Overview
Key Facts
- In their first year, doctoral students have the status of Probationary Doctoral Candidates. They participate in the life of the department, attend courses offered by the department and write a first year paper. At the end of the first year of their studies, probationary doctoral candidates take the oral comprehensive examination. In the examination, they present their thesis plan and answer questions concerning their plan and first year paper.
- Students in PhD Philosophy at Central European University (CEU) who successfully complete their course work and pass the comprehensive examination receive the status of Doctoral Candidates.
- Doctoral candidates have a supervisor with whom they regularly meet and who supervises their work. During their second and third year, students are primarily engaged in independent research under the guidance of their supervisor.
- Doctoral candidates participate in the academic life of the department and attend seminars, lectures and programs, including the annual in-house graduate conference and the biennial international graduate conference, which they organise.
- In the second and third years, students attend the Doctoral Seminar, which provides a forum to acquire professional skills and receive continuous feedback on their work. Students can submit their dissertation at the end of the third year of their studies and not later than six years after the date of their original enrolment.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Moral and Political Philosophy: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals;
Political Obligation;
Normative Ethics Metaphysics, Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind: Intuition and Knowledge;
Substance, Ontology, Mind;
- Atomism.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Vienna, Austria
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and a master's degree (or equivalent) in a related field from a recognized university or institution of higher education, or provide documentation indicating that they will earn such a degree before enrollment in a CEU doctoral course of study. Those students holding a five-year master’s degree are not required to have a bachelor’s.
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Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents15000 EUR / year≈ 15000 EUR / year -
EU/EEA Applies to you
Applies to youEU/EEA Nationals15000 EUR / year≈ 15000 EUR / year
Additional Details
- Doctoral programs (year 1): 15,000 EUR
- Doctoral programs after comprehensive examination (years 2,3, and 4): 5,000 EUR
Living costs
Vienna
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