Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt was founded in 1960 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It began as a College of Educational Studies (Hochschule für Bildungswissenschaften). Since October 2004 the official German name is Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in order to stress the intercultural connections between the Alpine regions and the Adriatic Sea. (In English the university leaves out the cognomen Alpen-Adria.) Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt hosts about 10,000 students and about 800 staff, including about 500 academic staff.

Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

The University is situated on a campus in the Wörthersee region of Klagenfurt. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt hosts four faculties: (1) Humanities and Social Sciences, (2) Management and Economics, (3) Interdisciplinary Studies and Continuing Education (with additional centers in Vienna and Graz), and (4) Technology.

The university officially became the “Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt” in 1993, at the same time setting up faculties for humanities, applied economics and computer science. Since 2004 the university has been officially called the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. The new faculty for technology has opened in 2007. With its thematic focus on Ambient Intelligence and Applied Computer Science, it is closely collaborating with the adjacent Lakeside Science & Technology Park, one of Austria’s largest projects of campus development.

Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Courses Offered
Diploma programmes, Bachelor’s degree & Master’s degree programmes

• Applied Business Administration (Bachlor/Master)
• Applied Cultural Sciences (Bachlor/Master)
• Applied Music Science (Bachlor/Master)
• Economics and Law (Bachlor/Master)
• Educational Studies (Bachelor)
• English and American Studies (Bachlor/Master)
• German Studies (Bachlor/Master)
• Geography (Bachlor/Master)
• History (Bachlor/Master)
• Informatics (Bachlor/Master/PhD)
• Information Management (Bachlor/Master)
• Information Technology (Bachlor/Master/PhD)
• International Management (Master) starting in fall 2011
• Media and Communication Studies (Diploma programme)
• Philosophy (Diploma programme)
• Psychology (Bachlor of Science/Master of Arts/Master of Science/PhD)
• Romance Studies (Bachlor/Master)
• Slavic Studies (Bachlor/Master)
• Social and Human Ecology (Master)
• Technical Mathematics (Bachlor/Master/PhD)

Teacher training programmes

• Computer Science and IT Management
• English
• French
• Geography and Economics
• German
• History, Social Studies and Citizenship
• Italian
• Mathematics
• Slovene

Doctoral degree programmes

• Doctoral degree programme in Natural Sciences
• Doctoral degree programme in Philosophy
• Doctoral degree programme in Social and Economic Sciences
• Doctoral degree programme in Technical Science

Faculty

• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Faculty of Technical Sciences

Schools

• School of Management and Economics

Contact Details
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
Universitätsstrasse 65-67
Klagenfurt
9020 Carinthia
Tel: +43 (463) 2700 0
Fax: +43 (463) 2700 9299
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Official Website: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/