1. March 2014 1 An Overview

2. 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. 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. 4 Times Higher Education Ranking 2013  JKU and Medical University of Vienna only Austrian universities in the top 100 young universities  JKU Nr. 64 worldwide  JKU Nr. 6 in German speaking area  brilliant value in the fields —Citations (59,3/100) —International outlook (59/100)

5. 5 JKU Campus - now

6. 6 JKU Campus now

7. 7 JKU Science Park

8. 8 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  19.400 students ~ 11 % international students  62 Bachelor-, Master- und PhD programs  Cooperation with over 250 partner universities in over 50 countries  2.670 Employees (over 120 full professors, over 1.300 academic faculty)  Budget 2013: 136 Mio. Euro

9. 9 Students National and international students native EUthird countries

10. 10 Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business  Academic staff: about 300  About 7.970 students  About 870 alumni per year  Fields of Excellences —Management —Social Systems and Welfare Policy —Labour Markets and Economic Policy —Innovation support

11. 11 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)

12. 12 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)

13. 13 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)

14. 14 Faculty of Law  Academic staff: about 90  About 7.440 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

15. 15 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences  Academic staff: about 170  About 4.070 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

16. 16 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences  Chemistry  Computer Science  Information Electronics  Polymer Engineering and Technologies  Mathematics  Physics  Mechatronics Programs in

17. 17 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

18. 18 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)

19. 19 Study Programs in English Language

20. 20 Thank you for your attention!