March Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) - Austria

2 JKU Management Team o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Friedrich Roithmayr Vice-Rector for International Affairs Univ.Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis Vice-Rector of Research Univ.Prof. DDr. Herbert Kalb Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs Dr. Barbara Romauer Vice-Rector of Finance o.Univ.Prof. Dr. DI Richard Hagelauer Rector

3 Knowledge needs expanse – Foundation of the University  1962: The „Academy of Social and Economic Sciences in Linz“ was established and confirmed by legal statute  1966: Start of study programs  1975: Foundation of the third faculty, the Faculty of Law; University senate decides in favour of the name „Johannes Kepler University of Linz“ (JKU Linz)

4 JKU Vision  Socio-Political Responsibility  Science and Research Times Higher Education Ranking has positioned JKU „100 under 50“ on position 64  Education  Internationalisation  Driving Management Strategies

5 Times Higher Education Ranking 2013  JKU and Medical University of Vienna only Austrian universities in the top 100  JKU Nr. 64 worldwide  JKU Nr. 6 in German speaking area  brilliant value in the fields —Citations (59,3/100) —International outlook (59/100)

6 Microsoft Field Ranking JKU under Top 50  Microsoft Academic Search, has ranked JKU in the field "Software Engineering" at Position 34 under 3335 ranked institutions worldwide.  In the field ranking JKU is close with Stanford University, University of Zurich, Peking University, RWTH Aachen, MIT Boston.

7 Top ranking in economics  Handelsblatt- Ranking position 75  3 Researchers under the top 100 in Europe  Best Austrian researchers in economics position 1: o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Friedrich Schneider position 2: Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer position 3: Univ.Prof. Joseph Francis Francois Ph.D. position 34: Priv.Doz. Dr. René Böheim position 41: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Doris Weichselbaumer position 42: Priv.Doz. Dr. Johann Scharler position 47: o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmann position 52: o.Univ.Prof. DDr. Johann K. Brunner position 55: Univ.Prof. Dr. Christine Zulehner

8 JKU Campus - now

9 JKU Campus now

10 JKU Science Park

11 Science Park - overview BuildingSquare metresCost in € Science Park 1 Mechatronicc Mio Science Park 2 Plastics Technology Mio Science Park 3 Informatics, Information Systems Mio

12 Science Park - inside

13 JKU Science Park

14 Law Building

15 Mensa-Building Entanglement between nature and infrastructure

16 The JKU at a glance  4 Faculties (119 Institutes) —Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business —Law Faculty —Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences —Medical Faculty  students ~ 11 % international students  62 Bachelor-, Master- und PhD programs  Cooperation with over 250 partner universities in over 50 countries  Employees (over 120 full professors, over academic faculty)  Income 2013: 136 Mio. Euro

17 Students National and international students native EU-foreignerthird countries

18 Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business  Academic staff: about 300  About students  About 870 alumni per year  Fields of Excellences —Management —Social Systems and Welfare Policy —Labour Markets and Economic Policy (SHARE Project, 15 MIO €; …) —Innovation support

19 Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Programs  Humanities and Cultural Studies: —Humanities and Cultural Studies (Doctorate Degree Program) —Cultural Studies (Bachelor's Degree Program) —Political Education (Master's Degree Program)

20 Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Programs  Social Sciences, Economics and Business: —Comparative Social Policy and Welfare (Master's Degree Program) —Digital Business Management (Master's Degree Program) —Finance and Accounting (Master's Degree Program) —Economics (Master's Degree) —General Management (Master's Degree) —Global Business (Master's Degree) —Management and Applied Economics (Master's Degree) —PhD Program in Economics (Doctorate Program)

21 Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Programs —Social and Economic Sciences (Doctorate Program) —Social Economics (Bachelor’s Degree Program and Master’s Degree) —Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree Program and Master's Degree Program) —Statistics (Bachelor’s Degree Program and Master's Degree Program) —Business Informatics (Bachelor’s Degree Program and Master's Degree Program) —Business Education (Diploma Degree Program) —Business and Economics (Bachelor's Degree Program)  Interdisciplinary Degree Programs: —Web Sciences (Master's Degree Program)

22 Faculty of Law  Academic staff: about 90  About students  Multimedia Diploma Study Program in law through e-learning  About 330 alumni per year  Fields of Excellences —Business and Tax Law —Intellectual Property Right (IPR) —Economic Law —Faculty members are judge in Constiutional court

23 Faculty of Law - Programs  Law (Diploma Degree Program and Doctorate Degree Program)  Legal and Business Aspects in Technics (Master’s Degree Program)  Taxation (Master‘s Degree Program)  Business Law (Bachelor‘s Degree Program)

24 Academic Degree Programs in Humanities and Cultural Studies & Interdisciplinary Programs  Humanities and Cultural Studies (Doctorate Degree Program)  Cultural Studies (Bachelor‘s Degree Program)  Political Education (Master‘s Degree Program) Interdisciplinary Degree Programs  Web Sciences (Master‘s Degree Program)

25 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences  Academic staff: about 170  About students  About 540 alumni per year  Fields of Excellences —Computation in Informatics and Mathematics —Mechatronics and Information Processing —Nano-, Bio- and Polymer Systems: from structure to function

26 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Programs  Chemistry (Biological, Polymer, Technical, Industrial Engineering)  Computer Science (Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Network Administration and Security, Pervasive Computing, Software Engineering)  Information Electronics  Polymer Engineering and Technologies (Polymer Engineering and Technologies, Polymer Technologies and Science, Management in Polymer Technologies)

27 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Programs  Mathematics (Computer Mathematics, Industrial Mathematics, Mathematics for Natural Sciences, Technical Mathematics)  Mechatronics  Physics (Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Molecular BioSciences, Nanoscience and Technology, Technical Physics)  Teacher Education Studies in Engineering and Natural Sciences Teaching Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Science Management

28 Medical Faculty  Start of the study program in October 2014 with 60 students  Cooperation project with the medical university of Graz  Stepwise increasing with 300 beginners in 2022/2023

29 Accreditation/Audit – a competitive advantage  Accreditations/Audits are of increasing importance in the field of Higher Education  Accreditations/Audits are a competitive advantage of an universitiy  Study programmes are accredited  JKU Linz accredited the study programmes Bachelor Business Informatics and Master Business Informatics in 2011  Further accreditations are planned

30 Some Important Strategic Partners  Voest Alpine (Surface Analytics)  Infineon (Microelectronics, Mobile Phones)  Siemens (Software Engineering)  Borealis and OMV (Polymer Chemistry and Processing)  Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi (Polymer Chemistry)  Oracle (System Software) .....

31 The Global Network is the value of JKU

32 Research Partners (selection)  Russia: St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University National Research University, Nizhny Novgorod  Taiwan: National Sun-Yatsen University  Canada: University of Victoria  South Africa: University of Cape Town  USA: Emory University  Peru: Universidad Ricardo Palma  Spain: Universidad de Alcalá

33 International Cooperation  Partnership agreements: ~ 250 in 50 countries  Incomings/Outgoings: ~ 280/340 p.a.  Joint/Double Degree Programs with the University of South Bohemia: Joint Bachelor & Master Programs „Biological Chemistry“; Master Program „Bioinformatics“  University Eindhoven (NL) and Kaiserslautern (D): European School for Industrial Mathematics (ESIM)

34 Study Programs in English Language

35 Thank you for your attention!