Doctoral Programme in Humanities, Philosophy and Education

The doctoral programme in Philosophy at the University of Vienna serves to further develop doctoral candidates’ abilities to undertake independent academic work as well as to educate and promote early stage researchers. The doctoral programme entails independent research of international standard in the doctoral candidate’s respective field of doctoral research. It enables graduates to conduct independent research of international standard in their respective field of doctoral research.

  • Short description of the curriculum
  • Possible fields of doctoral research
  • Deadlines
  • Required documents
  • Admission procedure
  • Directors of Doctoral Studies Programmes
  • Doctoral Advisory Boards
  • StudyServiceCenter

Doctoral Schools

  • Vienna Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies
    Speaker: Prof. Clemens Jobst
    Website
  • Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy
    Speaker: Prof. Benjamin Schnieder
    Website
  • Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior, and Neuroscience - from Biology to Psychology and the Humanities (CoBeNe)
    Speaker: Prof. Martin Voracek
    Website
  • Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion
    Speaker: Prof. Christian Danz
    Website
  • Vienna Doctoral School in Education
    Speaker: Prof. Daniel Tröhler
    Website
  • Doctoral School of Philological-Cultural Studies
    Speaker: Prof. Kathrin Sartingen
    Website


The doctoral schools offer doctoral students a comprehensive range of teaching and supervision, as well as additional training and funding opportunities..

Before applying for admission, we recommend that you search for potential supervisors on the website of the Doctoral School and inform yourself about the specific admission requirements of the Doctoral School.