Europe Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027 — Page 4
471 verified europe scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by TU Delft, University of Manchester and Max Planck Society. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
EMABG trains animal scientists in breeding, biodiversity and genomics across six consortium universities including BOKU Vienna, Wageningen, Göttingen, SLU, NMBU and AgroParisTech. The third-intake application round opened on 15 September 2026 and stays open until 15 January 2027, with roughly 15 fully funded Erasmus Mundus scholarships on offer.
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences for up to two years. International mobility is a key requirement. Includes salary, relocation allowance, and child support. Applications accepted throughout the year with cutoff dates. Next deadline: 22 January 2027.
✓ Fully FundedStipend/salary rate set by the funder — see the official listing
EMCL Consortium (University of Groningen) · Netherlands
EMCL is a two-year research master in clinical linguistics, neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics run by the universities of Eastern Finland, Ghent and Groningen. The application portal for the 2027-2029 intake opened on 1 October 2026 and closes on 1 December 2026, so this is one of the tightest Mundus windows this season.
EMGS is the long-running Erasmus Mundus master in global studies coordinated from Leipzig with partners including Vienna, Wrocław, Roskilde and global network universities. Recent cycles used a 28 February scholarship deadline with a 31 May window for all other applicants, and the 2027 round is expected to match.
EMILDAI sits at the crossroads of law, data protection and AI, offered by six partner universities led from Avignon. Applications for the 2027/2029 editions open in November 2026; the previous round closed on 25 January 2026, a date the new cycle is expected to mirror.
EMINENT is an Erasmus Mundus master dedicated to embedded and cyber-physical systems, delivered by a European consortium of technical universities. The programme page carries the live application dates, scholarship information and mobility structure for the next cohort.
EMJM Imaging is an Erasmus Mundus master dedicated to imaging science — from medical imaging to photonics and computational imaging — delivered by a French-led consortium. The 2027-2029 application dates had not been posted at the time of checking; the previous round closed in early January 2026, so a similar timeline is likely.
STEPS (Sustainable Transportation and Electric Power Systems) is an Erasmus Mundus joint master preparing engineers for the electrification of transport and the integration of renewable generation. The call for the September 2027 intake is open from 1 October 2026 until 8 January 2027, with Erasmus Mundus scholarships awarded on merit.
ACES-STAR, the relaunched Erasmus Mundus master in aquaculture, environment and society, is delivered from three centres of excellence — Scotland, Crete and France — coordinated through SAMS. Scholarship rounds in recent cycles have closed between late January and late February, with the 2027 dates posted on the official site.
EMMIR Consortium (University of Oldenburg) · Germany
EMMIR is the first African-European-Asian Erasmus Mundus master in migration studies, run by eight partner institutions from Germany to Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and India. Applications for Edition 14 (2027-2029) are open now: scholarship and non-fee-paying places close on 20 December 2026 at 23:59 CET, while fee-paying self-funded applications run until 15 July 2027.
This two-year Engineering Doctorate develops repeatable fieldwork and data-management procedures for underground utility mapping. The work centres on ground-penetrating radar at Twente’s Utility Mapping Site. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Fully funded PhD at University of Edinburgh examining environmental and health impacts of titanium ore deposits on communities near mining operations. £21,805/year stipend. UK students only.
EPFL EDBB open PhD positions across 15+ labs in biotechnology and bioengineering on the Lausanne campus. Swiss doctoral salary (~CHF 55,000+ gross/year). Next admission deadline: 1 November 2026.
EPFL's School of Life Sciences Summer Research Program places bachelor's and master's students in EPFL laboratories on Lake Geneva for a paid summer of research. The application window for the 2027 edition typically opens in November and closes in early December 2026, in line with recent editions.
✓ Fully FundedStipend/salary rate set by the funder — see the official listing
EPOG trains economists to understand and shape the emerging bifurcation of the global economy, with tracks in macroeconomics, financial systems and development led from Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne partners. The 2027 intake round closes on 27 January 2027 at 13:00 Paris time.
The European Politics and Society (EPS) Václav Havel master is a two-year Erasmus Mundus programme starting in Prague and continuing through partner universities such as Leiden, Kraków and Vienna. For the 2027/28 intake applications open on 1 November 2026, with an early-bird deadline of 28 February 2027 for scholarship candidates and a regular round until 30 April 2027. Prior English-medium study is accepted as English proficiency evidence - a new test certificate is not always needed.
4-year fully funded PhD programme across Manchester, Glasgow, and Oxford. Robotics and AI for Net Zero. UKRI stipend £20,780 plus £10,000/year TechExpert for Home students.
EPSRC FIBE3 CDT (Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero) at the University of Cambridge offers a fully funded 1+3 year MRes + PhD programme starting October 2027. Focuses on infrastructure challenges for the net-zero transition. Fully funded for eligible Home students, with very limited international funding. Application fee: £20. Deadline: 14 April 2027.
The Erasmus Mundus Master's Programme in Human Rights Policy and Practice (EMHRPP) is a fully funded two-year joint master's degree offered by a consortium of four European universities. Monthly stipend €1,400 plus tuition, travel, and insurance.
Bath Spa University invites applications for ESRC-funded PhD studentships through the South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP), with Bath Spa pathways in education, management and business, and sociotechnical futures. The internal Bath Spa application round closes at 11:59pm on 8 November 2026, ahead of the SWDTP final deadline of 12 January 2027, so candidates intending to nominate Bath Spa as their host should complete the university's research-degree application early.
The University of Leeds, as part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, offers a range of social science PhD studentships for 2027/28 entry. Open to UK and international applicants. Covers fees at UKRI rates plus a maintenance grant of £21,805 (2026/27 rate). Multiple award types available: +3.5, +3.75, and 1+3.5. Deadline: 20 January 2027.
ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellowships 2026: fully funded AI doctoral fellowships at ETH Zurich fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. Deadline: 27 October 2026, 16:00 CET.
✓ Fully FundedCHF 73,100/year in year 1, rising to CHF 83,500 (ETH rate 5)
