Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand, is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and multiple PhD students for 2025/2026.

Dear friends and colleagues,

Our research group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand, is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and multiple PhD students for 2025/2026.

Research Focus:
– Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV)
– Traffic control and signal optimisation
– Navigation and routing strategies
– Operations research
– Big data analytics and machine learning

Eligibility:
– Postdoc: PhD in Transportation Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related fields; strong background in mathematics and programming; strong publication record preferred.

– PhD: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Transportation Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, or related fields; research publication experience preferred; TOEFL ≥90 or IELTS ≥6.5 (can be submitted later).

Positions:
– Postdoc: 3-year contract, renewable annually; competitive salary; international collaborations and travel opportunities.

– PhD: 3-year fully funded positions; full scholarship and tuition coverage; international collaborations and travel opportunities.

Application:
Please send a cover letter (with at least one referee), CV (max 2 pages), academic transcripts, publications/thesis (if available), and English test scores (if available) to wai.wong@canterbury.ac.nz. Subject line: Postdoc/PhD Application – Name – University. Early submission is encouraged.

Please feel free to forward this to any students or colleagues who may be interested.

Best regards,
Dr. Wai Wong
Lecturer, Transportation Engineering
University of Canterbury, New Zealand