Content
Dissertation
- Conducting research independently in a field of mechanical engineering
- Finding and describing approaches to solve scientific, technical problems
- Preparing, publishing and defending research results
Courses (curricular workload)
- Building up broad basic knowledge and specialising in the field of your dissertation
- Discussing the progress and results of your dissertation in doctoral seminars
Focus Areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Science
- Duration of study: 3 years
- Academic degree: Doktorin/Doktor der technischen Wissenschaften (Dr. techn.; translation: Doctor of Technical Sciences), equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Languages of instruction: English and German
- Admission requirements: see requirements for doctoral programmes
- Curriculum and statutes:
- General outline / Allgemeine Einführung
- Guideline for a doctoral thesis report / Orientierungshilfe für ein Dissertationsgutachten
- The Doctoral Thesis / Die Dissertation
The Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering also enables you to gain insights into other fields represented at the faculty, helping you to establish interesting contacts during your doctoral programme. In this way, TU Graz not only offers you an outstanding education in a variety of specialisations, but also places on broadening your horizons.
Information and Advice
- Head of the Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering
Jakob WOISETSCHLÄGER
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone: +43 (316) 873 - 7227
jakob.woisetschlaeger@tugraz.at - Dean of Studies
Thomas HOCHRAINER
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math.techn. Dr.-Ing.
Phone: +43 (316) 873 - 7164
hochrainer@tugraz.at - Student representative
Felix RESSI
Dipl.-Ing. BSc
felix.ressi@tugraz.at - Student representatives: PhD Union
Research projects
- EU projects;
- centres of excellence;
- Christian Doppler Laboratories, and
- projects of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).
The following could also be of interest
Admission Deadlines
Admissions to doctoral studies are possible in the current semester at any time up to a maximum of ten days before the start of the general admission period of the following semester. Admission deadlines
Further informationen on registration and admission
International degree programme applicants: admission and application deadlines
Teaching staff and Institutes
Teaching staff
Institutes
The following institutes are associated with the Doctoral School of Mechanical Engineering.
Information about the publications and projects from each institute can be obtained by viewing their respective business cards.
- Institute of Automotive Engineering
- Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
- Institute of Hydraulic Fluidmachinery
- Institute of Logistics Engineering
- Institute of Machine Components and Methods of Development
- Institute of Materials Science, Joining and Forming
- Institute of Mechanics
- Institute of Production Engineering
- Institute of Strength of Materials
- Institute of Structural Durability and Railway Technology
- Institute of Thermal Engineering
- Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics
- Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems
- Vehicle Safety Institute
