Overview

What you'll study

The Infection Biology programme if offered by Medical University of Vienna.

Lower respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS are claiming millions of lives every year and disable even more. But also a very large number of other infectious diseases, often neglected by scientific research and the pharmaceutical industry, pose considerable challenges to societies. Furthermore, the increasing number of resistant pathogens, mainly bacteria but also fungi and parasites, make the treatment of diseases, long believed to be overcome, difficult. Especially in hospitals, the rise of nosocomial infections with multiply resistant microbes has become a major challenge.

It is therefore timely and highly relevant to offer a PhD program specializing on the biology of pathogens and infectious diseases.

Nosocomial infections as well as community infections will be covered so that a thorough training of PhD candidates enlisting in the program in the field of infection biology can be provided.

MedUni Vienna offers fully-funded doctoral studies in interdisciplinary programs, including Medical Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Immunology, Neurosciences, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Malignant Diseases, (RNA, vascular, infectious) Biology, Molecular Signalling or Mechanisms of Cell Biology, Cellular Homeostasis, Public Health and Medical Informatics. Research activities range from basic to clinical research. The University offers state-of-the-art research facilities and is directly linked to one of the largest hospitals in Europe.

Career Outlook

Completion of a Ph.D. program gives you the opportunity to work in a wide variety of areas, including:

Medical research
Project management
Science journalism
Professorship and teaching
Consultation to public administration, NGOs and industry
Marketing and Sales
Innovation and product development
Quality management
Funding

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Basic Course
Propaedeutics / Propedeutics
Thesis seminar
Journal Club
YSA-Symposium

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-10-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-03-01 00:00:00

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More details

Applications may take place at any time. Please submit the application for admission at least 10 days in prior to the deadlines of the enrolment periods.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

95

Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Biology Medicine View 12 other PhDs in Medicine in Austria

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

95

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

The basic requirement for admission to a doctorate at MedUni Vienna is the commitment of a Ph.D. supervisor to support you in your studies.
Supervisors have the possibility to advertise their open Ph.D. positions on our Ph.D. opportunities website or through their own channels. You can apply for these Ph.D. positions online in our application portal within the application deadline. Open Ph.D. calls will take place twice a year. More information about the online application process and currently open Ph.D. positions can be found here.
If there is currently no online application open for your preferred Ph.D. program or project, you have the possibility to send an initiative application to your preferred supervisor via email.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per semester during 36 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per semester during 36 months.

All students must pay Students Union fees of € 22.70. A tuition fee of €363.36 per semester will apply if exceeding the minimum study time ( +2 semester).

Living costs for Vienna

861 - 1331 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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