University Registration

You need to apply for admission in the Natural Sciences (Life Sc.), PhD Doctoral Programme, Molecular Biology, A-794 685 490 (note that the processing of your application can take several weeks). 

You apply online, throughout the year, via u:space.

Please note that you have to renew your enrolment every semester (winter semester: 1 Oct - 28 Feb; summer semester: 1 Mar - 30 Sep).


Required documents

• Your bachelor and master/diploma certificates and transcripts with the required legalisation for the issuing country (More information here)
• Your diploma supplement and transcript
  • If you do not have a diploma supplement you should upload a letter from your university stating when you studied, and that your degree is sufficient to begin a PhD in that country.

• Description of the intended doctoral project: 
Exception: Molecular Biology: upload the pdf of your application to the Vienna BioCenter PhD Programme (if you do not have it contact Ines Crisostomo)
• Letter of motivation upload the pdf of your application to the Vienna BioCenter PhD Programme (if you do not have it contact Ines Crisostomo)
• Curriculum vitae
• Indication of Willingness to Supervise a Doctoral/PhD Candidate there is a link to a form, and your supervisor needs to sign it
• Optional: Proof of language competence you may upload an English certificate or a statement
• Your passport or personal ID
• A passport photograph

For the application process all necessary documents have to be translated, if they are not issued in German or English. This translation has to be done by a court sworn translator after the documents were legalised.

Detailed information on the admission procedure can be found in the University of Vienna website  https://doktorat.univie.ac.at/en/doctoral-studies/life-sciences/admission/.

You need to apply for admission in the PhD Programme N094 by filling out and sign the application forms available here. In addition, the following documents have to be submitted:

• High school leaving certificate
• degree certificates of completed studies (BSc, MSc, diploma studies)

Applicants with a non-EEA* citizenship submit an "eligibility certification" issued by a registrar´s office of a state-approved university in the country/state where the diploma/master has been issued indicating that the applicant fulfills the requirements for starting PhD studies in the country/state where the diploma/master has been issued. The "eligibility certification" needs a current date of issuing!

Instead of the above-mentioned "eligibility certification" there may also be submitted a diploma supplement (stating the fulfillment of the compliance with the  requirements for starting PhD studies) issued by the university which awarded the diploma.

• colour photo (passport size)
• CV
• photocopy of passport