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.
Why do a PhD at the University of Vienna?