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01/20/2025

Join the first Inaugural Lecture

On January 22, 2025, IT:U Austria will host its inaugural lecture. The event will be led by founding professors Christopher Frauenberger and Philipp Wintersberger, who will explore critical topics addressing the intricate relationship between humans and computers. The lecture will be followed by an open and transparent panel discussion led by Founding President, Stefanie Lindstaedt, […]

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12/20/2024

IT:U Opens the Call for New Professors

IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, has announced a remarkable opportunity for academics and innovators to join its pioneering faculty. IT:U is seeking up to five tenure-track and tenured professors specializing in Data Science and Industrial Innovation & Artificial Intelligence (AI). Applications are now open, with a deadline set for Friday, February 28, 2025. The positions […]

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11/25/2024

Upper Austrian State Parliament Visits IT:U

On 21st November 2024, members of the Upper Austrian State Parliament visited IT:U to strengthen the collaboration between regional government, education, and industry.

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11/15/2024

IT:U takes spatial growth step by expanding its location

The goal-oriented development of IT:U requires the university to expand its premises. IT:U is therefore renting additional space as planned until it moves into the future IT:U Campus in order to consistently drive forward the development of the first interdisciplinary, digital-oriented university of technology in Austria. The first Master’s degree program will start in the […]

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11/15/2024

DigiEduHack 2024: Transform Futures of Higher Education through Analytics in Action

In an increasingly data- and AI-driven world, learning analytics has the potential of transforming teaching and learning practices. Reflecting this potential, IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria hosted a hackathon within the framework of the EU initiative DigiEduHack initiative with the challenge “Transform Futures of Higher Education through Analytics in Action”. 17 participants of eleven nationalities […]

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11/04/2024

IT:U welcomes new PhD students

The IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria welcomed its first group of PhD students today during an engaging and informative Welcome Day event. This day was designed to help students connect with each other, explore the campus, and prepare for their academic path ahead. The day started at 10:00 AM with a friendly check-in. This was […]

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10/24/2024

IT:U’s Industry Sounding Board promotes dialogue between science and industry

The Industry Sounding Board of the IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria was established to strengthen the dialogue between scientific research and industrial practice. The board will meet again in November 2024. The aim is to tackle global challenges together and further develop interdisciplinary studies in a forward-looking way. The Industry Sounding Board brings together leading […]

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10/16/2024

IT:U sets off on a successful start to the first winter semester

Location decision is a key factor for the digital competitiveness of our society. LINZ: The steep ramp-up of IT:U, the Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, is on track: just one year after the operational start, two new doctoral programmes have been launched – one of them jointly with the Johannes Kepler University Linz. Eleven high-calibre […]

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10/08/2024

IT:U at the educational fairs: Inspiring future students with innovative learning opportunities

IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University recently participated in two significant educational fairs: the Study Info Fair (Studien-Info-Messe – SIM) in Linz and the Youth & Profession (Jugend & Beruf) fair in Wels. These events provided IT:U with the opportunity to present its two PhD programs and the upcoming Master program set to launch in 2025. These […]

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10/03/2024

IT:U welcomes founding professors, first meeting focuses on defining strategy and future development

In a crucial step towards shaping its future strategy and development, IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria brought together its eleven founding professors for the first time on Monday, September 30. This inaugural meeting marks the beginning of an intensive planning phase, with a focus on defining the university’s strategic direction, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovative approaches […]

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09/23/2024

IT:U starts second PhD Program with eleven Founding Professors

As the fall term of 2024 begins, IT:U’s eleven newly appointed founding professors are conducting research at the interface of cutting-edge digital technology and the humanities and natural sciences. At the same time the second PhD program of the new university is launched. LINZ. With the start of the fall term the second PhD program […]

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(c) Mathias Lauringer/IT:U Summer School 2024 – 41 Studierende aus 26 Nationen präsentierten heute gemeinsam mit ihren Mentor:innen gesellschaftsrelevante Lösungen für die Zukunft.

09/09/2024

IT:U Summer School 2024 – Transforming Ideas into Impact

41 students from 26 nations showed how interdisciplinary collaboration leads to tomorrow’s solutions. This year’s IT:U Summer School once again demonstrated the power of interdisciplinary collaboration and underlined its crucial role in shaping the technologies of tomorrow. Neurodiversity, ambient living, value-oriented giving and the representation of seismic processes were the main topics of this year’s […]

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