FMI Basel: PhD and MD-PhD Selection 2027

Description

The Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel is recruiting doctoral candidates for its biomedical PhD and MD-PhD programmes. Scientific areas include neurobiology, genome regulation and multicellular systems. Students work with international research groups and use the institute's technology platforms within an environment connected to the University of Basel. The autumn round closes on 15 November 2026 and leads to interviews in January 2027. The PhD requires a qualification giving access to doctoral study, usually a master's degree, while the MD-PhD follows a route adapted to medical graduates. International applicants are welcome. Submit the online file and arrange recommendations, which referees provide through the instructions sent to them. Doctoral financial support follows the Swiss National Science Foundation scale; no uniform salary amount is asserted here. Review several groups when preparing your research interests, so your application connects your previous training with work actually undertaken at FMI rather than only the appeal of studying in Switzerland.

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Eligibility criteria

• Doctoral-entry qualification for the PhD; relevant medical degree for the MD-PhD.
• Research application and references; international applicants welcome.

Application procedure