The doctoral programme of VISESS is based on the curriculum of the Doctoral Programme in Natural Science of the University of Vienna and the curriculum of the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences of the University of Vienna.
Overview of the proposed structure for the 3 year doctoral programme of the University of Vienna.
Duration of the programme is 3 to maximum 4 years. Further information on the structure and milestones of the PhD programme can be found here.
Students are expected to collect a minimum of 4 ECTS per year of regular PhD courses of their branch plus 2 ECTS of general topics courses provided by VISESS. Compulsory: attendance of 2 summer schools & retreats. See here for further information.
A total of 3 presentations are obligatory (critical comments & valuable feedback from thesis committee & experts):
first year seminar including the research proposal (FÖP)
mid-term seminar
final seminar prior to the PhD defense
Annual report on thesis progress by the student, with input from the supervisor(s) provided to the School Board
Every student is invited to find a personal mentor from the group of junior researchers or postdocs