{"id":2,"date":"2024-02-28T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T11:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.it-u.at\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:13:39","slug":"startseite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\" alignwide wp-block-atom-quicklinks\">\n\n    <div class=\"slick-slider\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/interdisciplinary-study-programs\/\" class=\"quicklink-item\"><div class=\"quicklink-icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20\/icon-title.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><div class=\"quicklink-content\"><h3 class=\"has-copy-medium-font-size mt-0 mb-1\">Explore our Study Programs<\/h3><p class=\"has-copy-small-font-size m-0\">Our interdisciplinary master\u2019s and PhD programs are designed to tackle real-world challenges through digital innovation. 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class=\"post-teaser-content\">\n                    <h2 class=\"mt-0 mt-md-1 mb-2\">IT:U Opens PhD Call for Computational X<\/h2>\n                    <div class=\"read-more\">:read more<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/digitalcitystudio\/\" class=\"post-teaser is-large d-none d-md-block\">\n                <div class=\"post-teaser-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-768x512.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08\/md09057-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, 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A space where research meets the public and digital futures are co-created by everyone. From AI and robotics to VR, climate and urban data, and citizen science \u2014 technology becomes hands-on. 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You\u2019ll start in a unique Project Space, join a team of five from diverse backgrounds, and move through the program together with a rotating groups in a tight-knit cohort. You co-create your learning path with professors, coaches, and lab experts. Learning goes beyond traditional classrooms, taking place in innovative labs and real-world projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/interdisciplinary-study-programs\/project-based-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">:read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <span class=\"teaser-label teaser-label-large\">:study<\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--5)\">Explore Our Study Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Explore our interdisciplinary master\u2019s and PhD programs, designed to tackle real-world challenges through digital innovation. Join us and collaborate with students and researchers from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--5);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--6);\" class=\" alignfull wp-block-atom-grid\">\n    <div class=\"container container-wide\">\n        <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-6 align wp-block-atom-box\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/study-program\/doctoral-school\/\" class=\"box has-white-background-color\">\n                \n        <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized m-135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/12\/doctoral-school.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" style=\"width:180px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--3);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--3);text-transform:uppercase\">doctoral school<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Two PhD programs are offered:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<li>Digital Transformation in Learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--3);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--3)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\" align wp-block-atom-study-program-data\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"structured-data\">\n                            <div class=\"structured-data-item\">\n                    <div class=\"structured-data-item-icon\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/it-u.at\/wp-content\/themes\/itu\/atom\/img\/icon-title.svg\" alt=\"title\" width=\"24\" 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