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10/06/2025

City of Linz and IT:U Launched the Digital City Studio

On Wednesday, 8 October, the new Digital City Studio – Linz Digital City Lab invites everyone to its official opening day. Located in the heart of Linz at Pfarrgasse 9, right by the Hauptplatz, the Digital City Studio is a unique place where science, technology, and society meet. As a joint initiative of the Interdisciplinary […]

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10/02/2025

IT:U launches its first master’s program for the 2025/26 academic year

On October 1, 2025, Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U) launched its inaugural master’s program, Interdisciplinary Computing, welcoming 40 students selected from 325 international applications. Representing 18 countries—including Austria, Germany, Romania, Spain, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nigeria—these students bring diverse academic and cultural backgrounds to the program. Designed for bachelor’s graduates from all disciplines, the two-year program […]

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09/29/2025

IT:U is part of the OÖ Hochschuldialog – together strong for international outreach

The OÖ Hochschuldialog (Upper Austrian Higher Education Dialogue) brings together IT:U, Johannes Kepler University Linz, University of Arts Linz, and University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in a joint collaboration to strengthen the region’s international profile. Through shared initiatives — from international fairs to close cooperation between international offices — the four universities work together […]

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09/24/2025

Network Spotlight on Interdisciplinary Pathways for Technology Regulation and Standardization

The latest IT:U Network Spotlight gathered researchers and industry experts to explore how technology regulation and standardization shape our lives. Fellow Professors Elisabeth Staudegger and Vladislav Fomin shared insights from law and IT design studies, showing how only interdisciplinary approaches can address the complexities of regulating emerging technologies such as AI. AI Regulation and the […]

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09/03/2025

IT:U Signs MoU with DGIST for Research and Student Exchange

IT:U is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology ( DGIST) – a young public science and engineering university that, like IT:U, has interdisciplinarity in its DNA. Together, IT:U and DGIST will build opportunities for student exchange and foster research collaboration, connecting communities across […]

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09/01/2025

IT:U at Ars Electronica Festival 2025

The Ars Electronica Festival 2025 is one of the annual highlights in Linz, attracting visitors from around the world. From Wednesday, 3 September to Sunday, 7 September, the city will once again open its doors to showcase innovation, art, and technology. This year, IT:U will be present in these activities below: 1) IT:U Pop-Up Store […]

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08/13/2025

ISAB: IT:U Marks Rapid Progress 

The International Strategic Advisory Board (ISAB) has praised the Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U) for its rapid development and strategic progress since its founding in 2023. Following its meeting in Linz on June 25–26, 2025, the ISAB described the university’s progress over the past year as “remarkable,” highlighting the swift establishment of academic structures and the […]

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07/29/2025

International Exchange and Innovation: Highlights from the IT:U Summer School 2025

The IT:U Summer School 2025 on Natural Language Processing took place on July 25–26 at Infineon Technologies Austria in Linz, bringing together a vibrant mix of researchers, students, and industry professionals from around the world.  With 78 participants from 15 countries, 16 invited speakers, and four grant-supported students, the event offered two immersive days of […]

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07/29/2025

Huge Success: 325 Applications for the 1st Master’s Program

In October 2025, 40 students will begin the first Master’s program “Interdisciplinary Computing” at IT:U. The first call for applications for the Master’s program at the Interdisciplinary Transformation University IT:U in Linz attracted international interest from 25 different countries, with a total of 325 applications submitted. Among the 82 admissions already granted, there is a […]

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07/15/2025

AI Meets Neuroscience: IT:U’s Research Highlighted in Quanta Magazine

What if artificial intelligence (AI) could learn more like the brain? A recent feature in Quanta Magazine explores this exact question,  spotlighting research co-led by IT:U Founding Professor Jie Mei and Professor Srikanth Ramaswamy (from Newcastle University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)). Their work brings neuroscience and AI closer together by modelling biological […]

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07/14/2025

Beyond Traditional Metrics: How IT:U and VisConnect Are Rethinking Research Evaluation 

At IT:U, research excellence is understood as a multidimensional concept that goes beyond publications to include teaching, collaboration, and societal impact. To support more inclusive and responsible evaluation practices, IT:U partnered with Open Knowledge Maps to co-develop VisConnect—an AI-driven platform that captures a wider range of academic contributions and visually maps research outputs.  What is […]

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07/11/2025

Rethinking Learning: Interdisciplinary Education for a World in Transformation

Thanks to DIE MACHER – Wirtschafts- & Lifestylemagazin, Stefanie Lindstaedt, Founding President of IT:U – Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, was invited to speak on the podcast “Bildung neu denken”. In this episode, she shares how IT:U is building a university model designed to actively address the challenges of digitalization, complexity, and transformation in higher education. […]

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