PhD student position EPFL — 30 open positions across Switzerland

  • PhD in Antarctic vertical aerosol and cloud measurements — EPFL · Sion
  • Postdoc in the Theory of Non-Equilibrium Chemical Reaction Networks — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD position “Soft Active Matter Microrobots for Medicine (SAM3)” — Empa · Dübendorf
  • Postdoctoral researcher in hydrogel acoustic metamaterials — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD in hydrogel acoustic metamaterials — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD. Student position in Integrated photonic-spintronic devices — EPFL · Lausanne
  • Postdoc Position in Quantitative Finance at EPFL — EPFL · Lausanne
  • Postdoctoral Positions in Computational Neuroscience & AI — EPFL · Genève
  • 2 PhD Positions in Earthquake Engineering / Structural Engineering (ENAC/EESD) — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD in Polymer-based ceramic and metal printing — EPFL · Neuchâtel
  • Postdoctoral Position in Computational Genomics, Machine Learning & Single-Cell Biology — EPFL · Genève
  • PhD in Iontronic materials — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD - Multimodal Generative AI for Materials Design — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD Student Position in Operations, Economics and Strategy — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD student position -Interfacial Imaging of Membrane Water — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD student position - Long- and short- range structure in electrolyte solutions — EPFL · Lausanne
  • Postdoc position in 3D Computer Vision, remote sensing ... — EPFL · Lausanne
  • Postdoc position in "Gen AI" — EPFL · Lausanne
  • PhD student positions — USI – Università della Svizzera italiana · Lugano
  • Postdoc position — USI – Università della Svizzera italiana · Lugano
  • Postdoc in Intravital Microscopy — ETH Zürich · Zurich
  • Doctoral Student in Operational Decision Making with Data Science — ETH Zürich · Zurich
  • Partner Experience Employee Doctoral degree — EPFL · Lausanne
  • Administrative Student Programme 2027-1 — CERN · Geneva, GE, Switzerland
  • Software Engineer (SY-BI-SW-2026-175-LD) — CERN · Geneva, GENEVA, Switzerland
  • PhD Student in Macroeconomic Forecasting and Data Science — ETH Zürich · Zurich
  • Postdoctoral Researcher – Tactile Sensing for Dexterous Manipulation — ETH Zürich · Zurich
  • PhD student - Passenger behavioural response to planned railway maintenance disruptions — ETH Zürich · Zurich
  • PostDoc in exoplanet atmospheres at the University of Bern — Universität Bern · Bern
  • PhD opportunity in Business Administration with a focus on leader self-disclosure of flaws — Universität Zürich · Zürich
More about this search for cross-border applicants

This page lists active openings across Switzerland tied to the search "PhD student position EPFL": the 30 listings below are filtered from our open-position index and sorted from newest to oldest.

Employers hiring for "PhD student position EPFL" include EPFL, ETH Zürich, USI – Università della Svizzera italiana. Recurring locations are Sion, Lausanne, Dübendorf, Genève: factor in commute time and crossing type (Brogeda, Stabio, Ponte Tresa) before picking one opportunity over another. For Italian cross-border applicants, every role requires the G permit filed by the Swiss employer — it is free of charge and typically issued in 2-6 weeks after contract signature.

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