Curriculum, ECTS
In accordance with their supervisor, PhD students can choose one of the following four doctoral research field:
| Field | academic title | ECTS required | Curriculum |
| Biology (794 685 437) | PhD | 30 | |
| Molecular Biology (794 685 490) | PhD | 30 | |
| Environmental Sciences (796 605 299) | Dr.rer.nat. | 12 | Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences in the field of Natural Sciences |
| Geosciences/Earth Sciences (796 605 426) | Dr.rer.nat. | 24 |
How to get ECTS :
- Lectures and seminars from the course directory:
- Seminar series/journal clubs from your working group
- Oral/poster presentations at conferences; summer/winter school participation (online or in person):
- Please email your certificate of attendance and the program to vds-mes.cmess@univie.ac.at
- ECTS are determined by the DSPL, usually:
- Conference attendance: 2
- Conference attendance with poster or talk presentation: 4
- Organization of a scientific event: 2
- Participation in an outreach event: 1-2
- External workshops, summer schools, etc. : calculation based on the standard conversion system
- You can only get ECTS for conferences that you've attended after your FÖP
- After you’ve reached 30/24/12 ECTS (depending on field of study), there’s no need to hand in documents anymore; conferences will not be named explicitly in your degree certificate
- Transferrable skills workshops:
- courses are offered by the Center for Doctoral Studies
- courses offered for employees of the University of Vienna; Kursdatenbank
- Other courses that are consistently offered by the VDSMES at least once per year include:
- Research Data Management in the Life Sciences -> Participation is required in your first year as it will teach you how to prepare a data management plan for your PhD!
- In-depth coaching workshops on the topic of scientific paper writing
- Scientific Graphic Design
- Introduction to the Doctoral School and its services