Admission to the Study Programme

Admission to the Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Social Sciences requires the completion of a Master's Programme of at least 60 ECTS credits or a Diploma Programme of at least 240 ECTS credits at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution in the field of social sciences and economics or in a field that is meaningfully related to social sciences and economics, as well as the qualitative admission requirements according to § 2 para. 3 and the required language skills in German or English according to § 2 para. 4 of the curriculum.

All applicants must submit the following application documents (in accordance with Section 2 (6) of the curriculum) to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences:

• Admission form (completed in full and signed by a first supervisor)
• a research outline (Forschungsskizze) stating the preliminary dissertation topic (max. 1,500 words, plus bibliography) including a description of the underlying theories and methods;
• Letter of motivation (max. 600 words);
• Proof of the required language skills;
• List of necessary financial or material resources of an academic unit of the University of Graz (if required);