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Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) - Austria. March 2014. 1. JKU Management Team. 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. Univ.Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis
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Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) - Austria March 2014 1
JKU Management Team 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 Univ.Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis Vice-Rector of Research o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Friedrich Roithmayr Vice-Rector for International Affairs
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)
JKU Vision • Socio-Political Responsibility • Science and ResearchTimes Higher Education Ranking has positioned JKU „100 under 50“ on position 64 • Education • Internationalisation • Driving Management Strategies
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)
Microsoft Field Ranking - 2014 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.
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 Schneiderposition 2: Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Winter-Ebmerposition 3: Univ.Prof. Joseph Francis Francois Ph.D.position 34: Priv.Doz. Dr. René Böheimposition 41: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Doris Weichselbaumerposition 42: Priv.Doz. Dr. Johann Scharlerposition 47: o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmannposition 52: o.Univ.Prof. DDr. Johann K. Brunnerposition 55: Univ.Prof. Dr. Christine Zulehner
JKU Science Park environmentmotivates researchersandstudents
Mensa-Building Entanglement between nature and infrastructure
The JKU at a glance • 4Faculties (119 Institutes) • FacultyofSocialSciences, Economics and Business • Law Faculty • Facultyof Engineering and Natural Sciences • Medical Faculty • 19.400 students~ 11 % international students • 62 Bachelor-, Master- und PhDprograms • Cooperationwithover 250 partneruniversities in over 50 countries • 2.670 Employees(over 120 fullprofessors, over 1.300 academicfaculty) • Income 2013: 136 Mio. Euro
Students National and international students native EU-foreigner third countries
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 (SHARE Project, 15 MIO €; …) • Innovation support
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)
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)
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)
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
Faculty of Law - Programs • Law (DiplomaDegreeProgramandDoctorateDegreeProgram) • Legal and Business Aspects in Technics (Master’s Degree Program) • Taxation (Master‘sDegreeProgram) • Business Law (Bachelor‘sDegreeProgram)
Academic Degree Programs in Humanities and Cultural Studies & Interdisciplinary Programs • Humanitiesand Cultural Studies (DoctorateDegreeProgram) • Cultural Studies (Bachelor‘sDegreeProgram) • Political Education (Master‘sDegreeProgram) InterdisciplinaryDegreePrograms • Web Sciences (Master‘sDegreeProgram)
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
Faculty of Engineering and Natural SciencesPrograms • 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)
Faculty of Engineering and Natural SciencesPrograms • 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 TeachingSubjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Science Management
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
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
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) • .....
The Global Network is the value of JKU partneruniversities all overtheworld partnercompanies professors exchange researchinstituts alumnies embassadorscooperation non profitorganizations different cultures studentsexchange
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
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)