The Curriculum

To graduate from the PhD Management programme, the current curriculum mandates the completion of courses amounting to overall 30 ECTS. The courses to be completed are to be fixed in the "Doctoral thesis agreement" for the PhD Management programme in accordance with this regulation.

The programme has been organized/split into two different sections: the Core Program and the Elective Program. Each is comprised of 15 ECTS.

The Core Program

To complete the Core Program one may choose three of either of the following courses (each valued at 5 ECTS):

 

Courses Core Program

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Experimental and Simulation Methods
  • Management Decision Making
  • Management Control
  • Advanced Microeconomics
  • Multivariate Business Statistics
  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Econometrics
  • Advanced Regression Analysis

The Elective Program

To complete the Elective Program it is necessary to complete at least three courses, and thus also must amount to a minimum of 15 ECTS. Courses may be chosen from the following list of courses offered by the faculty, in accordance to the current offers available, which may vary from semester to semester. Furthermore it is also possible to choose courses from related PhD-programmes at the University of Vienna or other universities at a maximum of 15 ECTS, if they are relevant to the planned dissertation. To do the latter it is obligatory to obtain the approval of both the supervisor and the DSPL by way of the doctoral thesis agreement.

The local faculty will offer the following courses for the PhD Management programme, each of which is valued at 5 ECTS:

 

Courses Elective Program

  • Topics in Controlling and Financial Accounting 1
  • Topics in Marketing and International Marketing 1
  • Topics in Human Resources and Organizations 1
  • Topics in Strategy and Innovation 1
  • Topics in Controlling and Financial Accounting 2
  • Topics in Marketing and International Marketing 2
  • Topics in Human Resources and Organizations 2
  • Topics in Strategy and Innovation 2
  • Topics in Controlling and Financial Accounting 3
  • Topics in Marketing and International Marketing 3
  • Topics in Human Resources and Organizations 3
  • Topics in Strategy and Innovation 3

Further courses may be organised by the DSPL depending on necessity and available ressources, as well as the regulations mandated by the curriculum itself.

Please note the following with regards to the public presentation/"Fakultätsöffentliche Präsentation" of the dissertation project: According to §5(2) of the curriculum the presentation is not defined as a course in line with §5(1) and will thus also not result in being awarded ECTS points.