IT:U Open Day x LNR 2026
Open Day meets Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung), two experiences in one.
What’s in it for you?
- Explore study programs from Austria’s first interdisciplinary public university
- Free 1:1 study consultation with our study experts
- Lab tours, your future classrooms
- 16 interactive research stations
- Career and study guidance
IT:U OPEN DAY PROGRAM
1️⃣ Austria’s first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary study programs
Discover Austria’s first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary study programs, built around project-based learning, where you work on real-world challenges from day one.
- Master’s Program in Interdisciplinary Computing: Explore our first-of-its-kind Master’s program with four specializations: Designing Interactions, Digital Earth, Society and Networks, Digital Humanities, Health and Life Sciences, and Future Industries
- PhD Programs: Discover our doctoral tracks in Computational X and Digital Transformation in Learning, guided by leading researchers
- Project-Based Learning: See how learning works at IT:U. Meet your learning coaches and experience project-based learning in action.
2️⃣ Experience IT:U up close
Go beyond brochures. Talk to students, researchers, and the people shaping a new kind of university.
- PhD Poster Session: Explore ongoing research projects and talk directly to PhD students about their work
- Master’s Student Experience: Hear firsthand from current students about their projects, learning journey, and life at IT:U
- Working at IT:U: Meet our HR team and discover career opportunities, as well as what it is like to work at IT:U
3️⃣Labs as your classrooms
Tired of big lecture halls, endless essays, and purely theoretical exams?
Step into your future classrooms: VR/AR Lab, Robotics Lab, Motion and Audio Lab, and more. At IT:U, you do not wait until the final semester to get hands-on. You start building, testing, and creating from day one
📍 Lab tours every 30 minutes, starting at 10:30 AM
4️⃣16 INTERACTIVE RESEARCH STATIONS × LONG NIGHT OF RESEARCH
Together with the Long Night of Research, one of Austria’s leading science initiatives, we host 16 interactive research stations. Try things out, think along, and actively participate, from AI and robotics to climate action and cybersecurity. A unique opportunity to experience it all in one day, with selected stations running from 10:00 to 23:00.
Emotions in the city: Livable urban spaces
How does your city feel? Data from smartwatches and other devices is combined with environmental measurements to visualize experiences like stress or comfort in urban spaces. This helps make cities more livable and safe.
Get involved:
- Track your own signals with wearables
- Explore real-time emotional maps of your surroundings
Learn how to learn with AI
Discover how chatbots can support your thinking and problem-solving.
Get involved:
- Test the learning agent PIA and receive instant feedback
- Create your own prompts and compare different AI models
The Digital Twin of Linz
Experience the city of the future: AI and digital twins make mobility smarter and more sustainable.
Get involved:
- Take a virtual short trip through Linz’s digital twin
- Test assistance functions and share your feedback
How fair are AI customer services?
Do AI agents favor customers or companies during returns—and do they follow the rules?
Get involved:
- Interact with an AI customer service agent
- Evaluate decisions and their reasoning
The future of learning
Dive into the future of education: Virtual Reality (VR), project-based learning, and AI are transforming how we learn.
Get involved:
- Experience a VR body-swap and test your communication skills
- Explore exciting educational projects
Understanding Cybersecurity
Making security tangible—from checking emails to debunking hacking myths and learning cryptography basics.
Get involved:
- Test your email security
- Debunk hacking myths in a quiz
- Solve simple cryptography challenges
Climate Change and the Energy Transition
Key metrics for climate neutrality—explained clearly for your home, mobility, and business.
Get involved:
- Explore scenarios: Which actions bring us to our goal faster?
- Take a quiz on energy transition myths and facts
Conversations that matter: AI for people with dementia
How can AI make conversations more meaningful? See how technology can support people with dementia.
Get involved:
- Try out the conversation AI yourself
- Provide feedback and learn about the ideas behind it
How AI enhances collaboration
How can technology improve teamwork? Discover how Extended Reality (XR), wearable sensors (e.g., heartbeat, breathing), and AI tools can boost focus, reduce stress, and support collaboration.
Get involved:
- Immerse yourself in XR experiences
- Test biosignal interfaces and observe their effects
Hands-on robotics
From playful introductions to high-tech applications.
Get involved:
- Explore with the robot dog “Pepe”
- Program Sphero robots yourself
- Watch an industrial robot in action
From your movements to a Digital Avatar
Movement goes digital: Discover how 3D data improves avatars, health, and robotics.
Get involved:
- Experience live motion capture
- Follow the journey from your movement to your avatar
AI in a shoebox
AI in space: See how energy-efficient AI can even work in outer space.
Get involved:
- Test low-power AI demos
- Build a mini AI pipeline from sensor data to analysis
MathBuddy: Your AI Math Tutor
Learn math with understanding: An AI tutor that senses how you’re doing and adapts.
Get involved:
- Test the math tutor and receive personalized feedback
- Compare different learning strategies
5️⃣Digital City Studio: When social media meets real-world decisions
How can a single post help respond to a disaster or shape climate awareness?
At Digital City Studio, you explore how social media data and AI are used to assess crises like floods, wildfires, or earthquakes, and how personal experiences compare to scientific climate data.
Social Media in disaster management
How can social media posts save lives? Discover how georeferenced data and AI help assess crises like floods, wildfires, or earthquakes more quickly and accurately.
Get involved:
- Filter and evaluate posts on a live map
- Create your own situational assessment and make decisions like emergency responders
Become a Climate Agent
How well do personal experiences align with climate data? Dive into social media discussions and compare subjective perceptions with scientific facts.
Get involved:
- Share your observations and compare them with data
- Analyze online discussions and vote interactively
6️⃣Silent Disco
Too much AI lately? Network like a real human. Put on your headphones and connect with students, researchers, and future collaborators through music.
GET A GLIMPSE OF IT:U OPEN DAY.
Curious what it’s like to explore a new university and experience a different way of learning?
Watch last year’s recap and see how IT:U Open Day comes to life, from interactive experiences and lab tours to real conversations with students, researchers, and study experts.
This year, we take it even further with new experiences and the Long Night of Research.
Now it’s your turn to explore it yourself.
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