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

Lecture
 

The Department Meeting (Pharma and Food) focuses on contemporary pharmacological and nutritional research subjects. International and local professionals in pharmaceutical sciences, nutritional...

Calls & Opportunities
 

The call for the career development programme postdoc:muv for the promotion of female postdoctoral researchers of all disciplines and faculties is open until 9 October. It combines the three formats...

Travel report
 

Read about Patricia's experiences at the 71st Annual Congress of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) in Dublin, Ireland.

Travel report
 

Read about Rebecca's experiences at the Annual Conference of the Society for Home Economics in Education and Research (HaBiFo) in Freiburg, Germany.

Travel report
 

Read about Rebeka's experiences during her research stay at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia.

Event
 

Learn how research data management can improve your research and save you time. This course will give you easy tips to help keep data organised and discuss ways to make your work more visible. ...

Latest publications


Goldmann, Ulrich ; Wiedmer, Tabea ; Garofoli, Andrea et al. / Data- and knowledge-derived functional landscape of human solute carriers. In: Molecular Systems Biology. 2025 ; Vol. 21, No. 6. pp. 599-631.

El Boukhari, Reda ; Matin, Maima ; Bouissane, Latifa et al. / Enhancing human gut health : Global innovations in dysbiosis management. In: iMeta. 2025 ; Vol. 4, No. 3.

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