34 PhD, Postdoctoral and Faculty Positions at Utrecht University, Netherlands
Fully Funded Scholarships for International Students to Study Abroad

Applications are invited for 34 PhD, Postdoctoral and Faculty Positions at Utrecht University, Netherlands for International Students to study abroad at various positions.
Utrecht University (UU; Dutch: Universiteit Utrecht, formerly Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht) is a university in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Established 26 March 1636 (384 years ago), it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrolment of 31,801 students and employed 7,191 faculty and staff. In 2018, 525 PhD degrees were awarded and 6,948 scientific articles were published. The 2018 budget of the university was €857 million.

Utrecht University counts a number of distinguished scholars among its alumni and faculty, including 12 Nobel Prize laureates and 13 Spinoza Prize laureates. Utrecht University has been placed in the top 100 universities in the world by four major ranking tables. The university is ranked the best university in the Netherlands by the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2019, ranking 13th in Europe and 49th in the world.
List of 34 PhD, Postdoctoral and Faculty Positions at Utrecht University, Netherlands
Do you have the ambition to contribute to scientific progress as well as to perform socially relevant research?
Support & Administrative
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department: Dept IRAS
Application deadline: 28 June 2020
Post-doctoral fellowship on causal inference in big-data health research
Develop a suite of tools that will support personalized intervention for cardiovascular health.
Academic
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department: Dept IRAS
Application deadline: 11 July 2020
We are looking for 4 highly motivated and enthusiastic Postdocs with an interest in virology, molecular biology and biochemistry.
Academic
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department: Dept Infectieziekten en Immunologie
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher in The Labor Market Impacts of Outsourcing (1.0 FTE)
Academic
Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
Department: Departement Utrecht School of Economics
Application deadline: 15 June 2020
Tenure Track position on Innovative Biomaterials (1 FTE)
As a tenure track candidate you will develop a research programme in the field of innovative biomaterials for biomedical applications in regenerative medicine.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics
Application deadline:
15 July 2020
PhD position in Online and Approximation Algorithms (1.0 FTE)
We are looking for a PhD candidate who is interested in theoretical research on online and approximation algorithms!
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Algorithms and Complexity
Application deadline: 12 July 2020
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Ecology and Biodiversity (1.0 FTE)
Help provide the ecological innovation for a sustainable future.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Ecology and and Biodiversity
Application deadline: 15 July 2020
Postdoc Sustainability Education, teaching and learning in a virtual classroom (1.0 FTE)
The Copernicus Institute is looking for a Postdoc to work on Sustainability Education
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept SD
Application deadline: 26 June 2020
Assistant Professor in Theoretical Philosophy and AI (1.0 FTE)
Are you an inspiring teacher who can develop and teach BA and MA level courses in a wide range of topics in Theoretical Philosophy and Artificial Intellige?
Academic
Faculty of Humanities
Department: departement Filosofie en Religiewetenschap
Application deadline: 5 July 2020
Associate Professor Sustainable Finance (0.4 FTE)
We are looking for candidates with good quantitative research skills and the ability to mentor Junior Researchers.
Academic
Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
Department: Departement Utrecht School of Economics
Application deadline: 19 June 2020
Research Technicians Virology (1.0 FTE)
Are you a a highly motivated and enthusiastic technician with an interest in virology, molecular biology, and biochemistry?
Support & Administrative
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department: Dept Infectieziekten en Immunologie
Application deadline: 22 June 2020
We are looking for a candidate with a strongly quantitative, computational view of psychology and neuroscience.
Academic
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Department: Afd. Psychologische Functieleer
Application deadline: 26 June 2020
PhD/Postdoc position in modeling cellular decision making during multicellular development (1.0 FTE)
Take part in an exciting team effort by world-leading scientists to decipher how individual cells acquire their specialized fate.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics
Application deadline: 31 July 2020
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Economic Geography (1.0 FTE)
Do you have an interest and experience in research that matches our research profile?
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept SGPL
Application deadline: 26 June 2020
Junior Researcher ‘The effects of an online grief treatment after COVID-19’ (1.0 FTE)
Would you like to contribute to novel and clinically relevant insights in the effectiveness of distant-delivered care for bereaved people in need of support?
Support & Administrative
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Application deadline: 15 June 2020
PhD position in functional analysis of spinach downy mildew effectors (1.0 FTE)
Development of smart sequencing-based strategies for effector identification and characterization.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department:
Department of Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Application deadline: 15 July 2020
Join our interdisciplinary team to develop sustainable, fungal-based seed coatings with bioactive properties to increase crop performance.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions; Department of Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
Are you the highly motivated candidate with an interest in sustainability we are looking for?
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept SD
Application deadline: 26 June 2020
Are you interested in medical matters related to heart failure?
Academic
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Department: Departement Maatschappijwetenschappen
Application deadline: 14 June 2020
Develop advanced algorithms for tracking plastic, oil and seaweed in new satellite-derived ocean currents for the Atlantic Ocean.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Physics, Physical Oceanography
Application deadline: 21 June 2020
Assistant Professor Development and Education in Inclusive Societies (0.8 FTE), Dutch required
Academic
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Department: Afd. Orthopedagogiek CL
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
We seek a highly motivated candidate with affinity for fieldwork, numerical modelling and/or data analysis.
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept FG
Application deadline: 21 June 2020
Utrecht University’s Faculty of Geosciences is looking for a PhD candidate. Are you interested? Then please read the full profile and apply.
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept SGPL
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
Utrecht University’s Faculty of Geosciences is looking for a PhD Candidate. Are you interested? Then please read the full profile and apply.
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept SGPL
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
PhD or Postdoc position in numerical modelling of plastic and microbe transport in the Atlantic Ocean (1.0 FTE)Work in an interdisciplinary project to explore Atlantic Ocean microbiome ecosystem connectivity in a changing climate.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Physics, Physical Oceanography
Application deadline: 13 June 2020
PhD position in numerical modelling of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean (1.0 FTE)
Develop state-of-the-art simulations to compute the source of nanoplastic particles in the ocean.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Physics, Physical Oceanography
Application deadline: 13 June 2020
Postdoc in Psychology (ERC project ‘HOMEOSTASIS: The dynamics of visual working memory’) (1.0 FTE)
Academic
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Department: Afd. Psychologische Functieleer
Application deadline:
30 June 2020
Postdoc position in advanced data mining and analysis of marine plastic pollution (1.0 FTE)
Combine and analyse data on the sources and whereabouts of plastic litter in the ocean.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Physics, Physical Oceanography
Application deadline: 13 June 2020
Universitair Docent Bestuursrecht (0.8 – 1.0 fte)
Bij de faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie van de Universiteit Utrecht is plek voor een UD Bestuursrecht.
Academic
Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
Department: Departement Rechtsgeleerdheid
Application deadline: 14 June 2020
PhD position on ‘Micromagnetic Tomography for rock-magnetism’ (1.0 FTE)
The department of Earth Sciences of Utrecht University is looking for a PhD Candidate. Are you interested? Please read the full advertisement.
Academic
Faculty of Geosciences
Department: GEO / Dept AW
Application deadline: 15 July 2020
Are you our new colleague with a strong proactive, collaborative, and creative approach to work?
Academic
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Department: Afd. Ontwikkelingspsychologie
Application deadline: 12 June 2020
Postdoc position in nanobody-based immunotherapy of cancer (1.0 FTE)
Development of nanobodies binding to peptide-MHC complexes for the next level of immunotherapy against cancer.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Cell Biology
Application deadline: 15 June 2020
PhD position: Plant root gene regulatory networks in host-microbiome interactions (1.0 FTE)
Your research will decipher how plants under pathogen attack engage root microbiota for enhanced protection and contribute to innovations in future agriculture.
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Application deadline: 15 June 2020
Tenure Track position Bioinformatics/comparative genomics education (0.8 – 1.0 FTE)Inspire the next generation of data-savvy biologists!
Academic
Faculty of Science
Department: Department of Biology, Bioinformatics
Application deadline: 15 June 2020
You may visit the official website for these 34 PhD Postdoctoral and Faculty Positions at Utrecht University Netherlands at the following link.