Admission to the PhD programme Molecular Biosciences (Joint PhD programme with the Medical University of Vienna)
Deadlines
The application and admission to a Doctoral degree programme in the Life Sciences is open throughout the year. Exception Molecular Biology: For open calls please visit the website of the VBC PhD Program (www.training.vbc.ac.at)
FAQs
Please also read the FAQs. Here you will find further useful information for your application.
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.
Necessary steps before admission
1. Online application at training.vbc.ac.at/phd-program/
2. successful selection interviews, and job offer by one of the group leaders of the Vienna Biocenter PhD Program
3. application for admission as PhD student at the University of Vienna via uspace.univie.ac.at
Information for students of the Medical University of Vienna (MUW)
After you have been admitted to MUW, you will still need access to the IT Services of the University of Vienna (UW). This will allow you to register for courses, use the library or your webmail.
The following steps are required for this:
1. Create a u:account
Please create a u:account at the UW immediately after you have been admitted to the MUW. All information relevant to your studies will be sent exclusively to your u:account email address. Attention: If you already have a u:account, this step is not necessary!
2. Use of the IT-Services
As soon as you have been activated for the IT services (please note that this step might take a few days), you will receive a confirmation e-mail. You will be able to use all UW services from this point on.
Further information
Required documents for Students at the University of Vienna
- Description of the intended doctoral project
Exception: Molecular Biology: Overview of previous research activities and future research objectives - 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!
If you have submitted documents you have not obtained at the University of Vienna (e.g. documents from other universities), please come to the Admission Office in person to complete the admission procedure. Please bring along your admission letter and all documents, you obtained at other universities.
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