Curriculum, ECTS

In accordance with their supervisor, PhD students can choose one of the following four doctoral research field:

Fieldacademic titleECTS requiredCurriculum
Biology
(794 685 437)
PhD30

 
Doctoral Programme in the  Natural Sciences and of the PhD Programme in the Natural Sciences in the field of Life Sciences

Molecular Biology
(794 685 490)
PhD30
Environmental Sciences
(796 605 299)
Dr.rer.nat.12Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences in the field of Natural Sciences
Geosciences/Earth Sciences (796 605 426)Dr.rer.nat.24
 

You can get ECTS for:

 

How to get ECTS:

Please email the following documents to vds-mes.cemess@univie.ac.at (all as pdf!):

  • Participation certificate
  • For conferences: Poster/talk confirmation unless already indicated on the certificate 
  • General program (as pdf or link)

Please note that ECTS credits for external courses can only be officially granted after you've submitted your dissertation agreement. You can send the documents beforehand, but they will only be entered into u:space once the agreement has been handed in.

What does "ECTS" stand for?

ECTS stands for "European Credit Transfer System". The number of ECTS credits is calculated from the effort that more or less is required in your course. 1 ECTS credit corresponds on average to a workload of 25 hours per semester. The workload includes the preparation, the course unit itself and the follow-up as well as the exam preparation.

One more detail: 

The "European Credit Transfer System" makes higher education within Europe more comparable. It aims at enabling students with a higher education degree from institution A to continue their higher education at institution B.