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University assistant predoctoral 

40 Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies  

Job vacancy starting: 09/08/2026 | Working hours:  30,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) 

Limited contract until: 09/07/2029

Job ID: 5367

The Department of Art Histroy at the University of Vienna is one of the oldest and biggest centers for research and education in its field. One "Prae-doc"-position (75 %, University Assistant) is available form September 8th, 2026 for 3 years. 

Your personal sphere of influence:

The position offers first-hand experience in academia culminating in a PhD diploma. The subject of the PhD should be within the areas of expertice of the laboratory for Cognitive Research in Art History (https://crea.univie.ac.at/).

Your future tasks:

• PhD thesis, preferably in the area of the FWF project The Museum Gaze (https://crea.univie.ac.at/projects/the-museum-gaze/),
• the assistance of Prof. Rosenberg in teaching and research,
• indipendant teaching in art history (one course per semester),
• participation in the administration of the department.

This is part of your personality:

• Above-average MA in art history,
• excellent English and or German,
• good computer skills (knowledge of a programming language would be advantageous).

What we offer:

Extent of Employment: 30hours/week. Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe praedoc (basic salary of EUR 3.776,10 on a full-time basis) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.  

The employment duration is 3 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 3 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

Application (German or English) should be sent as one PDF file to the Job Center of the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than March 7th, 2026. 

Please include:

• a letter of motivation,
• a CV,
• copies of diploma,
• table of contents, introduction, one chapter, summary/conclusion of the MA thesis,
• copies of the reports of the MA thesis (if available),
• ecposé of a PhD project (if available). 
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If you have any questions, please contact:

Raphael Rosenberg  

raphael.rosenberg@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We place particular emphasis on enhancing women’s representation among the academic and general university staff, particularly in leadership roles, and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 03/07/2026  (month/day/year)