3 Fully-Funded Junior Research Fellowships (Doctoral positions)

You will be employed as a junior research fellow with student status at the University of Tartu Department of Philosophy.

• https://filsem.ut.ee/en/content/department-philosophy

This makes you eligible for mobility grants as a student, but as a junior research fellow you will receive the salary of a junior research fellow. The junior research fellow's salary is comparable to the Estonian average and corresponds to the minimum salary rate of junior research fellows at the University of Tartu (€2,100 per month for full‑time work in 2026; net salary approximately €1,580). During the first 4 months of your postion, you will write a research plan for the 4 years of your position, along with milestones to be met each year. Your contract will be continued for each year, provided you reach the planned milestone by the planned time. The curriculum for the PhD at the University of Tartu includes professional development courses and courses that develop transferable skills i.e. that have application beyond a purely academic career. But the vast majority of the curriculum will be dedicated to your research.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a Master's degree. Although most of our PhD students have a Master's degree in Philosophy, several do not. Those who don't, typically pursue a PhD research project that is transdisciplinary (and are co-supervised accordingly).
• Applicants must have good proficiency in spoken and written English (proof of this will be required from non-native speakers).

Research Topics

You must have significantly overlapping interests with a member of staff in the department who agrees to supervise your reseach. You can see a list of staff members and their reserach interests here:

https://filsem.ut.ee/en/contact/institute-philosophy-and-semiotics#department-of-philosophy

You are strongly encouraged to contact your prospective supervisor to discss the possibility of them supervising your project.