhD opportunity in Auditory Neuroscience at Inselspital Bern / University of Bern within the SOUND Study. The project focuses on state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods including MRI and fNIRS , together with cochlear implants and machine learning . The research goal is to better understand and predict speech understanding after cochlear implantation . This is a student-oriented research opening for candidates interested in sensory neuroscience, clinical hearing research, brain imaging, and data-d...

The Department of Astrophysics at the University of Zurich is inviting applications for three PhD positions in computational astrophysics . The project is part of the Swiss National Science Foundation initiative Euclid Science in Switzerland and focuses on cutting-edge research connected to ESA’s Euclid space telescope. Successful candidates will work on one of three closely related research directions: Flagship simulations with the PKDGRAV3 N-body code on GPU-accelerated supercomputers; Euclid ...

The University of Bern is advertising a PhD student and assistant position in Business Administration at the Chair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration, with a specialization in Operations Research . The research topic focuses on developing Operations Research methods for resource planning in project management . This is a 100% temporary position based in Bern, Switzerland . The role combines doctoral research with teaching and academic service: the successful candidate will conduc...

PhD opportunity in Experimental Low Energy Particle Physics at the University of Bern , working with the Fundamental Neutron and Precision Physics Group at the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) and the Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) . The project is part of the n2EDM experiment , which searches for the neutron electric dipole moment and probes physics beyond the Standard Model and new sources of CP violation. The position includes regular experimental work at the Pa...

Exciting PhD opening in lipid metabolism , nutrition , and MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease) at Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern in Switzerland. The project investigates the complex interplay between lipid metabolism, nutrition, and metabolic liver disease by integrating research in patients and experimental mouse models . The work is strongly translational and aims to unravel disease mechanisms and answer fundamental scientific questions in metabolic liver dis...

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is advertising a PhD Student in ferroelectric field effect transistors within the Physical Properties of Materials Group in Switzerland. This project sits at the intersection of materials science , physics , chemistry , and electrical engineering , with a strong focus on functional perovskite oxide thin films, epitaxy, heterostructures, multilayers, device fabrication, and electrical characterization. The successful candidate will work in an international collab...

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland is advertising a PhD Student in laser induced plasmas of functional oxides within the Physical Properties of Materials Group . The project sits at the intersection of materials science , physics , chemistry , and electrical engineering , with a strong focus on functional oxides , thin films , pulsed laser deposition , and ferroelectric field effect transistor technologies . The successful candidate will investigate how process parameters in pulsed...

PhD opportunity at the Centre for Space and Habitability and the Division for Space Research and Planetary Sciences , University of Bern, within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project sits at the intersection of physics , chemistry , biology , earth science , and astronomy , with a strong focus on astrobiology , biosignatures , and life detection . The PhD research will combine remote sensing via circular spectro-polarimetry with in situ laser-based mass spectrometry to detect...