QS Rank:

55

University of Amsterdam

North Holland
,Netherlands

Program Name
PhD in marine biology

Deadline
January 15th, 2026
Overview
PhD position within the SURPHYVE project focusing on the role of phagotrophy in phytoplankton winter survival./nThe project is a collaboration between the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)./nThe PhD will involve laboratory experiments, winter fieldwork (including research expeditions to Svalbard), and analysis of transcriptomic datasets. Position based at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Duration
4 Months
Ranking
#39
US World and News Report
#60
The World University Rankings
#55
QS World University Rankings
Class Profile
Application Requirements
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Application Deadlines
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