The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is looking for highly qualified candidates with bachelor's or master's degrees to apply for our ISTScholar PhD program. We offer fully-funded PhD positions in the following research clusters:
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Data Science & Scientific Computing
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience , and
- Physics
Our PhD program is characterized by modern comprehensive training with a special focus on interdisciplinarity, close mentoring by outstanding faculty within small research groups, and access to first-rate facilities . Students spend the first year completing coursework and rotations before choosing a thesis group. Our PhD graduates have gone on to top positions in academia and industry all over the world. The institute offers a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna.
IST Austria offers internationally competitive PhD salaries co-funded by an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant supporting 4 -5 years of study. Applicants must hold either a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field of study. We expect to hire between 40 -50 PhD candidates for the 2018 admissions round.
The application deadline is January 8, 2018 (11:59PM CET), for a PhD start date in September 2018.
Apply now: https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/phd-admissions/
To find out more about the IST Austria Graduate School, see: https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/
IST Austria is committed to equality and diversity. In particular, female applicants are encouraged to apply.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at gradschool@ist.ac.at.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 665385.
Eligibility and Subject Areas
Students who will have a bachelor's degree level qualification (or above) by September 2018 are eligible to apply. We invite PhD applications in the following subject areas:
Computer Science
Data Science & Computation
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Physics
About IST Austria
Located just outside Vienna, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is an international institute dedicated to basic research and graduate education, where we transcend the traditional boundaries between disciplines and foster cutting-edge research in natural and mathematical sciences.
IST Austria offers excellent infrastructure, an English-speaking, internationally diverse community, and proximity to Vienna, consistently ranked as one of the most desirable cities to live in in the world.
The President of IST Austria is Thomas A. Henzinger, a leading computer scientist and former professor of the University of California at Berkeley and EPFL Lausanne in Switzerland. The Institute was inaugurated in 2009 and will grow to about 90 research groups by 2026.
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