🇦🇹 Funded PhD Position 👉 TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
For Computer Science / Data Science / NLP / Machine Learning / Computational Social Science candidates:
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Machine Learning
• Computational Social Science
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Statistical Analysis & Experimental Design
• Interdisciplinary AI Research
🎓 Requirements:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, HCI, Computational Social Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Computational Linguistics, or related field
• Strong English communication and writing skills
• Python programming skills
• Interest in NLP, ML, and social science applications
• German (B2) or willingness to learn
• Prior research experience is an advantage
• Publications are a plus but not required
💰 Funding:
• Fully funded 4-year PhD position
• Full-time (40 hours/week)
• Salary: €3,776.10/month gross (14 salaries/year)
• Additional experience may increase salary
🏛 Research Environment:
• Data Science Research Unit
• Hoyle Lab
• Faculty of Informatics
• TU Wien (Top-ranked Computer Science department in Austria)
• Access to GPUs, DataLab, and MUSICA supercomputer (H100 GPUs)
📩 Apply:
jobs.tuwien.ac.at/Register/2…
📄 Submit:
• CV
• Motivation letter (1–2 pages)
• Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
• List of publications
• Optional: GRE scores
• Optional: TOEFL results
• Optional: PhD acceptance letter (if already admitted elsewhere)
❓ Questions:
Alexander Hoyle
📧 alexander.hoyle@tuwien.ac.at
⌛️ Deadline: 9 July 2026
🗓 Expected Start: August–November 2026
🌍 International and non-EU candidates are encouraged to apply. Visa support available.
Good luck ☘️