Start of employment
The potential start date for the position is 1 September 2024. However, the start date can be flexible depending on your circumstances; thus, please let us know in your cover letter by when you would be free to join us and when your desired start date is.
How to apply:
Step 1: Please submit your application in English until 15 April 2024, indicating “Application for PhD Opportunity in Flaws and Leadership”. Your application should consist of two PDF documents:
First, please put the following documents in this order into a single PDF document:
- A 2-page cover letter that describes your motivation and includes your contact data
- A current CV that includes any research-relevant experiences (assistantships, internships, lab experience, conference presentations, publications, etc.)
- Copies of your final transcripts for high school and all university degrees
- Optionally, any transcripts for tests scores (e.g., TOEFL, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT)
- Names and contact data including e-mail and phone number for two referees who can speak to your research abilities and potential in academia.
Second, please submit a copy of your Masters thesis as a separate PDF document. If you did more than one Masters degree, please submit your latest thesis.
Step 2: If we see a good fit between your profile and our offer, we will invite you for a Zoom interview and afterwards may follow up with online Assessment Center. A first round of Zoom interviews and Assessment Centers are conducted in May 2024.
Step 3: To get to know each other, we invite successful candidates to Zurich for further interviews. A first round of interviews in Zurich are scheduled for 5, 6, and 7 June 2024. Please block these dates in your calendar.
Step 4: The potential start date for the position is 1 September 2024. However, the start date can be flexible depending on your circumstances; thus, please let us know in your cover letter by when you would be free to join us and when your desired start date is.
If you do not hear from us until 31 July 2024, please understand that we cannot take your application forward.
Any questions?
If you have questions about the application process or your fit with the position, you may contact us at recruiting.clfw@business.uzh.ch. Given the volume of applications, individual responses may take some time. Thank you for your patience.
Please apply via our job portal http://www.jobs.uzh.ch.
