Benefits

Why apply to DoCS?

DoCS offers a number of distinct benefits to prospective doctoral students:

World-leading researchers in Computer Science as supervisors and co-supervisors who pursue basic as well as applied research,
doctoral training across all research fields of the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Vienna,
a structured doctoral programme that supports early-career research in the areas of computer science and business informatics,
an intensive doctoral teaching programme tailored to the scientific needs of students in small topical groups,
funding of travel expenses for trips to conferences,
mentoring and peer coaching activities,
summer schools and retreats,
short term research stays at relevant international locations (secondments)
external visitors and mentors,
performance-based contract extensions for doctoral students in well-founded situations on a competitive basis (in future) and
other smaller-scale measure as well as initiatives by doctoral students.