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From Vienna to Sarajevo: An international exchange and teaching experience

Lecturers Valentin Kiefner, MSc and Univ. Prof. Dr. Florian Zapkau from WU’s Institute of International Business completed a teaching mobility at the University of Sarajevo. In an interview for WU’s Blog, we get insights what...
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Erasmus+ Internship Abroad: work abroad and receive financial support

WU students who independently organize a full-time internship in another EU country can apply for funding through the Erasmus+ program. The financial support makes the start at the place of work easier and thus helps...
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Academics turned entrepreneurs: A success story

Former doctoral students at the Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance at WU Vienna discovered an open demand in the market in the course of their academic work and, subsequently, founded a company. FINcredible enables...
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International Staff Days 2021: What international exchange of expertise can look like

Under the title "Responsible Universities - Universal Responsibility", the International Staff Days 2021 took place at the end of April. The digital get-together of colleagues from WU's partner universities was organized by WU's International Office...
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Team of the Month 03/21: The WU Executive Academy’s interactive hybrid classrooms team

The EA’s interactive hybrid classrooms team is made up of Stefan Jester from the IT Support Center, together with his team members Michael Schraml, Martin Habermayer, and Matthias Lindtner, the Executive Academy’s IT & eAcademy...
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Team of the month 01/21: WU continues to grow – and this is the team that made it happen

In early December 2020, the largest project for expanding WU’s premises since the move to the new campus in 2013 came to a successful close. This intense 2-year project started with an analysis of how...
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Team of the Month 12/20: The WU cost-performance accounting team

Universities are required to set up a new cost-performance accounting system: The Austrian government passed a new ordinance on cost-performance accounting at universities that entered into effect on January 1, 2017. The main objective of...
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Team of the month 09/20: The Teams Team

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – 2 days before the start of the lockdown: Students have already become familiar with distance learning, and it is becoming clear that most employees will soon be working from home....
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Team of the month 06/20: Online WU Master's day

The process of digital transformation has now brought about major changes in one of WU’s most important information events – and it was our June 2020 Team of the Month that successfully organized and implemented...
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Team of the month 04/2020: Audit Hochschule und Familie

Ensuring the right balance between family/private life on the one hand and professional responsibilities or academic studies on the other is an important priority for universities, but it can also be a major challenge. As...
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Team of the Month 02/2020: Admissions Team

Starting work at 6:00am, walking 20 km in one day, and working for 10 hours straight: this isn’t a hospital shift we’re talking about, but WU’s entrance exam days for the bachelor’s programs, which were...
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