UAS Technikum Wien Celebrates “30 Years of Change Our Tomorrow”

In 1994, studies began at today’s UAS Technikum Wien with the aim of training specialists in future technologies. 30 years later, Austria’s University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Digitalization has 18,000 graduates and more students than ever before – the occasion for two celebratory events at the main site of UAS Technikum Wien.

Festive event for stakeholders

On June 12, Kari Kapsch, President of UAS Technikum Wien, the management team consisting of Barbara Czak-Pobeheim and Florian Eckkrammer as well as Rector Sylvia Geyer invited representatives from politics, important partner companies and partner institutions from the UAS sector to an anniversary celebration at Höchstädtplatz.

Of course, Martin Polaschek, Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research, was also among the well-wishers: “Change our Tomorrow is not only the appropriate motto of UAS Technikum Wien on the occasion of its anniversary, it also applies to the entire UAS sector. With its practical, application- and career-oriented academic education at a high-quality university level, urgently needed specialists for Austria as a business location have been trained here for 30 years now. This applies in particular to the STEM fields, especially technology, digitalization and AI. To tackle the technological challenges, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has been focusing on STEM for many years, including in this year’s call for applications. In this way, we are giving graduates of UAS Technikum Wien the tools they need to actively shape our future and the digital transformation.”

In his welcoming speech, Kari Kapsch, President of UAS Technikum Wien, emphasized the economic and social importance of well-trained technicians: “With our claim Change our Tomorrow, we express that a technical degree enables people in a special way to make a meaningful contribution to shaping our future. The top priority of UAS Technikum Wien is to provide Austria’s economy and industry with sufficient numbers and the best quality of these skilled workers in order to strengthen Austria as a technology and business location in the long term. We will continue to do everything in our power to achieve this in the future. Not only do we have the technical and didactic expertise, but we are also the most attractive university in Austria for applicants in the field of technical degree programs.”

Open Day for employees, their families and friends

A week earlier, on June 6, more than 600 participants celebrated an afternoon and evening in a relaxed atmosphere as an “Open Day for employees, their families and friends”. Colleagues from teaching, research and administration took the opportunity to show children, partners, relatives and acquaintances around the Technikum and round off the day with live music from the band Großmütterchen Hatz.

Milestones from 30 years of UAS Technikum WienOpen Day for employees, their families and friends

1994: Foundation of the “Association for the Promotion of a University of Applied Sciences Degree Course in Electrical Engineering”. Studies begin on the premises of the tgm.
2000: The Technikum is the first Viennese institution to receive the new university of applied sciences status.
2003: UAS Technikum Wien is the first university of applied sciences in Austria to begin the systematic conversion to the new Bachelor’s and Master’s system. In the same year, the current A-building at Höchstädtplatz opens.
2005: A separate continuing education institute is launched, and today the Technikum Wien Academy brand is established for continuing education courses ranging from seminars to postgraduate studies.
2008: The second location opens in the passive office building ENERGYbase in Vienna-Floridsdorf, still the “home” of the Renewable Energy degree programs today.
2013: Building extension at Höchstädtplatz, the main site takes on its current form.
2018: Five years after the founding of the first Josef Ressel Center, the first doctoral programme in Embedded Systems is launched. Cooperation partner is the TU Vienna. Three years later, a second doctoral program in Tissue Engineering follows.
2020: The coronavirus pandemic poses major challenges for study operations, which are mastered brilliantly. The first distance learning formats go live a few days after the start of the first lockdown.
2021: The number of female students reaches four figures for the first time. 1,000 prospective female technicians are an important milestone in the efforts to inspire girls and women for technical careers and promote diversity.
2024: In the UAS ranking of Industriemagazin, the Technikum is ranked first as the best UAS in Austria.

UAS Technikum Wien today

UAS Technikum Wien is Austria’s university of applied sciences for technology and digitalization. Since its foundation in 1994, it has produced around 18,000 graduates. Currently, more than 4,700 students are being trained in more than 30 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs to become top professionals for the economy. The degree courses are offered in daytime or evening form. The courses are scientifically sound and at the same time practice-oriented. In addition to a high-quality technical education, great emphasis is also placed on business and personal development subjects. Excellent contacts and cooperation with business and industry open up excellent career opportunities for students and graduates. The interlinking of theory and practice is a top priority in both teaching and research.

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Picture 1: Anniversary celebration at Höchstädtplatz, in the picture (from left to right): Dr. Barbara Czak-Pobeheim (Managing Director UAS Technikum Wien), Dr. Kari Kapsch (President UAS Technikum Wien), Associate Professor Dr. Martin Polaschek (Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research), Prof. Dr. Sylvia Geyer (Rector UAS Technikum Wien) and Florian Eckkrammer, Bakk. (Managing Director UAS Technikum Wien).

Image 2: Open Day for employees, their families and friends at UAS Technikum Wien.