Information Session StRV NAWIDoctorate

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Information SessionStRV NAWI-Doctorate

• OLD Curriculum
• (085 xxx)

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Outline of the Talk

• Helpful webpages
• The old Curriculum
• Should I change to the NEW Curriculum?
• Howto
• Register the topic of the Doctoral thesis
• Submit the thesis
• do the Doctoral Exam
• Deadlines
• Doctoral Exam
• 12 week hours

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Webpages

• OLD Curriculum
• www.exp.univie.ac.at/allg/stdplan/stdpldok.html
• Our Homepage
• www.univie.ac.at/strv-doc-nawi/
• Student-Point
• www.univie.ac.at/studentpoint/

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Graduation, OLD Curriculum

• You can graduate using the old curriculum
• if you ...
• registered before 1.10.2002
• paid the fees every term since then.
• will finish your studies before 30.11.2005

Deadline for the final exam 30.11.2005
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Is the new Curriculum better for me?

• You may transfer, but you don't have to. ? You
  may also hold a defense instead of the final exam
  if you stay in the old curriculum. You have more
  freedom of choice when selecting your lectures
  (12 week hours)
• If you interrupt your studies (for one or more
  terms) you will be automatically transferred to
  the new Curriculum.

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Howto

• Register the topic of the thesis
• Submit the PhD thesis
• Register the final exam/defense

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Registration of the thesis topic

• WHEN As soon as possible!
• HOW ? registration form (NEW)!
• ? fill out this form in duplicate
• ? signature of the supervisor
• ? signature of the Head of the
  Department/Institute

http//spl.univie.ac.at/Formulare.7549.0.html
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Registration of the thesis topic

• WHERE Examinations Department (Prüfungsreferat
  )(will affix the
• signature of the Studien programmleiter,
  short SPl)
• Two weeks later
• you get one of these forms back, now signed by
  the SPl. (you'll need this form to submit your
  thesis!)

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Submitting the thesis I

• You need
• 3 hardcopies of your thesis (hardcover)
• CV included in these three copies
• The comment ltlt ...zur Erlangung des Akademischen
  Grades "Doktor/in der Naturwissenschaften" gtgt in
  all three copies

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Submitting the thesis II

• You also need
• one signed CV
• a copy of your last Studienbuchblatt
• registration form (now signed by the SPl)
• printout of your entry in the Dissertation-databas
  e (Password -gt Examinations Department)

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Submitting the thesis III

• You also need ... even more FORMS
• Social insurance form Sozialversicherungs-Formula
  r
• Form called Ansuchen um Approbation der
  Dissertation
• Leaflet
• If not already done name a second
  super-visor/referee (supervisor first referee)
• Certificates of the lectures (12 week hours)

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Registration final exam

• You need
• Form Beurteilung der Diss. (with the signature
  of your referees)
• The reports/grades from your referees
• Registration form (Examinations Department)

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Registration final exam

• Rigorosum/Defense
• Appoint the day of your oral exam with the
  examination committee
• Notify the Examinations Department of the date
  chosen (at least 3 weeks before the planned oral
  exam)

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Graduation - Deadlines

• At least 3 weeks before the planned exam
• Submit the thesis!
• If not already done name a second supervisor/
  referee (the first referee is your supervisor)
• Register for your final exam(reports/grades from
  your supervisor and the second referee)!

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The final exam

• Rigorosum or Defense
• Defensio
• Public defense
• Talk (30min)
• Examination committee supervisor, second
  referee, chairman (SPl) (max. 60min)
• Open discussion (15min)

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Lectures

• According to (3)
• you have to choose
• Lectures in the field of research of your thesis
  topic 8 week hours
• Lectures that have some connection to your field
  of research 4 week hours

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Lectures

• Until the new curriculum became operative, no
  certificates for the 12 week hours of lectures
  were needed (OLD curriculum only!)
• officially you need some certificateseither a
  copy of your lecture certificatesor a signed
  note from your supervisor that you wouldnt need
  any.

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Information SessionStRV NAWI-Doctorate

• NEW Curriculum
• (091 xxx)

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Outline of the talk

• Useful webpages
• Conditions for admittance registration
• Registration of the thesis topic book of exams
  (Prüfungspass)
• Rules for 12 week hours
• Submission of the thesis
• Defense
• Information
• Studienprogrammleiter

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Useful Webpages

• http//spl.univie.ac.at
• Our Homepage
• www.univie.ac.at/strv-doc-nawi/
• Our Email address
• doktorat.nawi_at_univie.ac.at

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Registration

• Required qualification master's degree in
  natural science or a teaching position in a
  relevant subject or a recognized equivalent
  domestic or foreign post-secondary education
  degree from a specialist course of study from a
  highschool college (2,(1)(2) Stpl.)
• Choose a research area for your PhD studies and a
  supervisor.

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Registration

• Register at the Studies- and Exami-nations
  Department (Main Building)
• You'll get a form to inform the University of
  your thesis topic and the name of your
  supervisor.
• -gt decision regarding the admittance to a PhD
  study

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Registration PhD topic

• Form (Study and Examinations Department) (NEW)!
• Signature of the supervisor and signature of the
  Head of the Institute/Department if financial
  support is required (lab space, equipment,
  chemicals, etc.)
• You will be informed by the Examinations
  Department via email about acceptance

http//spl.univie.ac.at/Formulare.7549.0.html
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Book of exams (Prüfungspass)

• Book of exams (Examinations Department)
• subject-relevant lectures of 12 week hours (have
  to be approved by SPl)
• Courses held by the supervisor max. 4
  hours(if the supervisor is co-applicant of the
  course max. 6 hours)
• Seminars max. 6 hours
• Practical courses max. 6 hours

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Submitting the thesis I

• You need
• 3 copies of your thesis (hardcover)
• CV included in these three copies
• The comment ltlt ...zur Erlangung des Akademischen
  Grades "Doktor/in der Naturwissenschaften" gtgt in
  all three copies

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Submitting the thesis II

• Further you will need
• one signed CV
• a copy of your last Studienbuchblatt
• Printout of your entry in the Dissertation-databas
  e (Password -gt Examinations Department)
  enclosed after submission of thesis

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Submitting the thesis III

• You also need ... even more FORMS
• Social insurance form Sozialversicherungs-Formula
  r
• Form called Ansuchen um Approbation der
  Dissertation
• Leaflet

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Submitting the thesis IV

• The Studienpräses assigns two referees.
• The supervisor and the student may suggest
  referees. (NEW)!
• The Examinations Department will send you an
  email as soon the referees are fixed, and once
  more after they have returned their reports.
• Fix the examination committee and day of defense
  with the SPl and the accepted examiners.

http//spl.univie.ac.at/Formulare.7549.0.html
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Referee Examiner

• Supervisor must not be the referee
• Referees could be deployed as the examiner
• More over the supervisor may act as an other
  examiner

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Defense I

• Approved PhD thesis ("Beurteilungs-formular")
• Referees reports
• Registration form
• Book of exams (Prüfungspass)
• are submitted at the Examinations Department!
• This is the time when you can start your count
  down to the defense
• Inform the Examinations Department at least 3
  weeks before the planned date of the defense.

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Defense II

• There will be a committee (three members)
• The supervisor may be one of the three
• If possible one member should not work at the
  same institute as the supervisor (and even better
  not at University of Vienna )
• 30 minutes talk public discussion

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Examinations Department

• Prüfungsreferat Naturwissenschaften UZA II

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Examinations Department

• Prüfungsreferat Naturwissenschaften
• UZA II, Stiege C, Ebene 3, Zimmer 323,
  Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Wien
• Tel. [phone]
• office hours
• Tue, Wed 9 12 a.m
• Thu 2 6 p.m
• during holidays Tue, Wed 9 12 a.m.

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Studienprogrammleiter (Spl)

• Mathematics Ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Cap
• Physics O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Bartl
• Chemistry Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Mikenda
• Earth Sciences, Meteorology, Geophysics and
  Astronomy Univ.-Prof. Dr. Konstantin Petrakakis
• Biology Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Hesse
• Molecular Biology O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard
  Wiche
• Pharmacy O. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut
  Viernstein
• Nutritional Science O. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.
  Ibrahim Elmadfa

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Studienpräses

• Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr. Brigitte Kopp
• Electronic Mail brigitte.kopp_at_univie.ac.at or
• studienpraeses_at_univie.ac.at
• roswitha.esberger_at_univie.ac.at (assistant to
  Prof. Kopp)

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Last But Not Least

• We wish you ...
• endurance for the bureaucracy!
• Good luck!
• If you have any questions
• ? send us an Email
• doktorat.nawi_at_univie.ac.at
• yours StV Doctorate NAWI