Content of the doctoral programme
- You attend in-depth courses.
- You work on scientific and applied problems in computer science.
- You conduct independent research at the highest scientific level.
- You prepare research results and publish them in international journals and at conferences.
- You write your dissertation in English.
- Duration of study:
Formal duration: 3 years
Average duration: 4 to 5 years - Academic degree: Doktorin/Doktor der technischen Wissenschaften (Dr. techn.; translation: Doctor of Technical Sciences), equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Alternatively, the degree of Doktorin/Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr.rer.nat.; translation: Doctor of Natural Sciences) can be obtained. - Language of instruction: English
- Admission requirements: see requirements for doctoral programmes
- Curricula:
- Curriculum Doctoral Programme in Technical Sciences
- Curriculum Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences
- Curricula as of 1 October 2020:
- Curriculum Doctoral Programme in Technical Sciences
- Curriculum Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences
- Statutes:
I was particularly impressed by the positive teamwork with fellow students and the excellent supervision of professors. When I was writing my master's and doctoral theses, Professor Helic motivated me to perform to the best of my abilities. It's a fantastic experience to get so deeply involved in a topic that you are able to exchange ideas with worldwide experts in this field!
Admission Deadlines
Summer semester 2020:
7 January to 30 April 2020
Winter semester 2020/21:
13 July to 30 November 2020
Further informationen on registration and admission
International degree programme applicants: admission and application deadlines
Information and Advice
- Head of the co-ordination team of the Doctoral School of Computer Science
Dieter SCHMALSTIEG
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 (316) 873 - 5070
schmalstieg@icg.tu-graz.ac.at - Dean of Studies
Denis HELIC
Assoc.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 (316) 873 - 30610
dhelic@tugraz.at - Student representative
Kevin Winter
kwinter@know-center.at - Student representatives: PhD Union
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Research – Fields of Excellence
Here you can find the fields of excellence of the doctoral school as well as the associated researchers, research areas and institutes.
Field of Excellence: Security and Safety
AICHERNIG, Bernhard
Research Area: Computational Geometry
Institute: Software Technology
BLOEM, Roderick
Research Area: Computer Aided Verification
Institute: Applied Information Processing and Communications
MANGARD, Stefan
Research Area: Secure Systems
Institute: Applied Information Processing and Communications
POSCH, Karl-Christian
Research Area: Computer Security
Institute: Applied Information Processing and Communications
POSCH, Reinhard
Research Area: e-Government
Institute: Applied Information Processing and Communications
RECHBERGER, Christian
Research Area: Cryptography
Institute: Applied Information Processing and Communications
WOTAWA, Franz
Research Area: Model-Based and Qualitative Reasoning
Institute: Software Technology
Field of Excellence: Visual Computing
ANDREWS, Keith
Research area: Information Visualization
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
BISCHOF, Horst
Research area: Computer Vision
Institute: Computer Graphics and Vision
FELLNER, Wolf-Dietrich
Research area: Computer Graphics
Institute: Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization
LEPETIT, Vincent
Research area: Computer Vision and Mixed Reality
Institute: Computer Graphics and Vision
PINZ, Axel
Research area: Computer Vision
Institute: Computer Graphics and Vision
POCK, Thomas
Research area: Computer Vision and Optimization
Institute: Computer Graphics and Vision
SCHMALSTIEG, Dieter
Research area: Computer Graphics and Augmented Reality
Institute: Computer Graphics and Vision
SCHRECK, Tobias
Research area: 3D Object Retrieval and Visual Analytics
Institute: Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization
Field of Excellence: Intelligent Systems
AICHHOLZER, Oswin
Research Area: Computational Geometry
Institute: Software Technology
AURENHAMMER, Franz
Research Area: Computational Geometry
Institute: Theoretical Computer Science
EBNER, Martin
Research Area: e-Learning
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
FELFERNIG, Alexander
Research Area: Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
Institute: Software Technology
GÜTL, Christian
Research Area: Educational Media Technology
Institute:Interactive Systems and Data Science
HELIC, Denis
Research Area: Network Science and Multimedia Systems
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
KAPPE, Frank
Research Area: Computer Media
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
LEGENSTEIN, Robert
Research Area: Neural Computation
Institute: Theoretical Computer Science
LINDSTAEDT, Stefanie
Research Area: Knowledge Technologies
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
MAASS, Wolfgang
Research Area: Neural Computation
Institute: Theoretical Computer Science
SCERBAKOV, Nikolai
Research Area: Information Systems
Institute: Interactive Systems and Data Science
SLANY, Wolfgang
Research Area: Computer Science Education
Institute: Software Technology
STEINBAUER, Gerald
Institut: Software Technology
Field of Excellence: Computational Life Sciences
MÜLLER-PUTZ, Gernot
Research Area: Brain-Computer Interfaces
Institute: Neural Engineering
NEUPER, Christa
Research Area: Brain-Computer Interfaces
Institute: Neural Engineering
SCHERER, Reinhold
Research Area: Brain-Computer Interfaces
Institute: Neural Engineering
Teaching staff
Complete list of teaching staff
You can find the complete list of teaching staff at the doctoral school in TUGRAZonline.
