ICFO offers PhD-fellowship positions to well-qualified graduate students, who wish to obtain a doctoral degree in any of the research topics covered at ICFO. Our PhD-program brings together top-level training and teaching for young scientists, benefiting from the extensive course offerings of local universities and focused instruction by ICFO professors, in a stimulating, international and interdisciplinary environment. PhD-students have the opportunity to take advantage of our network of excellence, consisting in partners of national and international research institutes and universities, as well as industrial partners in the field.
Our PhD Fellowship Program welcomes applications from individuals with a degree in a field of science and engineering related to the ICFO research activities.
Fellowships will be offered across all ICFO research groups. Research lines include, but are not limited to theoretical and experimental aspects of:
Atto-Science, Ultrafast Optics & Nonlinear Optics
Photovoltaics, Thermal Photonics & Solar Fuels
Optical Sensing & Optoelectronics
NanoPhotonics & NanoMechanics
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Quantum and Low-Dimensional Materials
Quantum Communications, Sensing & Simulation
Quantum Optics & Quantum Information
Nanophotonics, Condensed Matter Physics & Light-Matter Interactions
Medical Optics
Biophysics, Biophotonics & Super-Resolution Imaging
Please, browse our website for details about ICFO Research Groups and Group Leaders at https://www.icfo.eu/research/groups/. In the group profile, you will also see specific available PhD-projects in that particular group (application should be formalized through this present general call with the corresponding selection process applicable). If you are interested in discussing possible research topics, please contact ICFO Group Leaders directly.
Important: During your application, you will be requested to indicate the research group(s) you are interested in accomplishing your PhD with.
The fellowships are offered as part of the ICFO PhD Program with standard PhD positions supported by the “Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament de Recerca i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya” and co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus.