The PhD/doctoral programme of the Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution offers an internationally competitive doctoral training. It includes the writing of an original and innovative research work in the form of a dissertation and a training component.
Curriculum
Based on the Curriculum of the 'Doctoral Programme in the Natural Sciences and of the PhD Programme in the Natural Sciences in the field of Life Sciences' of the University of Vienna, the candidates can enrol to research fields as follows
- Biology (code 794 685 437): academic degree PhD
- Molecular Biology (code 794 685 490): academic degree PhD
Based on the Curriculum of the 'Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences in the field of Natural Sciences' of the University of Vienna, the candidates can enrol to research fields as follows
- Environmental Sciences (code 796 605 299): academic degree Dr.rer.nat.
- Geosciences/Earth Sciences (code 796 605 426): academic degree Dr.rer.nat.
PhD graduates are required
- We enhance all VDSEE PhD graduates to obtain at least 30 ECTS in total
:: Biology and Molecular Biology at least 30 ECTS
:: Environmental Sciences at least 12 ECT S and Earth Sciences and least 24 ECTS
- To sign the 'Code of Good Practice for Doctoral Schools'
- To join the mandatory seminar series / journal clubs (2 or 3 ECTS)
- To join the "VDSEE seminar series" (2 ECTS) - the series will start in fall 2021.
- To present publicly their research project within the first six months, the latest after one year.
- To sign the doctoral thesis agreement & 'Regulations relating to good scientific practices' subsequent to the public presentation.
- To submit annually a progress report
- To write a doctoral thesis, which demonstrates the candidate's ability to master academic topics independently.
- To complete and submit your thesis, and defend publicly.
In addition, one can select courses from the existing curriculums to fulfill the requirements.
PhD graduates are encouraged
- To attend international conferences and workshops with active contributions.
- To attend the Annual Retreat, where lectures will be held by scientists and teaching personnel of VDSEE on topics of general interest both, societal and scientific, among aother activities. More inof to follow soon.
- To organise ad hoc workshops on technical and methodological advances, e.g. on new statistical tools, bioinformatic methods, new imaging methods, etc.
- To attend transferable skills training, such as presentation skills, science communication (e.g. to/with lay public and journalists, socialmedia), ethics in scientific research, responsible science, sustainable use of resources (SDG goals), etc.