Driving digital transformation at IT:U
IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria is one of the first public universities in Europe dedicated to digitalization and digital transformation. On our campus in Linz, Austria, we offer our students a project-based and inclusive approach to technical education.
Students from a wide range of disciplines learn digital skills they can use in their field to tackle global challenges. The rapid acceleration of climate change and recent pandemic outbreaks are only two major examples out of a wide range of intensive or disruptive changes. At our digital transformation university, we empower our students to be the interdisciplinary, computationally empowered transformers of tomorrow.
Our strategy for creating impact is to view Science, Education, and the Third Mission not as separate pillars but as interconnected and interdependent facets of a modern university (impact model):
IT:U Interdisciplinary Scientific Model
The core objective of our scientific model is to foster and facilitate disciplinary convergence while maintaining the highest standards of scientific excellence.
IT:U Personalized Educational Model
The core aim of our educational model is to empower students in their personal learning journeys and foster active, engaged learning.
IT:U Interwoven Third Mission Model
The core objective of our third mission model is that it bridges academia with industry and society through collaboration, real-world challenges, and entrepreneurial empowerment.
Learn and research things that matter
Interdisciplinary learning at our digital transformation university
From climate change to public health, our global community faces complex challenges. However, these challenges also open up opportunities and possibilities. Science is the key to creating sustainable solutions. To be successful in finding these solutions, scientists have to work together across disciplines and embrace computational methods.
Interdisciplinary efforts and digitalization are necessary for a global transformation. IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria integrates these approaches into innovative learning methods and follows an ongoing process to learn from international examples and global collaborations.
We research, teach, and learn things that matter – to you and to the world. Our digital transformation university is part of a global movement towards interdisciplinary research and project-based learning that will stretch in its final expansion from the US to Asia, and from Scandinavia to emerging universities in the UK.
IT:U – Austria’s first interdisciplinary university merging technology, hands-on learning, and global problem solving
IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, offers a hands-on, project-based education where students from diverse backgrounds use technology like AI and robotics to solve real-world challenges. Committed to inclusion and innovation, IT:U promotes lifelong learning and sustainable development, empowering students to make a positive impact globally.
© Lunghammer – TU Graz“The global digital transformation process poses entirely new challenges for humanity. Meeting these challenges, not only reactively but also in a preventative and scientific manner, is an absolute necessity. Therefore, IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria is nothing short of an international flagship project.”Claudia von der Linden, Head of Founding Convent, IT:U
© Antje Wolm – IT:U“Envision this: A university specifically dedicated to digital transformation, based on interdisciplinary research and project-based learning, supported by and advancing digital technologies. A university without disciplinary and institutional borders. A technical university attracting students who have not studied technology for their first degrees, but who have come to appreciate computer science to solve problems close to their hearts. A technical university for and with women, with a diverse culture, and openness to embrace new approaches. Get ready to transform our world!”Stefanie Lindstaedt, Founding President, IT:U
© Felix Büchele – IT:U“What drives us is the unique spirit we share — a startup character and the chance to contribute in ways that make an immediate impact. Working together on a shared mission to develop innovative solutions for the challenges of our time is both deeply motivating and meaningful.”Gabriele Költringer, Managing Director, IT:U
© fotokerschi – IT:U“We live in a time where digitization is advancing globally inexorably, permeating almost every aspect of our daily lives and professional activities. We want to seize digital transformation as an opportunity and actively participate in it to continue being at the forefront of international competition as a hub for economy and education. At IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, we are laying a solid foundation for this endeavor by providing space for digitization in science and art and educating experts who actively and creatively shape digital transformation.”Martin Polaschek, Austrian Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research