Admission Criteria

Admission Criteria

In general, admission criteria follow the curriculum for doctoral studies in the BOKU Doctoral Schools. An additional agreement with items specific to DSSE is to be signed by the doctoral candidate, the supervisor and the coordinator of the doctoral school.

Academic Degree

Academic Degree

Depending on the research field graduates of DSSE are conferred either the degree of Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences ("Doktor/in der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften"), in Latin Doctor rerum socialium oeconomicarumque (abbreviated as "Dr.rer.soc.oec.") or Doctor of Natural Resources and Life Sciences ("Doktor/in der Bodenkultur"), in Latin "Doctor rerum naturalium technicarum" (abbreviated as "Dr.nat.techn.")