Quality of the Planned Research of the BOKU Doctoral School

Criteria:

  • Quality of research
  • Permeation of interdisciplinary research
  • Establishment of scientific focus areas at BOKU
  • Alignment of research areas to the fields of competences of BOKU
  • Addressing goals of “BOKU Strategy for Sustainability” and “BOKU Strategy for Internationalization 2021-2025” ( student mobility, international class-rooms, internationalization at home)

 

Quality of the Faculty

Criteria:

  • Scientific output in terms of SCI/SSCI publications
  • Available third-party funds
  • Interdisciplinary competences and coherence
  • Funding experience and capacity
  • Experience in supervision of doctoral candidates
  • Existing national and international collaborations
  • Strategy and measures to achieve gender balance
  • Optional: Strategy for integration of young researchers into the faculty

 

Quality of the Training Program

Criteria:

  • Structure and interdisciplinarity of curriculum
  • Type and extend of interdisciplinary meetings (e.g. joint seminars, retreats..)
  • Appropriate training program
  • Defined and transparent rules for selection/admission process
  • Quality of proposed monitoring process
  • International exposure of doctoral candidates
  • Admission of international doctoral candidates to the Doctoral School
  • Rules for quality assurance in education
  • Strategy and measures to achieve gender balance

 

Added Value

Criteria:

  • Added value to doctoral education/doctoral candidates at BOKU
  • Added value to the field of competences of BOKU
  • Added value to the faculty and beyond
  • Added value to international visibility
  • Optional: Intersectoral exposure and added value to stakeholders