Overview

Beyond offering academic education for a future profession, the doctoral programme in Law and the PhD programme Interdisciplinary Legal Studies enables doctoral candidates to expand their ability and contribute independent research towards the development of law as an academic research field and thus serves to train future generations of academics.

Key facts

University of Vienna's Law programme will teach you more about this topic.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The curriculum provides information on the qualification profile, the requirements for admission, the structure of the doctorate and the number of ECTS credits which PhD candidates have to earn during their doctoral studies.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-03-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00

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More details

Application and admission to a doctoral/PhD programme is open throughout the year.

Language

English

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Credits

28 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vienna, Austria

Disciplines

Legal Studies View 3 other PhDs in Legal Studies in Austria

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Academic requirements

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

English requirements

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110

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be able to apply for admission to the doctoral programme at the University of Vienna, the applicant must hold a subject-related diploma or master's degree or another subject-related degree of at least the same level of higher education, issued at a recognized domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution. In addition, documents on the planned dissertation project must be submitted (see link below).
Applications for admission will be forwarded to the responsible doctoral programme director for content review. Please note that the processing may take several weeks. The result of the examination will be communicated by an admission letter.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

1504 EUR / year

≈ 1504 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

778 EUR / year

≈ 778 EUR / year

Living costs

Vienna

Austria

861 - 1331 EUR / month

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