Social Sciences

Expand human capabilities with modern technologies and build a bridge between engineering, biology, and humanity on the basis of ethical evaluations. The focus is on products that extend human physical abilities for both everyday life and the working world. These include, for example, intelligent exoskeletons as carrying aids or technologies in the areas of AI/Brain-Computer Interfaces/Augmented Reality as the "third hand of humans." Sensors, bionics, and digitalization are key drivers in this process. The students develop an integrated understanding of the technological, biological, ethical, social, and regulatory foundations regarding the question of how specific human actions can—and should—be expanded through technical products.

Professional social work fosters social change, social development and social cohesion as well as the empowerment and liberation of individuals. Principles such as social justice, human rights, societal responsibility and respect for diversity are elementary in social work. Social work assists people in meeting the challenges of life by applying a variety of scientific methods and theories. The Bachelor’s degree programme in social work offers interdisciplinary training for future experts, who will be able to counsel, accompany and support service users, as well as plan aid processes. Our degree programme ensures a practice-oriented education following the motto ’Learning how to help effectively!‘.

Social, Public, and Nonprofit Management is a part-time business study program designed to address the needs of the social and health sectors, the public sector, and nonprofit organizations (NPOs). The core of the program consists of solid business administration qualifications. Additionally, the program covers legal fundamentals for management, sustainability, digitalization, and ethics. It provides insights into the specifics and operational logics of non-profit organizations and institutions from a public welfare perspective. Students also develop a deeper understanding of the needs of diverse target groups served by public, social, and health-related services. Social and personal skills further enhance the profile of graduates from this industry-specific management program.

A program combining sustainability & digitalization with leadership & organizational change.
Suitable for anyone who wants to make companies more ecological, digital and social.

The part-time Master's program offers industry-specific general management training with a focus on non-profit organizations and public institutions. With experts from academia and practice, state-of-the-art knowledge and trends in non-profit and public management are explored in small groups, allowing students to acquire well-founded, industry-specific competencies at the master's level. As part of the program, students independently conduct projects for non-profit organizations and public institutions. This allows the knowledge gained to be directly transferred into practice. Various elective modules enable further and individual specialization, for example in the healthcare sector or social management. Providing a comprehensive understanding of the management of non-profit organizations and the public sector prepares students in the best possible way for future leadership challenges

The degree programme offers scientific and vocational/professional training with a special focus on intercultural competence. This is especially important in connection with Austria´s demographics, which are strongly influenced by migration. Social workers encounter clients with migration background in all their fields of activity. Intercultural competence is, therefore, a cross-sectional type of competence and not solely an additional qualification relevant for employees in migration-specific service institutions.