Computer science and software opportunities: funded master’s and PhDs, research internships such as ETH Zurich’s summer fellowship and Google Summer of Code, and AI-focused universities like MBZUAI and KAUST.
Tips for Computer Science applicants
- Many CS PhDs in Europe are salaried positions advertised as jobs.
- Strong GitHub projects and competitive-programming results count alongside grades.
- Summer research internships are the fastest way to a strong reference letter.
Open opportunities in Computer Science
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships 2027 (UK)
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to: 12 listed countries
- Study level: PhD
- 3–4 years
Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships 2027 (UK)
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC)
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend
- Open to: 24 listed countries
- Study level: Master's
- Typically a one-year UK master's
ORFeus MSCA Doctoral Network — 15 PhD Positions on the “Dark Proteome” (8 countries)
ORFeus Doctoral Network (MSCA) — Princess Máxima Center and partners
Belgium Multiple countries +1
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
DIFFER PhD — Agentic AI-Driven Experiments for Materials Discovery (Eindhoven)
DIFFER — Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (NWO)
Netherlands
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
University of Limerick — 2 MSCA PhD Positions in Circular Electronics & Automated Remanufacturing (Ireland)
University of Limerick — ECODESIGN Doctoral Network (MSCA)
Ireland
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
Slovak National Scholarship Programme (NŠP) — study and research stays in Slovakia
SAIA — Slovak Academic Information Agency
Slovakia
- Stipend, Travel grant
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, PhD, Postdoc
- 1–10 months (students 1–2 semesters)
ELLE MSCA Doctoral Network — 15 PhD Positions in Secure & Safe AI (Europe, autumn 2027)
ELLE Doctoral Network (MSCA) — incl. University of Helsinki
Finland Multiple countries
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
ELLIS PhD Program 2027 — Machine Learning & AI across Europe
ELLIS — European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
Multiple countries
- Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
Max Planck AI Network (MP-AIX) PhD Call
Max Planck AI Network (MP-AIX)
Germany
- Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
Max Planck Institutes for Computer Science — Research Internships 2027 (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Informatics & MPI for Software Systems
Germany
- Stipend
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, PhD, Undergraduate
- Usually 12–14 weeks; longer possible
Max Planck Institutes for Computer Science — Research Internships 2027 (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Informatics & MPI for Software Systems
Germany
- Stipend
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, PhD, Undergraduate
- Usually 12–14 weeks; longer possible
Imperial College London President’s PhD Scholarships 2027
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3.5 years
PhD Position: AI for Multimodal Biology & Microscopy — Stockholm University / SciLifeLab (Sweden, Salaried)
Stockholm University — Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (CMCB lab, SciLifeLab)
Sweden
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years full-time; first contract up to 1 year, then renewed up to 2 years at a time
National Taiwan University (NTU) International Degree Admission — Fall 2027
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
- Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate, Master's, PhD
DTU PhD in Theoretical Chemistry — Quantum-Enhanced Algorithms for Sustainable Energy Materials (Denmark)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU Chemistry)
Denmark
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship — University of Toronto (2027 entry)
University of Toronto
Canada
- Fully funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate
- 4 years
USTC International Winter Camp 2027 — Hefei, China (19 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027)
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
China
- Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Graduate, Master's, Undergraduate
- 2 weeks
FPU — Spanish University Teacher Training PhD Contracts (Spain)
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Spain)
Spain
- Salary
- Eligible countries: check official page
- Study level: PhD
- 4 years
TUM Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab — 3 PhD Positions (Munich, start February 2027)
Technical University of Munich — Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Lab
Germany
- Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
IMPRS-IS Doctoral Program 2027 — Max Planck Intelligent Systems (Stuttgart & Tübingen)
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Stuttgart, University of Tübingen
Germany
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
UBC International Scholars Program (2027 entry)
University of British Columbia
Canada
- Fully funded, Partially funded
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Undergraduate
- 4 years
BEST “Between Earth and Sky” MSCA COFUND PhD Programme — University of Toulouse
Université de Toulouse (BEST — MSCA COFUND)
France
- Fully funded, Salary
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: PhD
- 3 years
Summer@EPFL 2027 — Computer & Communication Sciences Research Internship
EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC)
Switzerland
- Stipend
- Open to all nationalities
- Open to: Master's, Undergraduate
- Summer (about 2–3 months)
ETH Zurich Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (Master’s)
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
- Fully funded, Stipend, Tuition waiver
- Open to all nationalities
- Study level: Master's
- 3–4 semesters
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