Open positions at Umeå University

To our institution, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in Computing Science, we are now seeking a PhD student with a focus on agent-based modelling.  The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years, with a focus on creating an inclusive and bottom-up driven research environment.  Our workplace consists of a diverse set of people from different nationalities, backgrounds and fields. As a P... Read more

The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, Sweden, invites applicants for a position as Staff Scientist in Molecular AI & Pathogen Systems Biology for a fixed term employment of 12 months. The position is expected to start in February, 2026 or according to agreement. Application deadline is 19 November, 2026. Description of the project We investigate microbial niche adaptation and stress responses using integrative multi-omics (e.g., bulk/single-cell transcriptomics, metagenomics... Read more

The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, Sweden, welcomes applicants for a position as Staff Scientist in Molecular Tumor Biology. The employment is full-time and limited to 12 months. The expected start date is January 1, 2026, or as agreed upon.   Project description Neuroblastoma (NB) arises in the sympathetic nervous system and is the most frequent extracranial solid childhood cancer, with a high degree of clinical heterogeneity ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal... Read more

At Umeå University, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in both Computing Science and Informatics, we are now seeking a doctoral candidate with a focus on AI models and policy applications for climate risk communication.  This position is a collaboration between two departments in different faculties:  The Department of Computing Science (Faculty of Science and Technology), where the PhD student will be part of the AI... Read more

The Department of Chemistry is opening a PhD position in Chemistry with a specialization in Environmental Chemistry. The thesis project will focus on computational models for assessing exposure of organic pollutants in zebrafish. The position is for four years of doctoral studies, including participation in research and postgraduate courses. The last day to apply is November 23, 2025. Starting date is January 19, 2026 or by agreement.   Project description and tasks This project offers the... Read more

At our department, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in Computer Science, we are now seeking a PhD student with a focus on Neuro-Symbolic Graph Transformation. The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years, with a focus on creating an inclusive and bottom-up driven research environment.  Our workplace consists of a diverse set of people from different nationalities, backgrounds and... Read more

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 8th January 2026, or as agreed upon. The Department of Computing Science has been growing rapidly in recent years, with a focus on creating an inclusive and bottom-up driven research environment. ... Read more

Project Description The Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation is seeking a Postdoc for the project “COPD-HIT”, an international multicenter project aimed at developing and validating an in vitro loading model against in vivo blood and muscle adaptations (biopsies) from individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as well as healthy matched controls who have undergone physical training of varying intensity and duration. Job Responsibilities As a Postdoc in this... Read more

The Department of Medical and Biochemistry and Biophysics seeks a senior staff scientist. The position is full-time for an indefinite period starting in January 2026, or as agreed. Description The Biochemical Imaging Centre Umeå (BICU) is an open-access imaging centre that offers cutting-edge techniques to researchers all over Sweden according to a fixed organization and user fees as described on the homepage ( https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/biochemical-imaging-centre-umea-bicu... Read more

The Department of Computing Science seeks a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science with focus on AI trustworthiness modeling in medical domain. The employment of full-time for two years starts in Feb 2026 or by agreement. The deadline for applications is Nov 28, 2025. Department of Computing science At our institution, which conducts research at the highest international level and offers several high-quality educational programs in Computer Science, we are now seeking a postdoctoral... Read more

The Department of Computing Science is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in “Embodied-AI and Human-Robot-Interaction” within the WASP project, led by Assoc. Prof. Zoe Falomir. The position is full-time for two years, starting in spring 2026, or as agreed.   Department of Computing Science For our department, characterized by world-leading research in several fields and a breadth of internationally highly ranked educational programs, we are now looking for a postdoctoral fellow in... Read more

We are now seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Diagnostics and Intervention for a period of two years, starting by agreement. Description of the project The project investigates the long-term consequences of COVID-19, known as post-COVID condition (PCC). The aim is to understand why some people develop long-lasting sequalae and how these the prognosis vary between phenotypes. Our goals are to: Identify different types of PCC in order to provide more tailored... Read more

The announced PhD-student position in precision medicine is at the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden. The position is the part of the projects within the consortium MIPrecise under Marie Sklodowska-Curie action by the Framwork Programme of the European Union for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe. The MIPrecise project aims to develop nano-antibodies and DNA and mRNA probes to capture tumor circulating cells, cancer-cell free-mRNA, cancer-DNA from the blood-based... Read more

The Department of Physics at Umeå University ( https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-physics/ ) conducts strong research in the areas of condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, photonics and theoretical physics. The Department of Physics is offering a PhD position for project on new graphene-related materials. The project is aimed on developing new graphene-related materials, studies of material’s structure and properties, application of these materials for sorption of lanthanides and actinid... Read more

We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher to study how neural activity influences 3D genomics, the chromatin landscape, and cellular plasticity in glioblastoma. The position is a full-time, two-year appointment. The postdoctoral position is funded by a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The research group is affiliated with the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) at Umeå University. WCMM was established as part of a national initiativ... Read more

The Department of Chemistry is opening a PhD position in Chemistry with a specialization in Environmental Chemistry. The thesis project will focus on the fate of PFAS in thermochemical conversion and associated processes of biomass and industrial waste materials. The position is for four years of doctoral studies, including participation in research and postgraduate courses. The last day to apply is 2026-01-02. Starting date is 2026-04-01 or by agreement. Project description and tasks Per- an... Read more

About the Department The Department of Political Science at Umeå University has about 70 employees. The department conducts undergraduate education and research in political science and peace and conflict studies. For more information, see https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-political-science/ . General description The Department of Political Science is recruiting 1-2 doctoral students in political science. The starting date is May 1, 2026, or by agreement. The last day to apply for these... Read more