Business Law 05

The two year doctoral program in Business Law (degree program structure of 2005) is to be discontinued, which means that admission to the program is no longer possible.

Extension of transition period

Students who enrolled in the program before the new degree program structure came into effect in winter semester 2009/10 can remain in the old degree program until 30 September 2017. If you discontinue your studies for one or more semesters, you can only continue them according to the new, 3 year doctoral program.

Structure

In the course of the doctoral program in Business Law, three seminars have to be attended, a dissertation has to be written and a viva voce (in the form of three separate oral examinations in the three subjects chosen) has to be passed.

Courses/Examinations

ECTS

SSt.

Doctoral Seminar in the subject of the dissertation

(Private Law including Civil Procedure or Austrian and European Public Law or Tax Law or Labour Law and Social Security Law or Law of the European Community or Criminal Law)

5

2

Doctoral Seminar in a second legal subject

(which has not been chosen as the subject of the dissertation)

5

2

Doctoral Seminar in a third subject

(Seminar in one of the subjects offered at WU which has not been chosen as the subject of the dissertation and as second legal subject)

5

2

After the dissertation has been graded: viva voce with Defensio Dissertationis:

Part 1 of doctoral examination with Defensio Dissertationis

Part 2 of doctoral examination in the second legal subject

Part 3 of doctoral examination in the third subject

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