Part-time doctoral studies: Individual choice of topics, personal supervision
An extra-occupational doctoral programme offers you a path to a doctorate/PhD, without restricting your career or your private life to any great extent. In cooperation with universities, we offer a part-time PhD programme with excellent supervision to academics who want to complete their doctorate alongside work. The IfM takes care of all administrative and organisational work for you, in particular the compilation of all application documents, any translations and and active support during the application process.
Advantages of this PhD programme
The flexible seminars in the part-time PhD programme make it possible to write a dissertation alongside your job. With the individual choice of topics, there is the possibility of writing a scientific thesis that also ensures applicability and implementation in your company. Individual, personal supervision during the PhD programme is ensured as a maximum of 5 students are allocated per supervisor.
- Low attendance time
- Individual choice of topic for the dissertation
- Personal supervision by a supervisor (mentor)
- Flexible time management / no semester breaks
- Study in English
Take advantage of these benefits and complete your doctorate while working!
Duration: 3 years (maximum 6 years)
Structure: Several 2-day seminars, four publications, three oral examinations and the final examination (Defensio).
Dates: The programme starts in the winter semester
Language: English
Characteristics: Part-time doctoral programme, which can be completed alongside work and family life
Admission: Completed Magister, Diplom or Bachelor’s and Master’s degree (may also be from other disciplines)
Academic title: PhD in Austria, Dr. or PhD in Germany
Sorry to inform that application period for study year 2021/22 has ended.
Admission criteria
The following requirements must be met for admission to the PhD programme:
- Completed Master’s degree, Diploma or Bachelor’s and Master’s degree respectively.
- Good command of English
- Academics from different disciplines can be admitted.
We will be happy to inform you about the framework conditions for your doctorate in a personal consultation.
Target group
The part-time doctoral programme/PhD takes three years and is aimed at managers, High Potentials, executives and entrepreneurs. The PhD programme not only takes into account the participants’ professional commitments, but also the compatibility of the doctorate with family and leisure time.
Content and Structure
The PhD programme is designed to allow completion of the doctorate within three years and graduation in under six years. Justified interruptions are permitted after consultation with the University. The seminars and examinations take place at the respective university.
In addition to the dissertation, four publications must be prepared in consultation with your supervisor. Publications can be made, for example, in the context of academic conferences and in the IfM Impulses.
The title PhD
The PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is the scientific doctoral degree in almost all subjects in English-speaking countries and is the highest degree of study. With the implementation of the Bologna Process to create a common European Higher Education Area, the academic degrees were adapted in their designations. With the changeover from diploma studies to Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, the PhD was adopted, replacing the doctorate “Dr.”, with the exception of medicine and law. The academic degree PhD is obtained by completing a doctoral programme. The corresponding subject is added with “in”, e.g. “PhD in Economics and Management”, and the title is added after the surname, e.g. Joe Bloggs, BA, MA, PhD.