Admission to the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences
To be able to apply for admission to the doctoral programme at the University of Vienna, the applicant must hold a subject-related diploma or master's degree or another subject-related degree of at least the same level of higher education, issued at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution. In addition, documents on the planned dissertation project must be submitted (see link below). Applications for admission will be forwarded to the responsible doctoral programme director for content review. Please note that the processing may take several weeks. The result of the examination will be communicated by an admission letter.
Application takes place online via u:space and is possible throughout the year.
Please note that you have to renew your enrollment every semester. This has to take place within the regular admission period.
Deadlines
Application and admission to a doctoral programme in the Social Sciences is open throughout the year.
FAQs
Please also read the FAQs. Here you will find further useful information for your application.
Required documents
- Description of the intended doctoral project
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae
- Indication of Willingness to Supervise a Doctoral/PhD Candidate
- Optional: Proof of language competence:
Depending on the field of doctoral research and the intended doctoral project, a prerequisite for admission to the doctoral programme is usually language proficiency in German or English corresponding to level C1. Please specify any relevant language skills during the admission procedure and provide relevant evidence.
If you have a degree from another university or university of applied sciences, please additionally submit the following documents:
- Your passport or personal ID
- A passport photograph
- Your bachelor and master/diploma certificates and transcripts with the required legalisation for the issuing country
- All for the application process necessary documents have to be translated, if they are not issued in German or English. This translation has to be done by a court sworn translator after the documents were legalised.
Your steps in the admission procedure
Step 1: Application for admission via u:space
Register in u:space and activate your u:account. You will need this account during your studies at the University of Vienna.
Log in to u:space, select the degree programme of your choice and upload the above mentioned required documents as PDF. Then click on "submit application."
Please note: Documents that have already been processed in earlier applications are saved in your application as "Nachweisvorhanden.pdf" or "pseudo.txt" and do not have to be uploaded again.
As soon as the status of your application in u:space is "submitted", the admission office will take care of your application.
Please note that any missing or formally incorrect document will prolong the processing time and lead to a later admission. Only submit your application once you uploaded all required documents. The admission office needs several weeks to process your application.
Where required, interviews with candidates will take place. In this case, you will be contacted by E-Mail.
Step 2: Waiting for your admission letter
Due to administrative reasons it is not possible to inform you about the status of your application. Your admission letter will be sent to the e-mail address you provided in u:space.
Step 3: Admission to the doctoral programm
The admission may be either
- without stipulations,
- with stipulations of additional exams (up to a maximum of 60 ECTS) from the bachelor or master programme which you have to pass before the public presentation or
- rejected due to qualitative deficiencies
You will be notified about possible stipulations in the admission letter. A seperate admission to a bachelor/master programme to participate in the required courses is not necessary. Please note: Required stipulations need to be passed before the public presentation!
You are admitted as soon as the prescribed tuition fee/students' union fee is registered as paid.
Contact
DLE Research Services and Career Development | Admission Doctoral/PhD Programmes
Berggasse 7
1090 Vienna | 2nd floor
E-Mail: doktorat.zulassung@univie.ac.at
+43-1-4277-18263