156 Affordable PhD programmes in Switzerland

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Theater and Dance Studies doctorate at the University of Bern? 

The doctoral program in Mathematics from University of Bern offers candidates, through concrete research projects, the opportunity to deepen their mathematical knowledge and to develop the necessary skills for independent scientific work.

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Musicology doctorate at the University of Bern? 

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Sociology doctorate at the University of Bern?

Participating students of the Evolutionary Biology program from the University of Zurich must write a dissertation about their independent scientific research project to graduate successfully.

The Economics (Track C) course from University of Zurich offers a set of courses taught by internationally renowned scholars and world-class research opportunities. 

The Economics (Track A) program offered by the University of Zurich is aimed at students who are already working closely with a professor of the Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology in a specific area of research and who are generally not pursuing a career in research. 

The Indian Studies (Individual Doctorate) program offered at the University of Zurich requires participants to conduct independent research, write a PhD thesis, and to perform coursework. 

The English and American Literature (Individual Doctorate) program from University of Zurich requires participants to conduct independent research, write a PhD thesis, and to perform coursework. 

After graduation from the Chemical and Molecular Sciences program from the University of Zurich, students have acquired the professional skills needed to independently tackle, solve, and communicate a scientific problem in both theory and practice. 

The Cellular and Biomedical Sciences programme at the University of Bern usually lasts three years and offers structured post-graduate training in experimental research.

Students of the Biomolecular Structure and Mechanism program at the University of Zurich carry out their PhD studies either at the ETH or the UZH under the specific institutional regulations.

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Education doctorate at the University of Bern?

The Doctoral Program in Photonics (EDPO) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne covers the science, technology and applications of photonics research

The Doctoral Program Architecture and Sciences of the City (EDAR) is part of Doctoral School of EPFL at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. It brings together in one doctoral program the world of architecture and that of social sciences concerned with the inhabited space and combines basic and applied research in an interdisciplinary perspective.

Doctoral students of the Management and Economics (Track C) course from University of Zurich demonstrate a systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and methods of research associated with that field. They can conceive, implement, and adapt a research process with scientific integrity.