PhD Scholarships in Switzerland

The Switzerland Government Scholarships 2027–2028 have officially been announced for the upcoming admission cycle, opening doors for international students, researchers, and artist...

The International Geneva Peace Fellowship Programme offers an exceptional opportunity for emerging leaders, researchers, and professionals interested in peacebuilding, diplomacy, h...

ETH Zurich is offering a fully funded doctoral opportunity in Agricultural Economics and Climate Policy, focused on climate change mitigation in Swiss agriculture. This PhD positio...

The CERN Doctoral Students Program 2026 in Geneva is now open for applications. This prestigious fully funded PhD opportunity allows international students from CERN Member and Ass...

The ECTRIMS Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship Programme is a prestigious, competitive opportunity designed to support early-career neuroscientists and physicians conducting...

The University of Lausanne (UNIL), one of Switzerland’s leading public universities, places internationalization at the heart of its academic mission. Through a strong global strat...

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) stands as a beacon of global scientific collaboration, operating the world's largest particle physics laboratory. Home to the...

Are you passionate about cyber-defence, data science, AI, or security technologies? The CYD Doctoral Fellowships 2025 offer a unique opportunity to pursue a fully funded PhD in Swi...

The University of Geneva (UNIGE) invites applications for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Behaviour Lab, led by Dr. Joanito Liberti at the D...

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) offers the EPFL Social Scholarship 2025–2026 to support students who are facing financial difficulties during their studies. Thi...

The University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland is offering a fully funded PhD position in Economics (70%) at the Institute of Economic Research. This opportunity is ideal for candidate...

The IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research is offering an incredible opportunity for young and talented researchers in 2025 through its prestigious fellowship program. With six fe...

Aspiring scientists and doctoral students, this is your chance to join the ranks of the world's leading researchers at CERN in Switzerland. The CERN Doctoral Student Programme 2024...

The Databases and Information Systems research group at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Basel, is currently seeking applications for three fully f...

The Biozentrum Basel International PhD Program seeks to attract driven and enthusiastic young scientists worldwide to apply for its highly selective and prestigious fellowships. Ra...

The University of Basel founded the “Biozentrum Ph.D. Fellowships” program in 2006 with the generous support of the Werner Siemens Foundation. The Biozentrum Ph.D. program seeks hi...

The E4D Program is funded by the Sawiris Foundationcall_made for Social Development and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperationcall_made. The Engineering for Developm...

The CYD Fellowships talent program offers to fund for 6-month Master theses, 4-year PhDs, and (up to) 2-year postdocs to talented researchers of all nationalities who are...

Giract is proud to announce that, following the success of its unique and innovative programme to promote flavor research amongst PhD students in Europe across various universities...

The scholarship scheme is open to qualified international candidates pursuing their first degree, Bachelor’s or Master's, at a state or state-recognized higher-education institutio...

The Engineering for Development (E4D) doctoral scholarships promote doctoral research for the benefit of underprivileged people in low-​income countries. It awards two doctoral sch...

The wife of John Charles Warren Shepherd, a former collaborator of Walter Gehring (see Shepherd JC et al. 1984 Nature, Shepherd JC et al. 1989 PNAS), has bequeathed part of her est...