We hire students from relevant programs at UdS (e.g., LST, CS) as student assistants. Student assistants in our lab are closely involved in research and often even lead their own projects and have published strong papers (e.g., at ACL 2024, NeurIPS 2024, COLM 2025, NeurIPS 2025).
We offer fully funded PhD positions. As is typical in Europe, PhDs are expected to take 3-4 years. Our PhD students are affiliated with the Saarbruecken Graduate School of Computer Science.
Applicants who will have an MSc by the start date of the PhD: For 2026 intake, please directly apply to our lab by email (please include CV, transcript, contact details of 2-3 references). Admitted students will directly join our lab.
Aplicants without an MSc: Applicants who only have an undergraduate degree should instead apply to the Saarbruecken Graduate School of Computer Science, in which case the PhD includes an initial preparatory phase.
We take interns (undergraduate or graduate) around the year. If you’re an undergraduate from outside Germany, we may be able to provide housing but generally can’t pay a stipend. If you’re a graduate student, we might also be able to pay you.
We are mostly interested in understanding the abilities, limitations, and inner workings of language models. You can take a look at our recent papers in NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and COLM to get a feel for the kind of work you might be doing with us.
We expect applicants to have excellent programming skills, and strong grades in a relevant technical field (e.g., grades close to 1,0 in the German academic system; or strong GPAs from other countries).
If you’re interested in joining, please send your CV and transcripts to Michael (mhahn@lst.uni-saarland.de).