243 PhD programmes in Physics in Europe

Co-accredited by the University of Orleans, the University of Tours and INSA Centre Val de Loire, the Energy, Materials, Geosciences, Space Sciences Doctoral School (EMSTU) has doctoral students carrying out their research in the 13 research units attached to the DS distributed over the Orleans, Tours, Bourges and Blois sites. 

In the Doctoral School of Physics at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), fundamental principles of physics are used to solve technological problems such as designing better materials or building more efficient devices. 

Physics from University of Nova Gorica is intensely focused at student research activities. These activities as conducted in research groups from various laboratories within the University as well as in companies and other research institutions. 

Our Doctoral Photonics program at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena greatly assists in developing individual science careers in the fields of Optics, Photonics and Quantum Technology by providing professional and practical course opportunities and advancing soft skills development. 

The Physics programme from University of Debrecen provides high quality education in scientific research.

The focus of this Mechanics doctoral program at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is the nonlinear mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energetics) of transformations of solids, geo- and bio- materials as well as fluid flows (geometric non-linearities).

This Centre for Doctoral Training in Fluid Dynamics PhD programme from University of Leeds tackles fundamental and applied problems providing students from a wide range of academic backgrounds with the opportunity to undertake cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research.

Physics is a strong focus of research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and about 200 doctoral students are pursuing their thesis in this discipline.

The PhD programme from Aarhus University offers education in a number of major areas of Physics and Astronomy. The minimum background education for enrollment is a Bachelor degree in Physics, Astronomy or a closely related subject.

Experimental Mechanics research at Luleå University of Technology concerns the development of experimental methods in order to study phenomena in mechanics.

The Medical Physics and Imaging programme offered by Swansea University prepares doctoral researchers for careers as medical physicists contributing directly to patient treatment and care. It includes opportunities for laboratory work, basic and applied research, as well as management and teaching.

The Theoretical Physics - Computational Biology programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in mathematical modelling and theoretical approaches to biological and biophysical systems.

The Applied Physics programme offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology develops advanced research expertise in physical principles and technologies for scientific and industrial applications.

The study of exoplanets is a rapidly moving field at the forefront of Astrophysics. This Exoplanets and Planetary Physics programme is offered at The Open University UK.

The PhD program in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Sapienza University of Rome deals with rigorous theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches to solve new problems of Applied Mechanics.

Gain advanced training under the supervision of leading experts and participate in innovative research in physics and astrophysics with this Physics programme at the University of Kent.

The Mathematics, Computer Science, Theoretical Physics and Systems Engineering Doctoral School (ED MIPTIS) is composed of 4 laboratories from the University of Tours and the University of Orleans as well as the INSA Centre Val de Loire.

The research and education in Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University extends from the innermost building blocks of matter through consideration of molecules and materials to the structure and development of stars and the universe.

The core research idea of this Research Training Group (RTG) in Dynamics and Criticality in Quantum and Gravitational Systems at Leipzig University is to investigate, understand and compute the emergence of complexity in gravitational and quantum field theories starting from their foundations.

Metrology at Politecnico di Torino is as old as humanity and the root of this word lies in the ancient Greek métron-logía: the art of studying the quantification of physical quantities.