ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Scholars at EPFL
The ELLIS PhD program is a key pillar of the ELLIS initiative whose goal is to foster and educate the best talent in machine learning and related research areas by pairing outstanding students with leading academic and industrial researchers in Europe. The program also offers a variety of networking and training activities, including summer schools and workshops. Each PhD student is co-supervised by one ELLIS fellow/scholar or unit faculty and one ELLIS fellow/scholar, unit faculty or member based in different European countries. Students conduct an exchange of at least 6 months with the international advisor during their degree. One of the advisors may also come from industry, in which case the student will collaborate closely with the industry partner, and spend min. 6 months conducting research at the industrial lab.
A new interdisciplinary track has also recently been introduced, in which students are co-supervised by an ELLIS fellow/scholar and a tenured faculty (if they are not an ELLIS fellow/scholar themselves), whose main expertise is different than machine learning/AI (for instance, biology, law or social sciences and humanities). For more information, the specific requirements for each track can be found here.
2024 Call for applications
*The call is closed*
Interested candidates should apply online through the ELLIS application portal by November 15th, 2024, 23:59 CET. Applicants first need to register on the portal. After registering, applicants will receive their login details for the portal and can submit their application via apply.ellis.eu.
Please read the ELLIS FAQs and webpage before applying, as well as the details below. Only complete applications will be considered.
Important dates:
- October 2024: Application portal opens
- November 15, 2024, 23:59 CET: application deadline (firm)
- November/December 2024: review stage
- January/February 2025: interview stage
- Late February/March 2025: decisions
- Program start: there is no common start for the PhD (depends on the advisor/institution)
ELLIS values diversity and seeks to increase the number of women in areas where they are underrepresented. We therefore explicitly encourage women to apply. We are also committed to recruiting more people living with disabilities and strongly encourage them to apply.
Admission to the program is competitive. In a typical round, less than 5% of all registered applicants, and between 5-10% of eligible applicants are accepted. Based on previous rounds, we expect that about 150 advisors in the ELLIS network will be participating in the upcoming round.
For additional information: please visit the 2024 ELLIS call for applications webpage.