University of Economy Vienna

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University of Economy Vienna
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founding 1898
Sponsorship state
place Vienna 2nd , World Trade Square 1
Rector Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger
Students 22,113 (winter semester 2017)
Employee 2,372 (winter semester 2018)
including professors 101
Annual budget 151.9 million euros (2017)
Networks EQUIS , CEMS , EFMD , AACSB , AMBA , EUA , IAU , PIM
Website www.wu.ac.at
The northwest area of ​​the WU campus, which opened in 2013
Zaha Hadid's distinctive Library and Learning Center (LC) on the WU campus
The WU campus with library and learning center (left) and Department 1 (right)

The Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) was founded in 1898 and is the largest business university in Europe . In 2013 it moved to the new Campus WU location .

history

The historical location of the WU Vienna and its predecessors: The building of the Export Academy (1916–1919), the University of World Trade (1919–1975) and the Vienna University of Economics (1975–1982) in the 19th district
The location of the Vienna University of Economics and Business from 1982 to early September 2013

Establishment of the kk export academy in 1898

The Vienna University of Economics and Business was founded in 1898 by the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Culture and Education as an Imperial and Royal Export Academy . After the former Palais Festetics in Berggasse in the 9th district soon became too small, in 1916 they moved into the newly constructed building in Franz-Klein-Gasse in the 19th district , at Währinger Park .

In 1919, the state government under Karl Renner ( SDAP ) renamed the Export Academy as the University for World Trade and was called that way until 1975. The duration of the course was six semesters. The first two semesters were primarily devoted to commercial preparation, the following four were devoted to training in international trade and banking - with subjects in economics, law and commercial science. Graduates were awarded the academic degree of a business graduate (Dipl.-Kfm., Later Dkfm.), Which was introduced in 1930, as did the Doctor of Commerce (Dr. rer. Comm.).

The university during the National Socialist era

For the University of World Trade, too, after Austria's annexation to the German Reich in 1933–1945, its laws and regulations became binding. This mainly affected the “non-Aryan” students and teachers who were excluded from the university. Instead of the evicted teachers, professors from German universities or Austrian scientists loyal to the regime were appointed. With the end of the Nazi regime, the number of teaching staff decreased significantly. A total of 60 professors, assistants, lecturers and civil servants had to resign in the course of the denazification or those appointed from Germany went back.

Memorial project

A memorial will be erected at a central location on the new WU campus to commemorate the Jewish members of the University for World Trade who were excluded, expelled or murdered from March 1938 (exclusions from studies, examinations or doctorates, dismissals of lecturers and administrative employees, and dismissals) . In addition, as part of a research project, a virtual memorial book for the victims of National Socialism was created at the University for World Trade. Short biographical entries of those affected are available in this memorial book. This information comes from documents in the archive and the study department of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

From "World Trade" to a University of Economics and Business (1945–1975)

Thanks to those returning from the war, the number of listeners rose sharply after the Second World War (to more than 3,000 in 1946/47). From 1948 on, the university gained additional chairs and research institutes.
In 1966, the social sciences and economics courses were added with the academic degrees Magister in social and economic sciences (Mag. Rer. Soc. Oec.) And PhD in social and economic sciences (Dr. rer. Soc. Oec.).

The Borodajkewycz affair broke out in the 1960s . After Borodajkewycz , professor of economic history at the HfW, won a lawsuit, he let his right-wing extremist views through in lectures even more clearly than before and expressed himself anti-Semitic and Greater German. On March 31, 1965, a demonstration by the Austrian resistance movement and the anti-fascist student committee against Borodajkewycz took place in the city center. During the demonstration, the former resistance fighter Ernst Kirchweger was seriously injured by a neo-Nazi and died two days later ( the first political death of the Second Republic ). The 24-year-old perpetrator received (although a criminal record) only ten months in prison.

Two students who later became the top politicians of the republic took part in the publication of Borodajkewicz's intolerable remarks: the future finance minister Ferdinand Lacina , who took part in lectures, and the future federal president Heinz Fischer (both SPÖ ). Minister of Education of the Federal Government Klaus I was Theodor Piffl-Perčević ( ÖVP ) at the time.

Borodajkewycz himself applied to the HfW to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him . In May 1966, the college's disciplinary senate decided to put him into retirement as a punishment. He received the full pension.

The new business university - the first ten years (1975–1985)

The so far last name change of the university to Vienna University of Economics and Business took place within the framework of the University Organization Act 1975 under Bruno Kreisky's SPÖ sole government with Science Minister Hertha Firnberg . The abbreviation “WU” prevailed in common parlance. At the same time, the award of the title of business graduate expired.

In 1982, WU, still under Hertha Firnberg, moved to the newly built University Center Althanstrasse (UZA 1, northern section) above the freight station of Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof in the 9th district . However, with 9,863 enrolled students, reality had already overtaken the planning when moving in (the new building was planned for approx. 9,000 students). In the 1990s the number of students leveled off at more than 20,000.

Change of law and reform of studies

The University Organization Act 1993 , passed under the SPÖ - ÖVP - Federal Government Vranitzky III with Science Minister Erhard Busek , brought about a major internal reorganization for WU when it was implemented in 1997. This gave the universities more autonomy and their own statutes, and decisions were decentralized. At WU, a new study law was implemented and a dedicated research center was established. According to the UOG 1993, the rector was elected for four years and since then has more freedom of decision-making. He is assisted by four Vice Rectors and is responsible for the university college, which is composed on an equal footing and is elected by the university assembly. This in turn acts as the university's supreme body.

Since then, all personnel decisions, including the appointment of professors, have been the responsibility of the university itself. Since the 1996/97 academic year, WU has been able to apply all of the regulations stipulated in the 1993 UOG on the basis of the new statutes it adopted. Shortly before its 100th birthday, WU entered a new phase in its history.

Introduction of Bachelor and Master courses

In the 2006/07 winter semester, as part of the Bologna Process, WU switched its range of courses to a three-tier structure with Bachelor , Master , and doctoral or PhD programs. The bachelor's degree programs are divided into economic and social sciences and business law. The 15 master’s programs are devoted to different areas of focus in German and English. In addition to the previous doctoral studies, research-intensive PhD programs have been added to the WU's curriculum in order to gradually phase out the previous doctoral programs.

WU campus

LC, entrance area
Audimax in the Teaching Center (TC)

From October 2009 a new campus for the business university was built in the 2nd district, Leopoldstadt . It is located on the south-western part of the former world exhibition and later exhibition grounds on the northern edge of the Vienna Prater and is accessed by the Messe - Prater and Krieau underground stations on the U2 line . The grand opening took place on October 4, 2013. The current address of the university is, in memory of the former name of the university, Welthandelsplatz 1 .

Six architecture offices from all over the world were hired for the campus (including Peter Cook (architect) and Hitoshi Abe ) with the aim of creating world-class architecture. The centerpiece of the system is the Library & Learning Center created by Zaha Hadid . The costs for the entire project amount to 492 million euros.

management

At the meeting of the University Council on January 26, 2015, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger was unanimously elected as rector of the Vienna University of Economics and Business for the period from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2019. She is the first woman in this position. Brigitte Jilka was the chairwoman of the university council until 2018 , and Stephan Koren was her deputy . Christopher Lettl heads the Senate. From March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2023, the University Council is composed as follows: Cattina Leitner (Chair), Stephan Koren (Deputy Chair), Christine Dornaus, Barbara Kolm , Valentin Stalf.

Course offer

The following courses are offered in the 2018/19 academic year:

  • Bachelor studies :
    • Economics and Social Sciences
    • Commercial law
    • Business and Economics
  • Masters Degree :
    • Economics °
    • Export and internationalization management
    • Finance and accounting
    • Information Systems °
    • International Management / CEMS °
    • management
    • Marketing °
    • Quantitative Finance ° (quantitative finance)
    • Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy °
    • Socioeconomics
    • Taxes and accounting
    • Strategy, Innovation, and Management Control °
    • Supply Chain Management ° (management of the supply chain)
    • Business education
    • Commercial law

° English-language master’s programs

  • Doctorate / PhD
    • Doctorate in social and economic sciences
    • Doctorate in business law
    • PhD in Finance
    • PhD in International Business Taxation (DIBT; international corporate taxation)

University library

The university library offers a wide range of information resources from the areas of social and economic sciences as well as various supplementary subject areas that are relevant to teaching and research at WU. It is the largest economics library in Austria and one of the largest in the German-speaking area. Its four locations are on the WU campus.

Academic units

There are 11 departments, 7 competence centers and 15 research institutes ( research facilities ) are also set up.

Departments

  • Finance, Accounting and Statistics (Board member: Stefan Bogner)
  • Foreign language business communication (board member: Nadine Thielemann)
  • Information processing and process management (Board of Directors: Edward WN Bernroider)
  • Management (Board of Directors: Wolfgang Mayrhofer)
  • Marketing (Board member: Martin Schreier)
  • Public Law and Tax Law (Board of Directors: Michael Holoubek )
  • Private Law (Board of Directors: Georg E. Kodek )
  • Socioeconomics (Board of Directors: Ulrike Schneider)
  • Strategy and Innovation (Board of Directors: Gerhard Speckbacher)
  • Economics (Board member: Rupert Sausgruber)
  • World trade (board member: Jan Hendrik Fisch)

Competence centers

  • Emerging Markets & CEE (Head: Phillip Nell)
  • Empirical research methods (Head: Regina Dittrich, Manfred Lueger)
  • Experimental research (Head: Ben Greiner)
  • Start-up center (head: Nikolaus Franke)
  • Sustainability (Head: Sigrid Stagl, Günter Stahl), the university is a member of the Alliance of Sustainable Universities, founded in 2012 .
  • Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship (Head: Michael Meyer, Christian Schober)
  • Center for Business Languages (Head: Alexander Beer)

Research institutes

  • Age Economics (Head: Ulrike Schneider)
  • Economics of Inequality (Head: Wilfried Altzinger, Sigrid Stagl, Karin Heitzmann)
  • European issues (Head: Gabriele Tondl)
  • Family business (head: Hermann Frank)
  • Liberal professions (Head: Leo W. Chini)
  • International taxation (Head: Eva Eberhartinger, Michael Lang, Martin Zagler)
  • Cooperations and cooperatives (Head: Dietmar Rößl)
  • Cryptoeconomics (Head: Alfred Taudes)
  • Central and Eastern European Business Law (Head: Martin Winner)
  • Spatial and Real Estate Management (Head: Gunther Maier)
  • Computationally intensive methods (Head: Kurt Hornik )
  • Regulatory Economics (Head: Stefan Bogner, Klaus Gugler)
  • Strategic capital market research (Head: Josef Zechner, Otto Randl)
  • Supply Chain Management (Head: Tina Wakolbinger)
  • Urban Management and Governance (Head: Verena Madner , Renate E. Meyer )

Student body

As a public corporation ( ÖH-WU ), the Austrian Students' Union is involved in the WU committees through its action community (56.3%), VSStÖ (23.05%) and JUNOS (14.64%) parliamentary groups .

Accreditations

In February 2007, WU became the first Austrian university to be accredited by EQUIS . In 2010, WU's accreditation was extended to three years and in 2013 and 2018 to five years.

WU has been accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) since 2015.

All MBA programs at the WU Executive Academy are accredited through the Association of MBAs .

WU Executive Academy

WU bundles its range of university courses under the name "WU Executive Academy" (= Manager Academy). According to the University Act 2002 , university courses with a master’s degree , e.g. B. MBA or LL.M. , if the entry conditions, scope and requirements are comparable to those of corresponding foreign master’s programs. Courses for which this criterion does not apply, but which have a scope of at least 60 ECTS , transferable quality units, end with an academic expert title with a designation that characterizes the content, for example Academic Health Care Manager or Academic Dipl. Betriebswirt WU . These titles do not count as academic degrees.

University courses with an academic degree

For executives, managers and employees with high development potential with at least three to five years of professional experience and a first academic degree, courses are offered that lead to a master’s degree. The following programs are offered:

  • Executive MBA
  • Professional MBA (PMBA)
  • Master in International Tax Law ( LLM ; international tax law)
  • Master in Business Law (MBL; Corporate Law)
  • Master of Legal Studies (MLS; Law).

University courses without a degree

These programs are aimed at academics and non-academics who have work experience and want to acquire professional qualifications in specific areas. They are in German and part-time. The participants graduate with an academic expert title.
The following courses are offered:

  • Diploma in business administration
  • Health Care Management
  • Logistics & supply chain management
  • Market & opinion research
  • Post Graduate Management (PGM)
  • Social Management (ISMOS)
  • Tourism & event management
  • Risk & Insurance Management - Focus on Insurance Brokers
  • Risk & insurance management - focus on insurance companies
  • Advertising & sales

In addition, company and seminar programs are offered.

WU Executive Club

The WU Executive Club is the WU Executive Academy's network for graduates (American-Latin: Alumni ). The club provides support in career development and lifelong learning. In addition, events and meetings are organized on a regular basis.

Center for Career Planning Career Center

The Center for Career Planning (ZBP) has been accompanying students and graduates of the Vienna University of Economics and Business since 1983 from the beginning of their studies to their entry-level job and their first career jump.

Center for Studies Abroad (ZAS)

The Center for Studies Abroad (ZAS) of the WU Vienna is the central service point for students and lecturers at this university, which deals with the possibilities of studying or teaching abroad. The main areas of activity of the ZAS are:

  • Student mobility: Over 1000 students (incomings) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad every year. With over 230 partner universities worldwide, the ZAS offers various services such as arranging internships, organizing international summer universities, exchange semesters and organizing the JOSZEF and CEMS study programs for students. It also takes on coordination tasks for exchange students coming from abroad (also around 1,000) and is responsible for handling scholarships.
  • Teacher mobility: The ZAS organizes mobility and study programs abroad for teachers.

Spin-offs

  • EasyMotion
  • Lead innovation management
  • Knowledge Markets GmbH
  • STARTeurope
  • StudyGuru

Graduates (selection)

management

politics

Professorships

See category: University teachers (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

WU Manager of the Year

With the title of WU Manager of the Year , the Vienna University of Economics and Business has been honoring personalities in business with special management achievements since 1993.

literature

  • Alois Brusatti (Ed.): 100 years in the service of the economy - 100 years Vienna University of Economics and Business . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-706-40489-3 .
  • Alois Mosser et al. (Ed.): The Vienna University of Economics and Business - Education and Educational Mission . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-706-40494-X .
  • Evelyn Dawid, Alois Mosser: Spondeo - the graduates of the kk Export Academy, the University of World Trade and the Vienna University of Economics and Business . Ueberreuter, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-706-40490-7 .
  • Heinz Peter Rill (Ed.): 100 Years Vienna University of Economics and Business - presented by the Faculty of Law . Festschrift , Österreichischer Staatsverlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-704-61317-7 .
  • UZA: Festschrift for the opening of the Vienna University of Economics and Business , Hlaweniczka Architects , Vienna [1983], OCLC 42776559 .
  • Anton Schmid: The Export Academy of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Trade Museum, 1898 to 1913; with the study news about the XIV. and XV. Academic year, 1911–1913 . Publishing house of the Export Academy of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Trade Museum , Vienna 1914, OCLC 28040737 .
  • Anton Schmidt: The Export Academy from 1898 to 1919: The transformation of the Export Academy into the University for World Trade, study news from the Export Academy about the 21st academic year 1918–1919. University of World Trade, Vienna 1920, DNB 576043710 .
  • Peter Berger: The Vienna University for World Trade and its professors 1938–1945 . In: Johannes Koll (Ed.): “Purges” at Austrian universities 1934–1945: Requirements, processes, consequences . Vienna: Böhlau, 2017 ISBN 978-3-205-20336-0 , pp. 153-195.

See also

Web links

Commons : Vienna University of Economics and Business  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Students by university winter semester 2017/18 - data reports from universities based on UniStEV
  3. ↑ Staff at universities - heads: data reports from universities based on BidokVUni , accessed on April 23, 2019
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  6. ↑ WU press releases
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  8. ↑ Risse im Context XXI (7-8 / 01–1 / 02): The Borodajkewycz case ( Memento from April 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
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  10. ↑ a b zeit.de (1966): Der Wiener Professorensturz - The End of the Borodajkewycz Affair ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ WU (2013): Doctorate (as of September 2013)
  12. ↑ http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2607231/ ORF News "Campus: WU also new in terms of content"
  13. ↑ wu.ac.at: Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger elected rector of the Vienna University of Economics and Business ( memento from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on January 26, 2015, accessed on January 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.wu.ac.at/structure/management
  15. ↑ derStandard.at: University councils are almost complete now . Article dated April 30, 2018, accessed May 2, 2018.
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  17. ^ WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
  18. ^ WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
  19. ↑ http://www.wu.ac.at/programs/master
  20. ^ Gertraud Wehrmann: History of the library 1898-1998: Chronological overview . In: University Library of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (ed.): The University Library of the Vienna University of Economics and Business: Tasks, Services, History . Wirtschaftsuniversität - University Library, Vienna 1998, p. 27-46 .
  21. ↑ OMV Library Center - University Library. November 25, 2013, archived from the original on May 22, 2014 ; Retrieved May 20, 2014 .
  22. ^ WU Vienna, Academic Units
  23. ↑ Your representation for the next 2 years - ÖH election 2015 - The result ( memento from June 9, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), on oeh-wu.at. Retrieved June 9, 2015
  24. ↑ Homepage of the ZAS
  25. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  27. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  29. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  30. ↑ Börse (2013): Lenz resigns: http://www.boerse-express.com/pages/554679 (as of September 2013)
  31. ↑ IV (2013): Peter Oswald: http://www.iv-wien.at/b293 (as of September 2013)
  32. ↑ WU Manager on the website of the Vienna University of Economics and Business ( Memento from October 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  33. ^ UZA: University Center Althanstrasse
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