*The University of Vienna, Department of Economics (VGSE) announces the opening of four prae.doc positions.* ------------------------------ *Type of position* PhD student *Location* Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1 1090 Vienna Österreich You will be enrolled as PhD student in Economics at the University of Vienna starting 1st of October 2017. You attend highly advanced courses and research seminars where you, like other researchers, present your work in progress. You conduct your own research and write your dissertation on a topic of your choice in the area of economics under the supervision of the senior and junior faculty members. Requirements: 1) Master´s preferably in Economics (Mathematics, Statistics, Finance and studies related to Economics can also be considered) completed by 1.10.2017; 2) very good knowledge of advanced macroeconomics, microeconomics, and econometrics; 3) high quantitative GRE Score; excellent English language skills (Toefl, IELTS or previous study program and thesis written in English); 4) 2 strong recommendation letters preferably by your professors; 5) structured research proposal (1-2 pages) and motivation letter; 6) transcript of top grades of the master studies; 7) Reading lists or syllabi for master level courses microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics. Please submit all documents with the application code 7487 to job center ( jobcenter@univie.ac.at.) by 30th of April 2017.