IMPORTANT: Please note that the admission process can take several weeks after submission of the necessary documents.
Therefore, your application must be received in full by April 30, 2024 at the latest!
Since fall 2023, admission to some of the doctoral programmes is based on new, qualitative criteria!
As of now, some doctoral programmes remain, for which the admission process stays the same as before; however, in Summer 2024, the new admission regulation based on qualitative criteria will be in place for all doctoral programmes of the University of Graz.
This page informs you in detail about the different admission processes.
Admission based on qualitative criteria (NEW)
A new curriculum will come into force for the following doctoral programs in winter semester 2023/24
- Religious Studies and Sociocultural Discourses
- Natural Sciences Doctorate at the Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences
- Interdisciplinary PhD at the Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences
- Antiquity and Modernity in a European Context
- Interfaculty PhD in Teaching Methodology
These doctoral programs are subject to a qualitative admission procedure via commission.
If you have any questions about these doctoral programs, please read the information on the individual programs.
If you would like to start or continue one of these doctoral programs in winter semester 2023/24, you must submit an application via the application management system.
Doctoral candidates with an active UGO-account (e.g. from previous studies) can submit the application directly via their personal homepage in UNIGRAZonline under "My applications".
Doctoral candidates who have never been enrolled at the University of Graz or who do not currently have an active student account must submit their application via online pre-registration tool (online application). The online pre-registration tool can be found at Registration - Basic user - UNIGRAZonline - University of Graz (uni-graz.at) . Before you can submit an application, you must first register. After registering, you will receive an e-mail with an activation link for your account.
Admission based on former criteria
For the following doctoral programs, admission in the 2023/24 academic year will still be based on the previous admission criteria:
- Doctoral Program in Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- Doctoral Program in Law
- Doctoral Program in Catholic Theology
- Humanities Doctorate at the Faculty of Environmental, Regional and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral Program in Philosophy
- Doctoral Programm in Natural Sciences
If you have any further questions about the admission criteria for these doctoral programs, please contact the Admissions Office.
E-mail: zulassung.doktorat(at)uni-graz.at
Phone: 0316 380 1163
If you would like to come in person, you can book an appointment.
Details on the admission criteria can be found on the respective pages of the doctoral programs, as well as under Admission based on former criteria.
Admission for international students
If you have NOT completed your undergraduate studies in Austria, you must submit an application for admission to the doctoral program.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department for International Students.
E-mail: zulassung.international(at)uni-graz.at
Web: https: //studienabteilung.uni-graz.at/de/internationale-studierende/
Non-EU-Citizens first create a basic account in UNIGRAZOnline in order to be able to create an application for the desired doctoral program. Here you upload a valid identity card and the application form. The remaining required documents must be sent in original to the Admissions Office.
Note: Postal application for Non-EU-Citizens
