• Current photo
• Passport or Identity card
• Proof of completed studies (foreign documents must be properly certified - information on certification) + certified translation (except: documents in German and English)
• List of attended courses of the previous studies/research or study focus (proof of success, transcript, diploma supplement)
• Language certificate (information for international applicants, see also Curriculum 23W)
• Exposé of the dissertation project of approx. 5 pages including the description of the underlying theories and methods
• Academic curriculum vitae
• Application for admission to the doctoral school and supervision agreement
• Letter of motivation

Do you have an active UGO student account?

• Upload the application documents in UNIGRAZonline via the app "My applications".

You do not have an UGO student account?

• Register for a basic user account.
• After registration you will receive an email with an activation link for your account.
• Log in to UNIGRAZonline on the homepage via "Applicants" with your generated user name (or e-mail address) and created password.
• Upload the application documents via the app "My applications".

The selection committee consists of five persons

• the responsible (vice-)dean of studies
• the head of the doctoral school
• the chairperson of the curriculum commission
• another member of the curriculum commission (university professor or junior faculty)
• the proposed first supervisor

The selection committee uses the criteria to check whether the applicant has a suitable previous study program for the intended doctoral programme and whether the qualitative admission requirements are met.

• You will receive the notification of admission by email.
• Academic Affairs will inform you about the further procedure regarding enrollment.
• After enrollment you will get access to UNIGRAZonline and you can register for courses.

Application deadline for summer semester 2025: January 7^th until February 4^th, 2025

• The selection committee needs about 6 weeks to decide about the admission.
• The application deadline for courses is mid-September or mid-February.
• The courses start at the beginning of October or at the beginning of March.

Legal Basis:

• Curriculum 23W for the interdisciplinary doctoral program "Antiquity and Modernity in an European Context"
• Founding declaration for the interdisciplinary doctoral school "Antiquity and Modernity in an European Context"
• Regulation of the Rectorate on admission to studies