About PhD Atlas
A free search engine for PhD positions and research internships. Last checked 1 November 2026.
What it is
PhD Atlas collects doctoral vacancies, funded studentships and research internships from universities, funders and public job boards, and puts them in one searchable place. You describe your background, and the results are ordered by how well a position fits it. Nothing costs money, and you apply on the official page, never here.
What you can do here
- Search open PhD positions and research internships, filtered by country, field, funding and deadline.
- See the deadline and how many days are left, not just a posting date.
- Read the nationality and visa note for a call, where we have checked it.
- Browse guides on applications, documents, funding and moving abroad.
- Get new positions through the Telegram bot, @phdatlas_me_bot.
Where the listings come from
We read 86 sources: university vacancy pages, national research portals, funder call pages and public job boards. 60 of them are active today and the crawler works through them daily. On 1 November 2026 that produced 3,083 open listings in 22 countries.
Every listing keeps the date we first saw it and the date we last confirmed it, so an old listing is not silently shown as fresh. When a deadline passes, the listing is marked closed rather than deleted.
What the nationality note means
Some PhD calls are open to every nationality, some are limited to EU or EEA citizens, and some give full funding only to home students. Where we have read the rule on the official page, the listing shows it. Where we have not checked it yet, the page says exactly that instead of guessing. It is not legal advice: always read the official call before you apply.
What we do not do
- We do not repost the application form. The apply link goes to the official call.
- We do not charge institutions or applicants for a listing.
- We do not invent a nationality rule, a salary or a deadline.
- We do not sell your CV or profile data.
Who runs it
PhD Atlas is an independent project, run by a small team. It started because funded PhD calls in Europe are scattered across hundreds of university pages, and the rule that decides whether an applicant from Iran can take a position is usually the least visible part of the page.
Corrections
If a listing is wrong, closed, or names the wrong institution, tell us through the feedback page. We fix the record, not just the page.