In order to succeed as a doctoral student at VCE and TU Delft you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue their work (self-motivated and organized)
• communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with diverse academic and industry partners
• have a committed and professional approach
• problem-solving and creative solutions
• analyse and work with complex issues

Willingness to engage in secondments at industrial and academic partners to gain practical and interdisciplinary experience is a must.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills. 

The selected candidates will receive a 36-month, full-time employment contract as per Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) regulations for early stage researchers, with a highly competitive salary, including a monthly living and mobility allowance and (if eligible) a monthly family allowance. 

The gross salary consists of:

• living allowance: 3400 EUR/month, adjusted through the application of a country correction coefficient to the living allowance of the country in which the researcher is recruited. The country correction coefficients are indicated in Table 1 of the MSCA Work Programme 2023-2025.
• mobility allowance: 600 EUR/month 
• family allowance, if applicable - depending on the family situation: 660 EUR/month. 

Net salary is subject the 2025 Austrian tax laws.

The recruitment date for this position is May 1, 2025. To comply with the MSCA-DN eligibility rules, the applicant:

• Must not be already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment;
• Must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Austria for more than 12 months in the 36 months before their recruitment date.

To be eligible for a PhD at VCE & TU Delft, the applicant is bound to have the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree diploma (EQF level 6).
• Certificate with all the exams taken in the Bachelor’s degree programme (front and back scan) or a document issued by the University including all the exams taken.
• Master’s degree diploma (EQF level 7). If the official diploma is not available yet, a provisional one can be accepted. Otherwise, an official document specifying the expected date of graduation is necessary.
• Certificate with all the exams taken in the Master’s degree programme (front and back scan). If at the final year of the programme, a certificate of the exams taken - as updated as possible - with the average of final or current grades;

These documents must be written in English by the issuing University. In case of any other language than those mentioned above, applicants are required to attach both the original version of the document and its official translation in English. The documents must be on headed paper with the stamp of the institution that issued them and the administrator's signature in charge. Electronically signed documents can only be accepted if they can be verified online via QR code or verification link.

One of the following certificates of English language knowledge, regardless of the data of obtainment:

English language certificate – level C1 or above (valid regardless of the conferral date)  as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The language certificates accepted by TU Delft are available at https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/programmes/phd/phd-admission

Certificates which are not listed in the above-mentioned table will not be accepted

Applications must be received before the indicated deadline. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

All applications will adhere to the security constraints of the organizations hosting the PhD candidate

VCE is engaged to ensure an Open, Transparent, Merit-based Recruitment, in line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. 

The composition of the selection committee will respect the rules of parity both in gender and in academic/industrial participation. 

The selection procedure will consist of the following steps:

• Eligibility check: The Recruitment Committee will check that each application is complete and that applicants fulfil the eligibility criteria described in the previous section.
• Remote Evaluation: each eligible application will be evaluated by the Selection Committee, according to the doctoral canditate´s position options expressed by the applicants and the provided documents.
• Interviews: The short-listed candidates will be interviewed by a Selection Committee. The Selection Committee will respect the rules of gender equality and will have an adequate academic/industrial participation.

The recruiting institution will send out notification of the selection outcome after the interview. Rejected applications will receive constructive feedbacks. 

The organization then conducts a final assessment of the selected candidate, verifying administrative and institutional aspects to confirm acceptance. The process concludes with signing a contract, which formalizes the relationship between the successful candidate and the institution. This contract establishes the rights and duties of both parties.

The email subject must begin with the word FOURIER and include:

• International identification document (passport for extra-European candidates)
• Updated CV including relevant professional and academic experience.
• MSc certificate or Authenticated Master's degree diploma (if obtained outside the EU). Translations into English if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified.
• Declaration of not having completed any other PhD program
• Research statement with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 1 page)
• English and optional German language certificate 
• Master’s Thesis and scientific publications.