Why apply for the PhD Management at the University of Vienna?

Do you like both – telling a good story and solving analytical problems? Are you interested in both - observing things that happen in the real world and explaining them? Did languages and mathematics come easy to you while at school and college? Do you love to work hard, but prefer to spend your time on problems which you find interesting yourself rather than on those someone else hands to you? Do you enjoy explaining things to others? Are you ready to embark on another journey of learning novel theories and methods?

If your answer to (most of) these questions is yes, you should consider applying to the PhD programme in Management.

The programme is designed to prepare candidates for a career in international academe with the goal of becoming a management professor one day. As a business academic, you enjoy enormous freedom to spend your time on problems you find interesting – be these in accounting, organizational studies, innovation and technology, or strategic management, using a variety of methods. You also get the chance to engage with a young and challenging audience as you teach. Furthermore, as a business professor, the world is your oyster – with no constraints of taking up a job abroad; and while maybe not competitive with private sector salaries in certain domains (e.g. top-level management consulting, finance), business professors earn a very good living, too.

The PhD Management programme in Vienna is one of the oldest internationally oriented programmes of its kind in Continental Europe, boasting of a legacy of numerous placements of its former participants at the finest European universities. Take a look at our placement pages to form your own impression.