Agroscope

Bourse Agroscope à Agroscope (Zurich), doctorat

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Level Doctorate
Funding Fully funded
Language Anglais, Allemand, Français
Verified on 27 September 2026

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Bourse Agroscope à Agroscope (Zurich), doctorat : page officiellePrimary source

Agroscope offers a salaried PhD position in Zurich for holders of a master's degree in agricultural or environmental sciences. This research project on agricultural water management starts on November 1, 2026, and requires proficiency in English and two official Swiss languages. Deadline to be confirmed.

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Deadlines

Intake	Deadline	Status
2026-2029	Date limite non spécifiée sur la page de l'offre d'emploi.	Open

Conditions

Blocking requirements

Diplôme requis
« Master's degree (MSc) in Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography, or a related field »
Maîtrise linguistique
« Knowledge of two official Swiss languages and English »

Assets

Compétences techniques
« Excellent proficiency in scripting languages (Python, R) »

What is actually funded

Tuition
Santé au travail

Countries covered

Open to all nationalities. In practice, the target profile is a Master's graduate already close to agro hydrological modelling and able to work in a multilingual Swiss environment.. No priority group, country quota, or number of positions is published in the extracted data.

Application pathway

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Documents to prepare or confirm

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Identity document or passport
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CV or academic and professional background
Motivation statement, project or written responses
Language proof, if requested

Dr Kafoutchoni's reading

The trap here is “salaried position”: many applicants write as if this were a standard university scholarship, while the posting is really testing whether you can be useful immediately in an applied project. Before applying, prepare a very simple one page mapping of the models you have used, the data you handled, the scripts you produced, and the result you obtained, so your value is instantly visible. Also send a short message to the technical contact with three precise elements, your research angle, your closest relevant experience, and your real availability before 1 November 2026. Finally, do not leave the language issue at the level of claims, gather concrete proof of working use of your languages this week, then submit a dossier built on evidence, not promises.

Dr Medard Kafoutchoni · PhD in Genetics & Bioinformatics · Scholarship Strategist.

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What we verified

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Poste de doctorat salarié
Method: Lecture de la section 'Type of employment'

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