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

• Appoint at least two external habilitated reviewers and ask your supervisor to contact the persons concerned in advance
• Submit the assignment form and abstract electronically to the SSC including academic CV and publication list or link to personal web page of the reviewers
• 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 no later than two weeks before the scheduled defense date.)

• 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" 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

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.

For your doctoral defense, send the registration form to the SSC at least two weeks before the scheduled date. The assessment must also be completed by this time, i.e. both reviews must have been received by the SSC.

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.
Only after the SSC has received confirmation of this survey on study-related stays abroad will the digital graduation documents be sent to you. 

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