About VGSF

As a European center of excellence in finance, the major activities of the VGSF are academic research and PhD education. VGSF faculty members are very well connected in the academic finance community. The local faculty is complemented by leading international finance scholars who are regularly invited to teach advanced courses and present their current papers in the VGSF Finance Research Seminar.

The VGSF offers outstanding students from around the world an excellent PhD education preparing them for doing research in finance. Moreover, VGSF students receive competitive financial support.

Interested Students are welcome to apply for the academic year 2010/2011. The online application will be open from December 1, 2009 until January 7, 2010. Detailed information can be found here.

The VGSF is an initiative of three leading Austrian academic institutions

and is supported by the FWF Austrian Science Fund.