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Program for Executives
The Program for Executives for Executives jointly offered by the MCI - The Entrepreneurial School®, University of Antwerp, the Antwerp Management School and the Management Center Innsbruck is a four-year research-oriented part-time programme for executives that combines relevant knowledge and research skills with current challenges in the participants’ sector.
Mathematics and Scientific Computing
At the Doctoral School of Mathematics and Scientific Computing at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you as a young scientist will be undertaking research on a high international level.
Chemistry
In the Doctoral School of Chemistry at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), your work as a junior scientist focuses on basic research or you specialise in applied research.
Geosciences
At the Doctoral School of Geosciences at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you as a young scientist will be undertaking research on a high international level. You will work on solutions for current problems in geoscience.
Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology
In the Doctoral School of Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you conduct research as a junior scientist in the broad fields of biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology.
Cognitive Science
The program in Cognitive Science at Central European University (CEU) offers specialization in the fields of social cognition, cognitive development, and formal and biological models of perception and learning.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduates of the Doctoral programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences offered by the University of Innsbruck are able to independently address and present issues in the natural sciences on a very high level of subject-specific and methodical expertise.
Business and Socioeconomic Sciences
Our PhD in Business and Socioeconomic Sciences prepares candidates to contribute to innovative research. Based on the research orientation of our four departments, candidates can focus their studies on the following: Information Systems; Marketing; Sustainable Development; Public Governance; Service Management; Tourism; Leisure Science; Quality of Life, Well-being & Environmental Psychology.
Fully Funded PhD Positions in Astronomy, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry and Materials, Data Science and Scientific Computi
The PhD Positions in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry & Materials, Computer Science, Data Science & Scientific Computing, Earth Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics at ISTA offer for all students a 5-year contracts, they receive internationally competitive salaries, and full social security coverage.
Project Management
This Science in Project Management PhD program from Alma Mater Europaea - ECM is offered as an option for professionals or researchers who want to improve their own competences up to the highest level of creative leadership.
Biochemistry
Four researchers surrounded by cactus in a greenhouse. Graduate degrees in Biochemistry from University of Nevada, Reno are offered through the Molecular Biosciences interdisciplinary graduate programs.
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease
The programme Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease at Medical University of Vienna provides cutting-edge research training and education in different fields of cardiovascular and pulmonary medicine.
Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine
The Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine programme at Medical University of Vienna provides advanced scientific research training and education in the field of mental health and behavioural medicine
Business, Economics and Statistics
The doctoral/PhD programme in Business, Economics and Statistics serves to prepare doctoral candidates for scientific work in the field of the doctoral research. University of Vienna offers the Business, Economics and Statistics programme.
Psychology
University of Vienna offers the Psychology programme.
Psychotherapy Science
The doctoral programme in Psychotherapy Science at Sigmund Freud University can only be started at the beginning of the winter and summer semester.
Mechanical Engineering
In the Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you conduct research as a junior scientist at a high international level.
Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies
The Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Central European University (CEU) has earned international recognition for its methodological richness and the application of innovative research tools; the curriculum stresses the interconnectedness of various disciplines, emphasizing multi- and interdisciplinary comparative research.
Philosophy
The PhD Philosophy at Central European University (CEU) provides top-level up-to-date training in different areas in philosophy in order to prepare students for academic life (attending conferences, participating in research projects, and publishing in professional journals), to enable them to teach philosophy at university level, and to do independent research in different fields of philosophy.
Chemical and Process Engineering
At the Doctoral School of Chemical and Process Engineering at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you will be given in-depth academic training in chemical and process engineering.