19 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in Austria

Political Science - International Relations
The PhD program in Political Science - International Relations at Central European University (CEU) supports political science scholars in developing subject matter expertise and a broad set of skills critical to securing work placement in the international academic job market.

Political Science - Public Policy
The PhD program in Political Science - Public Policy at Central European University (CEU) supports political science scholars in developing subject matter expertise and a broad set of skills critical to securing work placement in the international academic job market.

Political Science - Comparative Politics
The PhD program in Political Science - Comparative Politics at Central European University (CEU) supports political science scholars in developing subject matter expertise and a broad set of skills critical to securing work placement in the international academic job market.

Comparative Gender Studies
The PhD program in Comparative Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU) focuses on the exploration of gender in its intersection with significant social categories such as race, nation, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, or ability, and in the context of global knowledge production.

Sociology and Social Anthropology
The doctoral program in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University (CEU) blends sociology and anthropology disciplines to create an integrated approach to the study of human society.

Political Science - Comparative and International Political Economy
The PhD Political Science - Comparative and International Political Economy at Central European University (CEU) supports political science scholars in developing subject matter expertise and a broad set of skills critical to securing work placement in the international academic job market.

Cognitive Science
The program in Cognitive Science at Central European University (CEU) is a research-oriented interdisciplinary program. It combines foundational courses in theory and practical applications of cognitive science with supervised training in experimental methods.

Economics
The PhD program in Economics at Central European University (CEU) prepares you to conduct cutting-edge original research that addresses the fundamental economic questions of the 21st century.

Political Science - Political Theory
The PhD program in Political Science - Political Theory at Central European University (CEU) supports political science scholars in developing subject matter expertise and a broad set of skills critical to securing work placement in the international academic job market.
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.
Social and Economic Sciences
The doctoral programme in Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna develops the ability to carry out independent scientific work as well as to train and promote young scientists in the field of social and economic sciences with reference to natural resources and life sciences.
Psychology
University of Vienna offers the Psychology programme.
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.
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.
Social and Economic Sciences
The Social and Economic Sciences doctoral programme at Vienna University of Technology is assessed in the viva voce, a general examination by a committee involving defence of the dissertation by the candidate.
Techno-Economics
In the Doctoral School of Techno-Economics at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), you conduct research on a high international standard.
Social Sciences and Economics
University of Klagenfurt offers the Social Sciences and Economics programme. The cross-curricular courses complement the subject-specific teaching events and thus expand the range of doctoral-level classes.
Social Sciences
The doctoral programme in Social Sciences at the University of Vienna serves to prepare doctoral candidates for academic work in their field of doctoral research as well as to educate and promote early stage researchers. University of Vienna offers the Social Sciences programme.
Economics and Statistics
The work of graduates of the PhD Program in Economics and Statistics at University of Innsbruck primarily consists of theoretical and empirical research.