Graduates who decide to work in industry and study for a doctorate part-time – often with funding and support from their employer – also need a university professor to supervise their research. In some cases, the employer already collaborates with a university or research institute and will help the PhD/doctoral student find the right person. People who have PhD/doctoral research posts within a company usually have part-time temporary contracts and work in a research project where they conduct their doctoral research under the supervision of a professor. When a university and an industrial company collaborate in specially established institutes, PhD/doctoral researchers usually work on their projects with their professor and a supervisor from the company.

Many companies publish their job vacancies in online job portals and on their websites. Here you can search for companies by the research fields