Availability of PhD Places in Research Units
| Last Name | First Name | Unit | AY 2019/2020 | AY 2020/2021 |
| Busch | Thomas | Quantum Systems Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Chakraborty | Pinaki | Fluid Mechanics Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Dani | Keshav | Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit | Yes | Yes |
| De Schutter | Erik | Computational Neuroscience Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Doya | Kenji | Neural Computation Unit | No | Yes |
| Feichtner-Kozlov | Dmitry | Applied Topology Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Feng | Yejun | Electronic and Quantum Magnetism Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Fried | Eliot | Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Fukunaga | Izumi | Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Gioia | Gustavo | Continuum Physics Unit | No | Yes |
| Goryanin | Igor | Biological Systems Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Ishikawa | Hiroki | Immune Signal Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Kono | Keiko | Membranology Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Kuhn | Bernd | Optical Neuroimaging Unit | No | Yes |
| Laurino | Paola | Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Luscombe | Nicholas | Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Masse | Freek | Atomic Scale Correlations and Dynamics Unit | No | Yes |
| Mikheyev | Alexander | Ecology and Evolution Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Miller | Jonathan | Physics and Biology Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Narita | Akimitsu | Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Nic Chormaic | Sile | Light-Matter Interactions Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Okada | Yoshinori | Quantum Materials Science Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Pauly | Fabian | Quantum Transport and Electronic Structure Theory Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Pigolotti | Simone | Biological Complexity Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Qi | Yabing | Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Saze | Hidetoshi | Plant Epigenetics Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Shen | Amy | Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Stephens | Greg | Biological Physics Theory Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Tanaka | Fujie | Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Tani | Jun | Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Toriumi | Reiko | Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Uusisaari | Marylka Yoe | Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Watanabe | Hiroshi | Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Wickens | Jeff | Neurobiology Research Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Yazaki-Sugiyama | Yoko | Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Yokobayashi | Yohei | Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit | No | Yes |
| Yoshida | Yutaka | Neural Circuit Unit | Yes | Yes |
| Zhang | Ye | Bioinspired Soft Matter Unit | Yes | Yes |
Note: Students interested in joining a unit that is not listed here should contact the faculty member directly.