Patel, DanielGröller, M. EduardBruckner, StefanS. Maddock and J. Jorge2014-02-062014-02-0620111017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/EG2011/education/023-028We describe and analyze the PhD education in the visualization group at the Vienna University of Technology and set the education in a larger perspective. Four central mechanisms drive the PhD education in Vienna. They are: to require an article-based PhD; to give the student freedom to choose research direction; to let students work in shared offices towards joint deadlines; and to involve students in reviewing articles. This paper describes these mechanisms in detail and illustrates their effect.