Mission Statement

This doctoral programme intends to provide an internationally competitive scientific training of doctoral students in innovative pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport research.

The school wants to attract motivated students and to guide them towards scientific excellence and independence in a truly unique and dynamic multi-as well as interdisciplinary environment to finally become well-educated, open-minded and responsible graduates. The cohorts trained and supported by the VDS PhaNuSpo are part of the vibrant research environment at the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports of the University of Vienna.

Your Benefits

  • Co-supervision and mentoring from at least two experts in your field.
  • Low hierarchies and an open door policy.
  • Interdisciplinary exchange in the form of joint courses, seminars, retreats and social events.
  • Additional financial support e.g. in the form of completion or mobility grants.
  • A strong student voice.
  • Dedicated administrative support.

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 News

Travel report
 

Our PhD students Maria Lummerstorfer and Tanja Pfleger (both Pharmaceutical Sciences) attended the 5th European Conference on Pharmaceutics - Ready for the future: innovative dosage forms and advanced...

Media
 

We want drugs to have an increasingly specific effect. Targeted drug delivery is one promising route – it involves the targeted release of active ingredients at their destination in order to minimize...

Travel report
 

Our PhD student Verena Schwingenschlögl-Maisetschläger (Pharmaceutical Sciences) attended the 20th European Molecular Imaging Meeting in Bilbao, Spain.

Read more about her experience!

Travel report
 

Our PhD student Irem Duman (Pharmaceutical Sciences) attended The European Molecular Imaging Meeting 2025 in Bilbao, Spain. Read more about her experience!

Calls & Opportunities
 
Research
 

Meet Bernhard Dumphart, our PhD candidate in Sport Science, who is doing research on gait analysis! By using artificial intelligence, he is working to make diagnosing gait disabilities faster and more...

Latest publications


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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
45 PIs/Professors