Welcome to the homepage of the Office of the Dean of Research Studies!
The best way to reach the office of the Dean of Studies is by mail or telephone.
Tuesday 9.00 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 15.00
Wedneyday 9.00 - 12.00
Thursday 9.00 - 12.00
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, D 0245, 1030 Wien
The Office of the Dean of Research Studies is responsible for the coordination of academic studies at the mdw. This includes the PhD programme, the structured doctoral programme and the scientific-artistic Master's programme Ethnomusicology. In addition, the Dean of Academic Studies is responsible for the organisation and management of academic teaching at the following institutes:
- Institute for Musicology and Interpretation Research (IMI)
- Institute for Sociology of Music (IMS)
- Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology (IVE)
- Institute for Cultural Management and Gender Studies (IKM)
- Institute for Musical Acoustics - Viennese Sound Style (IWK)
On our website you will find all important information about the scientific doctoral studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, profiles of the supervisors of the scientific doctorate, as well as of our PhD students. Furthermore, we inform you about important events for doctoral students, deadlines for funding and dates of disputations. Outstanding achievements, awards and prizes for our doctoral students are announced here.
The Graduate Centre of the mdw is a platform of the Dean of Studies that offers doctoral students and postdocs at the mdw advice, exchange and networking. Through cooperation with other institutions (e.g. the Career Center of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft), it provides networking for doctoral students and makes all the important information and funding opportunities for young researchers available in the Graduate Centre Newsletter.