Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, is inviting online applications for several fully funded Ph.D. programs across various departments. Here is a list of available fully funded Ph.D. programs at Radboud University:
1. Gas-phase Contamination Detection in Real-life Applications: Combining Spectroscopy and Spectrometry
- Research team focuses on trace detection for various applications.
- Utilizes spectroscopy and spectrometry instruments.
- Involves collaboration with national and international groups.
- Embedded within the Institute for Molecules and Materials.
Deadline: 01 February 2024
2. Whiteness, Spirituality and Esotericism
- Department of Comparative Religious Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion Studies.
- Contribution to the Center for Religion and Contemporary Society.
- Part of the Race-Religion Research Group.
- Interdisciplinary exploration of concepts and belief systems.
Deadline: 29 January 2024
3. Migrant Muslim Foodways
- Embedded in the Department of Islam, Politics, and Society.
- Supervised within the Center for Religion and Contemporary Society.
- Focus on societal issues and innovative education programs.
Deadline: 26 February 2024
4. Semantics, Pragmatics and Large Language Models
- Philosophy of Mind and Language group.
- Interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of cognition and language.
- Collaboration with various fields.
Deadline: 03 March 2024
5. Learning and Transfer of Computational Thinking in Primary School
- Research Master’s degree required in Social Sciences.
- Experience with quantitative research methods.
- Affinity with computational thinking and primary school context.
Deadline: 11 February 2024
6. Developmental Affective Psychology
- Master’s or Research Master’s degree in related fields.
- Research, methodological, and statistical skills required.
- Affinity with neurobiological methods and techniques.
Deadline: 21 January 2024
7. MSCA Doctoral Network MECANO: ‘A Democratic Turn? Uncovering and Understanding Reference Patterns to Greco-Roman Antiquity in 20th-century Public Discourse’
- MA or MPhil degree in relevant disciplines.
- Research skills, including computational humanities.
- Good command of academic English.
Deadline: 31 January 2024
8. MSCA Doctoral Network MECANO: Recovering Anonymous Late-Antique Preachers in the Corpus of Pseudo-Augustinian Sermons
- Option 1: Training in Classics or History.
- Experience with medieval manuscripts and computational methods.
- Multidisciplinary research skills.
Deadline: 31 January 2024
9. Perceptual Decision-Making and Confidence
- Master’s degree in relevant fields.
- Compliance with Marie Curie Actions mobility rule.
- Experience in computer programming and quantitative skills preferred.
Deadline: 31 January 2024
10. First-principles Modelling and Screening of New Thermomagnetic Materials –
– MSc in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, or related field.
– Affinity with computational work.
Radboud University, situated in Nijmegen, Netherlands, is a distinguished public research institution named after Saint Radboud, a 9th-century Dutch bishop celebrated for his intellect and advocacy for the underprivileged.
Founded in 1923, Radboud University consistently secures a position in the top 150 global universities across prominent ranking tables. The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it 105th in 2020. Internationally renowned for robust research, the university awarded 447 PhD degrees and published 7,571 scientific articles in 2019. To enhance global academic collaboration, Radboud University became a member of the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities in 2016.
Nestled in the lush Heyendaal neighborhood of Nijmegen, the green campus accommodates seven faculties specializing in Arts, Law, Management, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences, Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Additionally, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, a world-class research center dedicated to unraveling human language and communication, is based on the campus.
Radboud University boasts notable alumni, including 12 Spinoza Prize laureates and Nobel Prize laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov, the renowned discoverer of graphene. Prominent figures such as former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt, ex-chairman of Unilever Marijn Emmanuel Dekkers, influential priest and theologian Henri Nouwen, and First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans are also counted among its alumni. The university’s former students have achieved athletic success, securing three Olympic medals in rowing since 2000.
