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Visiting Student Status

Students who do not participate in exchange programmes, have the following options to spend a semester at the University of Vienna:

Visiting Master Status

Visiting phd status.

If you intend to spend one semester of your master's degree programme at the University of Vienna, you can apply for admission to the master's degree programme as "visiting master“.

Please find detailed information here

Bear in mind that

• you can participate in a course only if sufficient places are available;
• you are admitted to the University of Vienna for only one semester;
• you have to organize and manage any bureaucratic matters such as your visa, residency permit, living and travel expenses, accommodations, insurance etc. on your own; and
• you have to pay the tuition fee according to your citizenship.

The University of Vienna welcomes visiting PhD-Students from all over the world. This is a non-degree seeking programme for PhD candidates coming to Vienna for a research stay. Visiting PhD-Students have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of activities (lectures, seminars…) at the University of Vienna. As a visiting PhD-Student, you are enrolled at the University of Vienna and can stay up to one year. It is not possible to receive a degree at the University of Vienna.

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Doctoral/PhD Programmes at the University of Vienna

Law/interdisciplinary legal studies.

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Visiting PhD students

The Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences welcomes doctoral candidates who seek to come to the University of Vienna for a short-term research stay of up to one year.

The following list features the visiting students at the ViDSS who provided consent to data publication. The list is complemented on a regular basis.

Communication

Jeta Abazi Gashi University of Prishtina Visiting in the winter semester of 2023/2024

Tangbo Li Xi'an Jiaotong University Visiting in the summer semester of 2023

Political science

Olena Bedasheva University Carlos III of Madrid Visiting in the summer semester of 2023

Lucienne Engelhardt University of Münster Visiting in the summer semester of 2024

Christina Gahn Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin Visiting in the summer semester of 2023 and the winter semester of 2023/2024

Jochem Vanagt University of Leuven Visiting in the summer semester of 2024

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Visiting Researchers

Professorial guest researcher.

• Prof. Dr. Martin Selmayr
• Prof. Satoshi Narihara

Junior Guest Researcher

• Dello Ioio, Guido
• Kordasiewicz, Helena
• Kumar, Ashwinee
• Rosa, Beatrice

Testimonals by Guest Researchers

• Botta, Jonas
• Mesarčík, Matúšc
• Szilágyi, Ferenc 
• Szoszkiewicz, Łukasz
• Worpenberg, Christian
• Woznica, Ondrej

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doc:muv Mentoring Program, registration deadline: 07.07.2024

The career development program doc:muv is intendent for female* prae-doc scientists of all disciplines and faculties of the University of Vienna,...

1st Summer School of the International Max Planck Research School on Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS CoNI), registration deadline: 20.06.2024

We are excited to invite you to the 1st Summer School of the International Max Planck Research School on Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS CoNI), as a...

FENS Forum Video Competition, applicaiton deadline: 17.06.2024

The Student Host Society Committee (SHSC) team is inviting you to participte in the video competition, where you can display your moments in your...

Research Data Management course for Life Science's PhD candidates, 18-19.06.2024

We are happy to announce that data stewards from CeMESS and the Faculty of Life Sciences are hosting a Research Data Management Course, for PhD...

Woman in Biology- Towards Equity and Excellence in Academia, 6th of June 15:00h

We are excited to announce the second Woman in Biology welcome day, which will take place at the UBB. The aim of this event is to facilitate...

Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation-Poster session, submission deadline: 30.04.2024

The Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation focuses its activities on highlighting innovative research approaches and promising perspectives from all...

 PhD Stories

Lange Nacht der Forschung

The doors were wied open from four different locations, from the main University building, to Biology and Chemistry building as well as University...

Rojan Amini-Nejad has been awarded a dissertation price

Congratulations to Rojan Amini-Nejad for winning the ÖAW Dissertation Prize for Migration Research!

Julia Reiter has been awarded the City of Vienna Impact Award 2023

Congratulations to Julia Reiter for winning the Impact Award 2023!

 Defenses

PhD defense of Anna Fekete, 20.06.2024, 17:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“The Health-Related Effects of Art: Investigating the Pain and Stress Influencing Potential...

PhD defense of Georgia Clay, 12.06.2024, 14:30

“The intrinsic value of effort: inter-individual variation in effort enjoyment beliefs and...

PhD defense of Susanne Stückler, 11.06.2024, 10:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Biology

'Functions and Mechanisms of Colour Change in Anurans'

PhD defense of Markus Grüner, 13.05.24, 15:00

''More than top-down vs. bottom-up: Using variations of the contingent capture paradigm to...

PhD defense of Lisa-Claire Vanhooland, 07.05.24, 17:00

„Me or I? Investigating self-awareness through mirror self-recognition, body self-awareness...

PhD Defense of Karolina Ignatiadis, 30.04.24, 15:00

“Neural Correlates of the Auditory Looming Bias”

 Books

Raben - Das Geheimnis ihrer erstaunlichen Intelligenz und sozialen Fähigkeiten

Thomas Bugnyar, 2022, Brandstätter Verlag. Sie sind bekannt für ihre verblüffende Intelligenz, für das clevere Benutzen von Werkzeugen und für ihr...

Buchtipp: Wie klug sind wir wirklich?

Jakob Pietschnig, 2021, Ecowin. Was Intelligenz ist, wie man sie messen kann und warum das so spannend ist, erklärt der österreichische...

Buchtipp: Von singenden Mäusen und quietschenden Elefanten

Angela Stöger, Brandtstätter Verlag, 2021. Wie Tiere kommunizieren und was wir lernen, wenn wir ihnen wirklich zuhören

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PhD Program

The Doctoral Programme in Philosophy is a three-year PhD programme

• open to self-funded, third-party-funded and pre-doctoral researchers
• structured upon a number of compulsory activities (coursework, exposé, faculty presentation, doctoral thesis agreement, annual reports, thesis submission and defensio)
• of 24 ECTs (15 of which must be in Doctoral Seminars)
• see the  Curriculum
• Our  StudienServiceCenter Philosophie  (SSC) administers the compulsory activities (coursework, recognition of examinations, Exposé & FÖP, submission and defense of the dissertation).
• Contact:  SC Service Desk - Doktorat
• The VDP administers the doctoral training , a non-compulsory support for compulsory activities. 
• A comprehensive guide to our doctoral program is the VDP Handbook .

Structure of PhD Studies

Entry phase: year 1, compulsory milestones.

• Submit your Exposé
• Pass the Public Presentation at the Faculty (FÖP)
• Sign the Doctoral Thesis Agreement
• Participate in doctoral seminars

Doctoral Training*

• Get fit for the FÖP at the  WIP Seminar
• Participate in the Writing Evenings
• Participate in Pragmatic Academic Series
• Participate in the Center for Doctoral Studies workshops
• Register an additional supervisor and establish a thesis advisory committee

* These activities are also open to doctoral candidates in the research phase (years 2 and 3).

Research Phase: Years 2 and 3

Compulsory activities.

• Write doctoral thesis chapters or scientific papers
• Deliver undergraduate teaching (where contracted to do so)
• Complete the  annual progress reports

Doctoral Training

• Organize a summer school
• Organize an academic event
• Participate in academic conferences
• Undertake a research stay abroad
• Apply for teaching opportunities

Final Phase: Year 3

• Submit and review your dissertation
• Defend your dissertation

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