49 PhD programmes in Ecology in Europe

As a PhD student in Ecology and Environmental Management at the University of Brighton, you will join a team of experts whose research informs real world change locally, nationally and globally.

The Doctoral School Social Ecology at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna conducts inter- and transdisciplinary research on society-nature interaction in the context of global change and sustainability.

The Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in green biology across ecological, environmental, and plant-related systems.

The Human Ecology programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in socio‑ecological systems and the interaction between human societies and environmental processes.

The EcoWild programme offered by University of Oxford has been designed to deliver the next generation of innovative researchers and conservationists needed to protect some of the Earth’s most vulnerable and valuable ecosystems. 

The Ecological, Veterinary, Agronomic, and Bioengineering Sciences programme offered by INSA Toulouse - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées develops advanced research expertise in evolutionary biology, ecosystems, and biological interactions across multiple levels of organization.

As a PhD student in this programme at the University of Brighton, you will benefit from membership of the university's Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis Research and Enterprise Group.

Karstology from University of Nova Gorica is intended for candidates who have completed the previous study programme for obtaining university education or a second-level study programme of various fields, and who wish to gain deeper insight of this broadly “integrated system of sciences on karst” and become karst researchers or karst managers.

The Department of Bioscience from Aarhus University conducts both basic research in a range of biological disciplines and research-based public sector consultancy in the areas of environmental management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Currently the research activities at the department are organized in 11 sections in which Department of  Ecoscience offers PhD studies.

The PhD programme in Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management is offered by Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).

The Forest Ecology and Management PhD education at our department at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences covers a range of research areas spanning basic research on fundamental ecosystem processes to applied research within forest management.

Gain expert training and advanced knowledge in Ecological and Evolutionary sciences with a PhD in Ecology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Crop Production Ecology PhD students at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences take on fundamental issues that affect all of us. How can we combine improved quality and quantity of crop production with enhanced ecosystem services and reduced negative environmental impact?

In the Biological Sciences (Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour) programme from University of Liverpool, we study patterns in the natural environment, from the behaviour of individual organisms to dynamics of populations and the diversity of communities. 

The Zurich Ph.D. Program in Molecular Life Sciences is a joint program of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, two highly prestigious Swiss universities with excellent research facilities. 

The Ecological and Evolutionary Biology programme from Masaryk University graduates are familiar with current and advanced working methods and knowledge particularly in the field of plant and animal taxonomy, biosystematics, ecology, palaeoecology, parasitology, hydrobiology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, molecular biology and genetics.

Choose to carry out your postgraduate studies with this Biological and Environmental Sciences offered by University of Hull and become part of a vibrant, forward-thinking research community.

We offer a Forest Ecosystem Services degree at Technical University in Zvolen. The subject composition of the study plan as well as other activities of the PhD student correspond to the description of the branch of study. 

The Animal Ecology - Environmental Change programme offered at University of Glasgow aim to predict the consequences of rapid environmental change such as that due to climate, habitat loss, renewable energy growth, pollution and over-exploitation of natural resources on biodiversity and human and animal health.

The Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution (DPEE) from the University of Bern aims to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and scientific methods through courses, seminars and workshops to which foreign experts will be invited.