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PhD & Postdoc Program

The ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program pairs outstanding students with leading researchers across Europe in machine learning, AI and related fields, and offers international exchanges, joint supervision, and a vibrant research community.

Call for PhD Applications

There is a current call for applications to the ELLIS PhD Program. The application portal opens on October 1st.

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Unique Features of the ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program

Dual supervision spanning 2 European countries

Choose from 3 tracks of study

1 centralised application to 50-100 institutions

Cross-sector collaboration

6-month research exchange in Europe

"I joined the ELLIS PhD Program to be part of a vibrant European research network and connect with experts across diverse fields. It has already accelerated my work through opportunities like attending the FoMo Winter School in Amsterdam, a 6-month exchange in Lisbon, and presenting at the EDS in Warsaw. ELLIS not only helped me complete impactful projects but also opened the door to exciting new ideas and collaborations."

Wafaa Mohammed

PhD Student, University of Amsterdam

Beyond the Thesis

Hear perspectives from ELLIS PhD alumni on the ELLIS PhD Program: its benefits and challenges, its impact on their careers, and their views on the future of AI research.

August 7th, 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Steffen Schneider

Steffen Schneider is a Tenure Track Group Leader at Helmholtz Munich and the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), where he develops AI methods for dynamical...

July 24th, 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Zhijing Jin

Zhijing Jin is an incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, a CIFAR AI Chair, and a faculty member at the Vector Institute, where she works on LLMs,...

July 17th, 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Zifeng Ding

Zifeng Ding is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge working on NLP and graph representation learning. He completed his PhD as an ELLIS student under...

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program, Beyond the Thesis with Edoardo Calderelli, with a photo of Edoardo

July 7th, 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Edoardo Caldarelli

Edoardo Caldarelli is a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, working on data-driven control algorithms for complex tasks, such as robotic...

June 30th, 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Mathis Petrovich

Mathis is a research scientist at NVIDIA, working in the field of 3D human motion synthesis - building on the focus of his PhD, where he developed methods for...

How to join the Program

Join as a student

Find out about the requirements, benefits and application process

Join as an advisor

ELLIS Fellows & Scholars with advising privileges may apply to be ELLIS PhD Advisors

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program, Unit Warsaw: ELLIS Doctoral Symposium 2025 with a large photo of many students sitting on yellow bleacher seats

October 13th, 2025

Bright Minds, Robust Ideas: EDS 2025 in Warsaw

From 25 to 29 August 2025, Warsaw hosted the ELLIS Doctoral Symposium (EDS) on "Robust AI", bringing together nearly 180 participants, including PhD students, invited...

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program, Call for Proposals, ELLIS Winter & Summer Schools 2026, ELLIS Doctoral Symposium 2027, a photo of dozens of students sitting on yellow stadium seating

September 2nd, 2025

Call for proposals - Organisation of ELLIS Summer/Winter Schools (2026) or ELLIS Doctoral Symposium (2027)

The ELLIS Society is now opening its yearly call for the organisation of summer/winter schools for 2026, to be held over one week! As a grassroots initiative, the...

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program, Call for PhD Applications 2025, Central Application Portal opens in October, a graphic of a European map with blue dots and lines connecting them, plus the ELSA, ELIAS and Funded by the European Union logos

August 28th, 2025

ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025

A virtual info session for prospective PhD candidates will be held on October 1st with information about the whole PhD program, the call for applications, application...