PhD Placements
WU Vienna is an international center for developing young research talents. Graduates both from the Science Track and the Applied Track successfully apply for competitive pre-doc positions at international and national universities. A special emphasis is put on attracting and promoting female research talents.
Below you find data about recent placements of graduates of the Master's Program Economics in PhD programs.
Since 2019,about one in five graduates from the program have successfully applied for a PhD program.
Among graduates from the Science Track, about half of the students continue with a PhD.
Since 2019, almost half of the placements have been in international PhD programs.
A significant share of successful PhD applicants enter PhD programs in related fields such as Management, History, Geography or Socioeconomics.
Since 2019, about half of the students entering PhD programs have been female.
Please note that due to data limitations, the actual number of successful applicants to PhD programs is likely to be higher.
| Year of Graduation | University | Program | Gender |
| 2011 | Bonn Graduate School of Economics | PhD Economics | f |
| 2011 | London School of Economics | PhD Economic History | m |
| 2011 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2011 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2012 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2012 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2012 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2013 | Humboldt University, Berlin | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | The New School of Social Research, NY | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | The New School of Social Research, NY | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | Tilburg University | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | Universität Bremen | PhD Economics | f |
| 2013 | University of Nottingham | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2013 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2013 | WU Wien | PhD Management | m |
| 2014 | Cambridge University | PhD Economics | f |
| 2014 | Mannheim University | PhD Economics | m |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Global Strategy | f |
| 2014 | WU Wien | PhD Management | m |
| 2015 | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | PhD Economics | m |
| 2015 | Universität Graz | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | m |
| 2015 | WU Wien | Ph.D. Management | f |
| 2015 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2015 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2015 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2016 | Munich Graduate School of Economics | PhD Economics | f |
| 2016 | Universität St. Gallen | PhD Econometrics | m |
| 2016 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2016 | WU Wien | PhD Economics and Demography | f |
| 2016 | WU Wien | PhD International Business | f |
| 2017 | JKU Linz | PhD Economics | m |
| 2017 | WU Wien | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | m |
| 2017 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2017 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2017 | WU Wien | PhD Management | f |
| 2018 | JKU Linz | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | f |
| 2018 | JKU Linz | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | Sorbonne, Paris | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | The New School of Social Research, NY | PhD Economics | f |
| 2018 | TU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | Universität Salzburg | PhD Economics | f |
| 2018 | Universität Turin | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | WU Wien | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | f |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2018 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2019 | EDHEC Business School | PhD Finance | f |
| 2019 | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | PhD Public Sector Economics | f |
| 2019 | London School of Economics | PhD Economic Geography | f |
| 2019 | TU München | PhD Mathematics | m |
| 2019 | Universität Bern | PhD Public Management | m |
| 2019 | Universität Duisburg-Essen | PhD Socioeconomics | m |
| 2019 | Universität Frankfurt/Main | PhD Economics | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD (Geography) | f |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Management | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Management | m |
| 2019 | WU Wien | PhD Socioeconomics | m |
| 2020 | Heidelberg University | PhD Development Economics | f |
| 2020 | Munich Graduate School of Economics | PhD Economics | f |
| 2020 | Universität Duisburg-Essen | PhD Socioeconomics | f |
| 2020 | Universität Düsseldorf | PhD Economics | m |
| 2020 | Universität St. Gallen | PhD Econometrics | m |
| 2020 | Universität St. Gallen | PhD Economics | f |
| 2020 | Universität Wien | PhD Demography | f |
| 2020 | University of Toulouse I | PhD Center for Collective Learning | m |
| 2020 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2020 | WU Wien | PhD Health Economics | f |
| 2020 | WU Wien | PhD International Business Taxation | m |
| 2020 | WU Wien | PhD Management | m |
| 2020 | WU Wien | PhD Socioeconomics | f |
| 2021 | Halle University, Halle Institute for Economic Research | PhD Economics | f |
| 2021 | MPIDR Rostock | PhD Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research | f |
| 2021 | Universität Duisburg-Essen | PhD New Economic Geography | m |
| 2021 | Universität Köln | PhD Economics | f |
| 2021 | University of Copenhagen | PhD Economics | f |
| 2021 | WU Wien | Dr.rer.soc.oec. | f |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | f |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Management (Marketing) | m |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Socioeconomics | m |
| 2021 | WU Wien | PhD Vienna Graduate School of Finance | m |
| 2022 | WU Wien | PhD Economics | m |