Doctoral programmes
Admission to a doctoral program
From winter semester 2024/25, all doctoral studies will be subject to a qualitative admission procedure via a committee.
All curricula, deadlines and information on the doctoral programs offered can be found on the homepage of the Research Careers Campus (=service point for doctoral students)
Homepage: https://doctorate.uni-graz.at/en/
e-mail: doktorat(at)uni-graz.at
Phone: 0043 (0)316 380-1212
Further information
If you would like to be admitted to a doctoral program, you must submit an application online by the deadline at Registration - Basic user - UNIGRAZonline - Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (uni-graz.at). Before you can submit an application, you must first register. After registration you will receive an e-mail with an activation link for your account.
If you have an active UGO account, you can submit your application directly on your online business card under “my applications”
Before submitting your application, please contact the respective dean's office or refer to the relevant information on the dean's homepage!
After the commission has approved your application, the next step is to download the application for enrollment in the self-service view of your application, sign it and send it to studienabteilung(at)uni-graz.at.
To ensure that the necessary steps for legally valid admission (payment of the prescribed amount, bank transfer, final work and coding by the Department of Studies) can still be completed on time, you must send the signed application for enrolment to the Department of Studies at least 1 week before the end of the deadline for the semester in question!
Please contact zulassung.doktorat(at)uni-graz.at and the required form will be sent to you by e-mail.
As it is no longer possible to return to the old curriculum after a change, we recommend that you consult the relevant dean's office before changing.
The deadline for admission to a doctoral programme at the University of Graz is 30 November for the winter semester and 31 May for the summer semester.
Please enquire at the Dean's Office by when your application must be received at the latest!
Please enquire at the Dean's Office by when your application must be received at the latest!
Please note: For the re-registration of existing doctoral studies as well as the transfer to the current curriculum, the deadline for the winter semester is 31.10. and for the summer semester 31.03.!
If you do not re-register for a doctoral program by the deadline, your admission to the doctoral program will expire. In this case, you must upload a new online application within the submission deadline.