The assignment of the reviewers can already take place before the submission of the doctoral thesis!

• Appoint at least two external habilitated reviewers (TAC members are excluded!) and ask your supervisor to contact the persons concerned in advance
  File "Information for external reviewers"
• Submit the assignment form and abstract electronically to the SSC including academic CV and publication list of the proposed reviewers (PDF files)
  The proposed reviewers must be approved by Study Director and Dean of Academic Affairs before the SSC can initiate the review process.
• NOTE: official review period is 4 months
  The SSC must communicate the official four-month deadline to the reviewers. Should you make arrangements for a shorter review period, you must independently ensure that the reviews are received by the SSC three weeks before the scheduled defense date. 

The form for assigning the reviewers can be submitted for approval even before uploading the thesis. This way, the dissertation can proceed to review without much delay after submission.

• Before completing the thesis, please read the information on formal requirements for academic theses
• Information on the use of publications in academic theses
• Submit the electronic version via u:space
• Sign the upload confirmation and send it to the SSC by e-mail
• If a blocking period has been imposed by a publication organ, please submit the form "Blockage of the doctoral thesis" (incl. proof of embargo) by e-mail. The embargo applies to the printed copies of the doctoral thesis.
• Submit three hard cover copies via SSC within 10 days after uploading and successful plagiarism-check

Please do not prepare a title page beforehand and do not use any templates; the title page will be generated automatically during the submission process.

When registering for the defense, it must be ensured that both reviews are submitted to the SSC three weeks before the scheduled date. Only once the review process has been completed will the SSC request approval of the defense (examination board) from the director of studies. 

The examination board consists of a chair and two examiners. At the faculty, it is common that the two persons who have also examined the paper act as examiners - at least one of them should be part of the examination board. The chair is usually taken by the (internal) supervisor.

The procedure and format of the defense can generally be agreed with the person chairing it. The defense should not significantly exceed one hour, with around 20 minutes set aside for the presentation. The remaining time is left for questions and discussion as well as for the committee to agree on the grade.

For a defense in digital format, please create a meeting via the Zoom account of the University of Vienna (https://zid.univie.ac.at/en/zoom/) and provide the SSC with the access data when registering for the defense.

On the occasion of your graduation, the university asks you to provide data on your experiences abroad during your studies. The collection of this data is obligatory due to a decree of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research.

Please participate in the Statistics Austria survey; only then will you receive your digital final documents.  

• Statistik Austria (UHStat2)