Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Fachschaft Doktorat. We are the representation of the interests of doctoral candidates at TU Wien. We act in self-governing bodies at the university. We support and advise you in your matters of studies and research. Aside from this, we offer workshops and a social program. We are very pleased about your feedback and suggestions—especially from people who go the whole hog and want to reinforce our team or introduce their issues and positions in one of our jour fixe meetings.

The date for the next office hour is on Wednesday, 14 Oktober 17:30-18:00, and takes place in our office (AF EG 32).

If you do not have time during the office hour you can also write us an email and we do our best to arrange a meeting with you.

The date for the next Jour Fixe is on Wednesday, 14 Oktober 18:00-19:00, and takes place in our office (AF EG 32).

If you have any questions please write us an email (fsdr@fsdr.at).

For the location of the office of Fachschaft Doktorat, see contact.

For general information on doing a PhD at TU Wien start with studies (and its subpoints) and after that, of course, the FAQ. If you are already enrolled, you might be interested in our news below to stay up to date.

  • Our last chance to fight against the budget cuts!

    The government has proposed a university budget of €15.9 billion for 2028–2030, ignoring that the Austrian universities clearly stated that any budget below €17 billion would force them to reduce staff, heavily affecting teaching, research and administration. End of October we are going the reach the point of no-return, since the Austrian National Budget will…

  • Budget cuts hit doctoral researchers first!

    The government is discussing a university budget of €15.5 billion for 2028–2030, while universities calculate that €18 billion would be needed just to maintain current teaching, research, staff, and infrastructure. This means fewer positions, expiring fixed-term contracts, hiring freezes, worse supervision, fewer courses, and pressure on labs and research groups. For doctoral students, this is…

  • Join us for our Seminar!

    The focus is on getting to know each other, building a strong network among doctoral students, and further developing our activities together. To find out more, please visit our info page: