15 fully funded PhD positions in France
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Every open PhD position we track in France, each with its deadline and the university's official application link. Pay, contract type and visa rules differ from country to country, so read each advert closely before you apply. Want a mentor who has done this? See how our PhD admission mentorship works →
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All 15 open PhD positions in France
- PRISM PhD Positions 14 MSCA-Funded PhD positions at PSL University
- Apply for a fully funded doctoral degree in management at INSEAD for the Fall 2027 intake
- PhD Positions in Management, Economics and Law full scholarship, 100% English
- PhD at FZJ, high-res. time-resolved microstructural evolution under ion irradiation via TEM
- Resolving glycosylation in Therapeutic Proteins using Advanced X-ray Scattering at ESRF’s BioSWAXS B
- CFR502-PhD Student
- PhD Laser additive manufacturing of new-gen aluminium alloys with Synchrotron Techniques
- Ph.D. thesis student on operando TEM analysis of ionotronic materials
- PhD thesis student (f/m) at ESRF and University of Bath to study CO₂ capture by coupling X-ray Raman
- PhD Probing conformational membrane protein dynamics by time-resolved X-ray solution scattering
- Postdoctoral researcher neurosciences
- Post-doctoral
- Postdoctoral position: Addressing the mechanical evolution of colorectal cancer
- Postdoctoral Position in Circular RNA Biology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- PhD Student – Kisspeptin Signaling in Reproduction and Energy Metabolism
Institutions currently hiring in France
Université PSL · INSEAD · HEC Paris · European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) · French National Institute for Health Research (INSERM) · Depending on experience · INEM Institute
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