The Directors and Vice-Directors of the Doctoral Studies Programme are important persons of contact regarding study affairs. They are in charge of the approval of the topic of the doctoral thesis and the approval of the doctoral thesis agreement.

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Earth Sciences, Astronomy, and Geography (45)

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Glenn van de Ven
• Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Geogr. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak
• Assoz. Prof. Dr. Alvaro Hacar Gonzalez, MA
• Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Weißmann

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Informatics (50)

• Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Hlavacs
• Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. -Ing. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup (Deputy)
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun (Deputy)

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Mathematics (51)

• Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Cap
• Univ.-Prof. Ulisse Stefanelli, PhD (Deputy)

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Physics (52)

• Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Pichler
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Arndt (Deputy)

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Chemistry (53)

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ellen Backus
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dennis Kurzbach (Deputy)

The doctoral advisory board is appointed in order to give advice to the administrative body responsible for study matters, to students and supervisors. The official steps towards the institution of the advisory boards are put down in the statutes §15 (7) governing university studies. The doctoral advisory board is of particular importance concerning students' presentations at the faculty. Its members are in charge of one or more fields of doctoral research or a larger part of a specific field of doctoral research within one curriculum.

Doctoral Advisory Board for the following research areas

• Chemistry
• Computer Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics

Doctoral Advisory Board for the following research areas

• Earth Sciences
• Astronomy and Meterology
• Geography
• Environmental Sciences