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Post doctor (2 years) within data privacy and machine learning

Application deadline 2026-10-11

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Computing Science
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To our institution, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs, we are now seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on privacy for data-driven models and high-dimensional data. The position is full-time for two years, starting on 12th January 2026, or as agreed upon. The Department of Computing Science at Umeå University is an international environment for research and education covering a broad spectrum of computer science... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Chemistry
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The Department of Chemistry is opening a PhD position in Chemistry with a specialization in Biophysical Chemistry. The thesis project will focus on exploring how proteins move, react, and function. The position is for four years of doctoral studies, including participation in research and postgraduate courses. The last day to apply is 2026-10-15 on ERSFs website . Starting date is 2026-12-01 or by agreement. Project description and tasks Thesis subject: Probing conformational membrane protein... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Odontology
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All doctoral students admitted to the Faculty of Medicine participate in the Faculty-wide doctoral education programme. The programme comprises 25 credits and is offered at two study rates: 25 credits over eight semesters, corresponding to four years of full-time study, or over twelve semesters, corresponding to six years of part-time study. Admission to the programme takes place each autumn and spring semester. Project description and duties Are you a biomedical laboratory scientist with a... Read more

PhD students in Statistics

Application deadline 2026-11-04

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics
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The Department of Statistics at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) is recruiting one to two PhD students in Statistics for the research project “Next-Generation Latent Variable Models for Social Data Science”.  Application deadline: November 4, 2026. We are seeking one to two PhD students for the research project “Next-Generation Latent Variable Models for Social Data Science” , led by PhD Gabriel Wallin. In many social science applications, the characteristics and... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Physics
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The Department of Physics at Umeå University ( https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-physics/ ) conducts strong research in condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, photonics, ultrafast spectroscopy, and theoretical and computational physics. We announce a PhD position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK for the doctoral project ‘Spatiotemporal Hybrid Light–Matter States’.  Last day to apply is November 30, 2026.  The earliest starting date is February 2027, or by agreemen... Read more

  • Type of employment Temporary position
  • Extent 100%
  • Department Department of Physics
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The Department of Physics at Umeå University ( https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-physics/ ) conducts strong research in condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, photonics, ultrafast spectroscopy, and theoretical and computational physics. We announce a PhD position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK for the doctoral project ‘Spatiotemporal Information Processing’.  Last day to apply is November 30, 2026. The earliest starting date is February 2027, or by agreement.... Read more