List of Available PhD Positions 2027
The application period for 2027 starts on 1 November 2026 and ends on 15 January 2027!
The call for applications and the selection of the candidates are subject to export control approvals.
How to apply?
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Institute |
Subject Area & Project title |
Name of Prof. / Research Group Leader |
| Diverse | Diverse Options: Own research is also eligible if candidate can provide an acceptance letter from a host supervisor at Freie Universität Berlin. |
Diverse |
| Biology |
Neurobiology, Behavior, Neural networks |
Prof. Dr. Julio Hechavarria |
| Biology |
Neurobiology, Neural networks, Cellular Biology |
Prof. Dr. Julio Hechavarria |
| Biology |
Neurobiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Neuroscience, Auditory Perception Breaking the Beat: Causal Mechanisms of Flexible Auditory Prediction |
Dr. Yuranny Cabral-Calderin |
| Biology |
Evolution Unravelling the Genomic Basis of Behavioural Diversity in Ruffs |
Prof. Dr. Katja Nowick |
| Biology |
Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Katja Nowick |
| Biology |
Neurobiology |
Prof. Dr. Mathias F. Wernet |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Biophysical Chemistry |
Prof. Dr. Stephan Block |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Synthetic Organic Chemistry / Natural Product Synthesis / Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Antiviral Meroterpenoids |
Prof. Dr. Mathias Christmann |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | Synthetic Organic Chemistry / Natural Product Synthesis / Electrochemisty
Electrochemical Functionalization and Electroorganocatalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis |
Prof. Dr. Mathias Christmann |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Cheminformatics / NMR Spectroscopy / Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry Automated High-Throughput Analysis of NMR Data for Internal Consistency |
Prof. Dr. Mathias Christmann |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Theoretical Chemistry Computational Investigations for the sustainable degradation of PFAS |
Prof. Dr. Beate Paulus |
| Education and Psychology |
Cognitive Neuroscience Two sides of the same face: biases in human and artificial face processing |
Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Cichy |
| Education and Psychology |
Cognitive Neuroscience Metacognition in Large Language Models: Quantifying Confidence and Calibration |
Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Cichy |
| Education and Psychology |
Cognitive Neuroscience Modelling of brain responses to naturalistic videos in high-level primate visual cortex |
Dr. Lynn Sörensen & Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Cichy |
| Education and Psychology |
Cognitive Neuroscience Revealing perceptual mechanisms of human video understanding using human behavior and AI |
Dr. Lynn Sörensen & Prof. Dr. Radoslaw Cichy |
| Finance, Accounting, Taxation |
Business Taxation |
Prof. Dr. Jochen Hundsdoerfer |
| Literary Studies |
Diverse positions at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies. Please note: the application deadline ends already on 15 November, 2026! |
Diverse |
| Media and Communication Studies |
Health Communication Health-related information seeking with search engines and AI chatbots |
Prof. Dr. Marko Bachl |
| Physics |
Theoretical physics, Molecular physics, Quantum Optics Theory of quantum control for trapped molecular ions
|
Prof. Dr. Christiane Koch |
| Sociology |
Sociology of Affect and Emotion Sociology of Affect and Emotion, including Affective Polarization Research |
Prof. Dr. Christian von Scheve |
| Veterinary Medicine |
Food Microbiology Investigating the Role of Multispecies Biofilms in the Persistence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Mussels
|
Prof. Dr. Thomas Alter |