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Project title Programme Candidate background
2026/04/30 23:59 CEST Friction Tunability via Magnetically Responsive Shell-Structured Surfaces Mechanical and Production Engineering Applicants must hold a relevant master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
2026/05/06 23:59 CEST Aluminum-catalyzed electrochemical ammonia synthesis Biological and Chemical Engineering Applicants should hold a master’s degree in chemical engineering/chemistry or similar education that teach candidates to work safely in chemistry lab.
2026/03/09 23:59 CET AI‑Enhanced Coronary Blood Dynamics for Diagnosis, Stent Planning and Prognosi Mechanical and Production Engineering Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant master’s degree in mechanical engineering, physics, or relevant fields.
2026/03/15 23:59 CET Lessons from nature: Untapping the full potential of crop root microbiome Agroecology Applicants must have a relevant Master’s degree (120 ECTS) in bioinformatics, computational biological, computer science, maths or similar and an interest in plants and microbes.
2026/05/14 23:59 CEST PhD position on Digital Twins for AI-driven Water-based District Cooling Systems to boost Megacity Sustainability Electrical and Computer Engineering Applicants must have a relevant Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
2026/04/01 23:59 CEST Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD) Ecoscience Applicants must have a Master’s degree (120 ECTS) within biology or similar.
2026/03/31 23:59 CEST High speed spatial light modulator based on MEMS integrated metasurface Electrical and Computer Engineering Applicants must have a relevant master’s degree (120 ECTS) in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Physics, or Optical Engineering.
2026/03/23 23:59 CET Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of organic vegetable production  Agroecology Applicants  must have a relevant Master’s degree within agrobiology, agricultural sciences, biosystems engineering, biology or similar.
2026/04/15 23:59 CEST Optimized IoRT network for enhanced data quality of IoRT cereals production practices Electrical and Computer Engineering Applicants to the PhD position must have a master’s degree in computer science (120 ECTS).
2026/04/15 25:59 CEST Powering data-driven sustainability assessment tasks in Agri-food systems with IoT-data Data-lakes and large language models Electrical and Computer Engineering Applicants to the PhD position must have a master’s degree in computer science (120 ECTS).
2026/04/15 23:59 CEST Optimization-simulation coupling for the GHG emission-based supervision and planification of a fleet of autonomous agricultural robots Electrical and Computer Engineering Applicants to the PhD position must have a master’s degree in computer science (120 ECTS).
2026/04/20 23:59 CEST Four PhD positions: Climate-driven geohazards in coastal and urban areas Civil and Architectural Engineering Applicants must have an MSc degree (120 ECTS) or demonstrate equivalent competencies in civil, structural, geotechnical, or coastal engineering (or a closely related engineering discipline).
2026/04/15 23:59 CEST A Novel Framework for Risk-Aware Selection in Cattle for Long-Term Sustainability Quantitative Genetics and Genomics Applicants to the PhD position must have a master’s degree in Animal Science, Quantitative Genetics, Economics, or within a relevant area.
2026/03/17 23:59 CET Sustainable fat-rich feedstuffs in dairy cow diets: effects on enteric methane emission, digestibility, milk production and milk composition Animal and Veterinary Sciences Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant university degree (MSc) in Animal Science, Biology, Veterinary Science or related fields.
2026/04/15 23:59 CEST Remote Sensing for Climate-smart Agriculture Agroecology We are searching for a highly motivated candidate who has an M.Sc. degree in agriculture, environmental sciences, data sciences, geography, ecology, or closely related fields.
2026/03/19 23:59 CET Carbon flow assessment across the integrated manure management and anaerobic digestion chain Biological and Chemical Engineering Applicants must have a relevant academic background and a strong interest in experimental research on greenhouse gas emissions and anaerobic digestion.
2026/03/17 23:59 CET

Impact of alternative N-fertilization strategies on wheat diseases and health

Agroecology We are searching for a highly motivated candidate who has an M.Sc. degree in agriculture, biology, plant pathology or closely related fields.
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