Welcome to WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business
Welcome to WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business I.
History
II. Organizational Structure III. Academic Programs IV. WU International V. Principles: Equal Opportunity and Sustainability VI. The New Campus WU
I. History
Milestones in the History of WU (I) 1898
Founded as the Imperial Export Academy, located in Vienna’s Palais Festetics
1916
Moves to a new building next to Vienna’s Währinger Park
1919
Becomes the state-run University of World Trade
1948
Degree programs include Global Trade, Business Administration, Economics, and Business Education
1975
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The University is restructured and receives the name Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Milestones in the History of WU (II)
1982
Moves to the AlthanstraĂ&#x;e university complex
2004
The Universities Act (UG 2002) grants autonomy to Austria’s universities
2006
Starts to implement the Bologna system in its degree programs
2007
WU is granted the EQUIS accreditation, an important seal of excellence
2013
Moves to the new Campus WU on Welthandelsplatz
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II. Organizational Structure
University Management Rector and Vice-Rectors 5 members
Senate 26 members
University Board 5 members
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• University management • Represent WU to the outside • Strategic decisions: drafting the Organizational Structure and Development Plans, Performance Agreements with the ministry • Target agreements with WU’s organizational units, resource allocation, appointment of Heads of organizational units
• Highest level of shared academic self-governance at WU • Approves curricula • Participates in habilitation proceedings and senior faculty recruitment • Issues and amends the WU By-Laws at the suggestion of the Rector’s Council
• WU’s “supervisory board” • Appoints the members of the Rector’s Council • Approves the budget, Organizational Structure Plan, Development Plan • Target agreements and employment contracts of Rector’s Council members
Research and Teaching Units Departments
Research Institutes
Business, Employment and Social Security Law
CEE Legal Studies Computational Methods Co-Operation and Co-Operatives Economics of Aging European Affairs Family Businesses Health Care Management and Economics Human Capital and Development Liberal Professions International Taxation Regulatory Economics Research on Capital Markets Spatial and Real Estate Economics Supply Chain Management Urban Management and Governance
Economics Finance, Accounting and Statistics Foreign Language Business Communication Global Business and Trade Information Systems and Operations Management Marketing Public Law and Tax Law Socioeconomics Strategy and Innovation Competence Centers Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Empirical Research Methods Sustainability Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship 8
Executive Academy
Service/Administrative Units RECTOR VICE-RECTOR RESEARCH, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & EXTERNAL RELATIONS
VICE-RECTOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS & STUDENT AFFAIRS
RESEARCH SERVICE CENTER
STUDY SUPPORT
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
STUDY REGULATIONS & CREDIT TRANSFER
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & QUALITY MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER
WU ALUMNI CLUB affiliated organization
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LEGAL AFFAIRS OFFICE
INTERNAL AUDITING
VICE-RECTOR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS & INFRASTRUCTURE
VICE-RECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES
FINANCE & ACCOUNTING
PERSONNEL OFFICE
FINANCIAL CONTROL
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING OFFICE
IT SERVICES
CAREER CENTER affiliated organization
CAMPUS MANAGEMENT
The Rector’s coordinative function
WU Faculty & Staff
Female Faculty and academic staff (total)
Male
Total
329,9
421,2
751,1
19,0
66,9
85,9
310,9
354,4
665,3
Administrative staff
389,4
174,2
563,6
Total
719,3
595,4
1.314,7
Professors Other academic staff
Full-time equivalents as of Dec. 31, 2014 including third-party-funded staff Source: Wissensbilanz 2014 10
III. Academic Programs
WU’s Student Body Fall 2014/15 Number of students Total: 22.811 Women: 10.626 International: 6.183 (coming from 111 countries)
Bachelor: 3.319 Master: 1.268 Doctoral/PhD: 80
Students by degree program
Graduates
Bachelor: 17.420
Bachelor: 1.639
Master: 2.939 Doctoral/PhD: 1.010 12
First-semester students
(SY 2013/14)
Master: 620 Doktorat/PhD: 61
Academic Programs
PHD Programs
German-Taught Master Programs
Bachelor Program in Business Law
Doctoral Programs
English-Taught Master Programs
Bachelor Program in Business, Economics and Social Sciences
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S e m e s t e r
Bachelor
Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
Introductory Phase
14
Semesters
Information Systems major
International Business Administration major
Business Administration major
Business Law Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)
Economics and Socio-Economics major
Bachelor Program in Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Bachelor Program in Business Law
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1 ½
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English-Taught
Master Programs Master Programs
Supply Chain Management
German-Taught
Strategy, Innovation and Management Control
Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy
Quantitative Finance
Marketing
International Management/CEMS
Information Systems
Taxation and Accounting
Socioeconomics
Management
Finance and Accounting
Export and Int. Management
Economics
Business Law
Business Education
Master
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PhD in International Business Taxation
Doctoral Programs
PhD in Finance
PhD in Economics and Social Sciences
Doctoral Program in Business Law
Doctoral Program in Social and Economic Sciences
Doctoral / PhD
PHD Programs
WU Executive Academy
Executive MBA
Professional MBA with industry or functional specialization options
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Master of Laws in International Tax Law (LLM)
Diplom Betriebswirt/in (BBA)
Master of Legal Studies (European Business Law) (MLS) Certificate Programs
Master of Legal Studies (MLS)
e.g. Health Care Management or Advertising & Sales
Open Programs
e.g. Governance Excellence Program or Employer Brand Manager Program
Custom Programs
IV. WU International
Per year: 1,000 outgoing students 1,000 incoming students
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233 partner universities in over 50 countries around the world, e.g.
Chicago Univ. HEC Paris HKUSt St. Gallen Stellenbosch Uni. Sydney Univ. Tsinghua Univ.
Summer University
Over 50% of all WU graduates have international experience
Partner Universities
Students
International Student Mobility
10 International Summer University Programs in 2014: China Canada Russia Thailand USA
Accreditations and Memberships
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EQUIS: Five-year reaccreditation granted in 2013
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AACSB: AACSB accreditation proceedings started in 2013
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AMBA: All of the WU Executive Academy’s MBA, EMBA, and PMBA programs are AMBA accredited
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Membership in European and global networks: ACA, CEEPUS, CEMS, EDAMBA, ERASMUS, IAU, JOSZEF, NEURUS, Tempus, …
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Membership in sustainability networks: 50+20, Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria, Copernicus
Rankings Financial Times Ranking:
Handelsblatt University Ranking
Masters in Management Ranking 2014
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2014 Business Administration Ranking: 4th
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WU International Business Administration 22nd from 70
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2013 Economics Ranking: 16th
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CEMS-Master in International Management 5th from 70 (in cooperation with CEMS-Partners)
Format University Ranking 2014
European Business School Ranking 2014
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Business Law programs (B/M) and International Business Administration program (B): 2nd
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Business Administration: 8th
42nd of 80 in Europe On of only 8 german speaking universities
Executive MBA Ranking 2014
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Executive MBA der WU Executive Academy 62nd of 100
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4 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities in Economics and Business •
WU ranked in the 151-200 category
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WU only Austrian university ranked; one of nine from the German-speaking region
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WU ranked for the first time in 2014
IV. Principles: Equal Opportunity and Sustainability
Gender Equality at WU (I) Overview of Gender Ratios at WU Full Professors
20,32%
Associate Professors
25,79%
Assistant Professors
42,95%
Teaching and Research Associates
55,25%
Third-party-funded staff
Male
51,53%
Master graduates
Female
46,20%
Bachelor graduates
50,08%
Students
47,36% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Gender Equality at WU (II) Measures to promote the careers of female researchers: • Habilitation fellowships • Career development programs, e.g. „ Reflexion - Kompetenzen und Erfolgsstrategien - Perspektiven“ • Dr. Maria Schaumayer Habilitation Grant
Reconciliation of work and family life:
Units • Institute for Gender and Diversity in Organizations
• “Baby laptops” for researchers on parental leave
• Staff Position for Gender Policy, Office of the Rector’s Council
• Coaching programs for postdocs returning from parental leave
• Equal Opportunities Working Group (AKG)
• “hochschuleundfamilie” audit
• Women in Science
Research
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• Dual Career Service
Teaching
• Gender-neutral or gender-blind?
• Specialization in Diversity Management
• Gender equality in higher education
• Diversity Management in Practice
• Wealth and gender in Austria and Europe
• Research Seminar – Gender and Diversity Management
• Structural data of industrial enterprises and gender-sensitive measures
• Special Aspects of Economic Policy: Gender Relations and Economics
Sustainability at WU (I)
Excerpt from Sustainability at WU: Balancing equality, environmental concerns, and prosperity is one of our time’s greatest challenges, especially for universities, who are expected to take a pioneering role in society. We accept this challenge. We are emphatically committed to the principle of sustainability and are determined to bring it to life. We apply the principles of sustainability to teaching, research, and university management so that we as a university can fulfill our responsibilities to society. 25
Sustainability at WU (II) • Bachelor-level courses: Future-Oriented Business I and II Sustainability in teaching and research
• MSc program: Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy • Responsible leadership principles in the WU Executive Academy’s Professional MBA program
• Institute for Managing Sustainability • Barrier-free for the Socio-cultural aspects of Campus WU
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• High-quality working environment for students, faculty, and staff
• Geothermal energy from ground water • Heat recovery systems • Energy-efficient insulation • Green IT
• Competence Center for Sustainability Further sustainability-related projects at WU
• Member of: 50+20, Copernicus Alliance, Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME),
List of examples 26
VI. The New Campus WU
Campus WU – an Overview Key figures 492,000,000 EUR total building costs 100,000 m² floor space 90,000 m² property acreage 55,000 m² publicly accessible grounds 25,000 students 3,000 student workstations 1,500 employees 90 auditoriums and classrooms 6 international architects 5 building complexes around the LC 2 subway stations 1 Campus WU
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Location Welthandelsplatz 1 1020 Vienna Austria
LC – Library & Learning Center LC – Library & Learning Center Zaha Hadid Architects, Hamburg
The Library & Learning Center is at the heart of Campus WU, both physically and symbolically.
Club lounge Ceremonial halls OMV Central Library Library management IT Services Raiffeisen Language Resource Center Student Services WU ZBP Career Center International Office (IO) 29
BUSarchitektur, Vienna
TC Teaching Center
D1 – Department Building 1 TC – Teaching Center Auditorium Maximum ÖH Book Exchange Auditoriums, seminar rooms, project rooms PC labs Teachers' lounge and coaching lounge Self-study areas and student lounges
D1 – Department building 1 BUSarchitektur, Vienna
Equal Opportunities Working Group Department of (DP) Global Business and Trade Research Institutes Competence Centers
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D2 – Department Building 2 SC – Student Center D2 – Department building 2 Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sendai
SC – Student Center Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sendai
DP Information Systems and Operations DP Marketing DP Management
Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH)
DP Strategy and Innovation
AIESEC
DP Foreign Language Business Communication Library for Business Languages
ELSA Silent room Kindergarten “Kinder in Wien” Sports center “USI Wien”
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D3 – Department Building 3 AD – Administration AD – Administration
D3 Department building 3 CRABstudio, London
CRABstudio, London
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Occupational Health Service Staff Council Senate Office Campus Management Financial Control Finance & Accounting Research Service Center Marketing & Communications Personnel Office Personnel Development & Planning Office Legal Affairs Office Rector’s Council
Institute for Accounting and Auditing (FAS) DP Public Law and Tax Law DP Business, Employment and Social Security Law Library for Law
D4 – Department Building 4 D4 – Department building 4 Estudio Carme Pinós S.L., Barcelona DP Finance, Accounting and Statistics (FAS) DP Socioeconomics DP Economics Research Institutes Library for Social Sciences
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EA – Executive Academy EA „Executive Academy” NO.MAD Arquitectos, Madrid
WU Executive Academy WU Alumni Club
© Photos by BOANET, Stephan Huger, WU 34
WU’s New Campus: Building More Than Just Buildings (I) International attention and awards for WU Campus. Location and status of the LLC show academic priorities research and teaching. The campus demonstrates that size and quality can go hand-in-hand overall academic concept. Quality means diversity diversity of faculty and students, variety of subjects, research methods and political positions.
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WU’s New Campus: Building More Than Just Buildings (II) The campus creates more room for social, cultural and political life at WU. Attending a university is more than just academic training WU is part of the social and political life of the city. WU has an impact on the national economy and business landscape. The campus changes the environment WU has to make changes to its social and political environment as well (“Green Drivers”). WU’s new campus is a benchmark of what tomorrow’s university should look like.
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The New WU Stands for‌ Diversity in its perspectives on business and economics. An international attitude and open-mindedness towards academic, intellectual exchange and real-life business practice. A strong sense of responsibility to the economy, society, and the government, and a commitment to make a sustainable contribution to a new and improved economy, today and in the future. Innovation and a new way of thinking to create new approaches for dealing with business and economic phenomena of the 21st century, and for generating modern theories and practical advice for the business community. 37
Thank you for your attention
Name Position WU Wirtschaftsuniversit채t Wien Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43-1-31336-DW Email: vorname.nachname@wu.ac.at www.wu.ac.at
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