What students say
Prof. Ottavia Zoboli
2016 Doctoral Programme Graduate
“The Doctoral Programme provided unique training in presenting and discussing my research with experts from other fields — taking time to understand their jargon and semantics, and becoming fully aware of the additional challenges, as well as rewards, of interdisciplinary research. This has been invaluable for communicating effectively and managing expectations in my work.”
Meiqi Liu
PhD student
“Working as a PhD student in the Programme is very pleasant with many chances to develop interdisciplinary research topics. The programme gives me opportunity to learn about different research fields and discuss potential collaborative works.”
Doctoral Programme › Our mission
Water is the essence of life – but a complex thing too. Our mission is to research the complexity of water resource systems and provide excellent education to doctoral students at the same time.
The Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems is an interdisciplinary programme aimed at researching complex water resource systems such as aquifers, streams, catchments and water infrastructure, and providing an excellent education to doctoral researchers.
Interaction between the disciplines, international networking, a tailor made training programme and high quality mentoring are key priorities of the Programme.
Through interdisciplinary training the doctoral programme prepares graduates to work alongside specialists from a wide array of fields, providing them with skills which are critical for a successful career in academia, industry or administration.
Some key facts:
- The Doctoral Programme (DK) has been funded by Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
- It was initiated in 2009.
- 51 students from 21 countries have successfully graduated to date.
- 458 peer-reviewed papers including 160 interdisciplinary papers have been published.
