In brief

• Formal admission requirement: university degree in geography or in a related discipline at Master`s level (Master, Magister orr Diploma)
• Academic degree: depending on the topic of research, either Doctor of Science (Dr. rer. nat.) or Doctor of Social Sciences and Economics (Dr. rer. soz. oec.)
• Duration: 6 semesters
• General information about the doctoral programme
  
• Application form
• Curricula

The Doctoral Programme will be of interest to you if...

... you completed a university degree programme in geography or in a related discipline with a high average grade

... you are willing and able to conduct your own self-guided research project

... you already have a specific research project in mind

... you are interested in an academic career

Who can I contact if I would like to find out more about the Doctoral Programme?

In order to enrol in the Doctoral Programme you need a letter of acceptance from your dissertation adviser. If you have not found a doctoral adviser yet, please send a short research proposal to:

Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Heike Egner, Head of Department, Tel.: +43 (0)463 2700-3222