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>>> New PhD curriculum. <<< The Senate has decided to implement a new PhD curriculum starting from Wintersemester 2025. Here you can find our recognition regulations (in german). If you have any questions, please email graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at. If you notice any discrepancies regarding recognition, please contact doktorat@mdw.ac.at (Studies Center).
>>> Welcome Event for PhDs, Thursday, 08 October 2026. <<< A welcome event for new PhD students will be held again this year. Please register by emailing graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at. The programme will follow shortly.
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Here you can find awards, scholarships and prizes for doctoral students of the scientific doctoral programme. Congratulations!
>>> Achievements of doctoral students at the mdw
Dates
>>> Workshops and events for doctoral students
>>> On 07 October 2026 at 10 am the Disputation of Alessio Lampis will be held via Zoom. The title of his thesis is "An Experimental Study of Bowed-String Instrument Playability Considering the Effect of String Type". To attend, please register via mail to stdw@mdw.ac.at.
Deadlines for funding, calls & scholarships
40. DVSM-Nachwuchssymposiums: «Critical Musicologies: Zwischen Kanonizität, Lehre und künstlerischer Praxis»
Each year, the German Association of Musicology Students (DVSM) organises a symposium for young scholars, inviting students to submit proposals for its conception and implementation. For the 40th DVSM Young Scholars Symposium, the conference concept submitted by Musica Inaudita, titled «Critical Musicologies: Zwischen Kanonizität, Lehre und künstlerischer Praxis», was selected. The symposium will critically examine canons in concert and music programmes, particularly in musicology, thereby engaging in a critique of canons and pedagogy.
More information can be found here.
Deadline: June 30, 2026
Information on funding and scholarships at the mdw can be found under Funding & Scholarships and on the Research Funding homepage. All current funding for PhD students is also bundled and sent out in the Graduate Centre newsletter.