PhD / Doctorate English 8 semesters · 240 ECTS

PhD-in-Practice

Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien · Wien, Austria

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Duration8 semesters · 240 ECTS

Teaching languagesEnglish

DegreePhD / Doctorate

Credits240 ECTS

Programme provider

Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

Wien, Austria · Accredited programme

University profile

At a glance

PhD-in-Practice (PhD / Doctorate) is taught at Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Wien. It lasts 8 semesters · 240 ECTS. Taught in English.

Program overview

This study programme is only available in German. --> The PhD-in-Practice is a doctoral program for research in artistic practice, set up by the Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute of Art Theory and Cultural Studies. The program provides participants with the opportunity to pursue their individual research projects in a collective environment with a strongly transdisciplinary and international focus. It provides a concept of arts-based research built upon critical epistemologies, as developed in the context of feminist, queer, postcolonial, ecological, post-Marxist and other political and emancipatory projects.

CityWien

Credit load240 ECTS

Cost per year

Living costs€1,590 a month in Wien, rent included: €19,080

Living costs from SiT estimate from livingcost.org city data (Nov 2026), converted from USD at the ECB reference rate of 30 Oct 2026 (1 EUR = 1.1172 USD)

Admission requirements

Typical requirements in Austria for this degree level. Your advisor gives you the final list.

A completed qualification that gives access to PhD / Doctorate study.
Academic transcripts and any programme-specific assessment the institution asks for.
Your advisor checks the final requirements for your education system and intake.