My first winter in Austria was lonely and harsh. I had just moved from Plovdiv, Bulgaria to Vienna at 18, and suddenly I was in a city where I knew no one, where the language around me felt foreign despite speaking it, and where the days turned gray and cold very quickly. Back in 2019, … Continued
Zoe Zweifler from the University of Vienna has spent four months on an Erasmus+ internship at Aarhus University – and here she shares her experiences and insights. With her story, she hopes to inspire others. How does one begin a post signaling the end of a wonderful internship at the International Center at Aarhus University … Continued
Internationalise your studies! Olena and Zoe are the first Circle U. Ambassadors helping to promote international opportunities for students. Read more about their unique experiences with the University Alliance and get to know the offers for your studies as well. What is Circle U.? Circle U. is an alliance of nine research-intensive, comprehensive universities in … Continued
Nearly six months ago, I was packing my bags in Sydney, Australia, and preparing myself for a thirty-hour solo journey to the other side of the world. While I was incredibly excited to start my exchange experience, Australia already felt a world away before I had even boarded my plane. At my home institute, Macquarie … Continued
univie: summer schools provide you with the opportunity to study at the University of Vienna for one to four weeks during the summer months and gain credits towards your degree programme. It is a great opportunity to connect with international peers and renowned experts in your field of interest. About univie: summer schools univie: summer … Continued
What are the particularities and developments that shape urban housing markets in Central and South-Eastern Europe? How do politics, economics, and society deal with different paths of development? How do socio-spatial processes such as gentrification, segregation, etc. present themselves in various urban contexts? These questions, and many more, were treated during an interdisciplinary summer school … Continued
The University of Vienna has started a novel, international, interdisciplinary masters programme Philosophy and Economics in 2019. With the programme entering its 4th year, we have asked some of our students to share their experiences. “My first year at the University of Vienna has been overwhelmingly positive. From the first day of classes, the staff … Continued
How ethnographic research in Tanzania from afar was possible: In order to complete her joint master’s programme in Urban Studies, Lisbeth Huber would have traveled to Tanzania. Due to Covid-19 she had to find methods to collect relevant data even from a distance.
Teeth, dental plates and caudal spines: Jaime Villafaña is a PhD student of Natural Sciences at the University of Vienna and spent two weeks at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles with the Short-term grants abroad (KWA) scholarship to study fossils of fishes.
