March 20141

Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) - Austria

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JKU Management Team

o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Friedrich Roithmayr Vice-Rector for International Affairs

Univ.Prof. Dr. Gabriele KotsisVice-Rector of Research

Univ.Prof. DDr. Herbert Kalb Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs

Dr. Barbara RomauerVice-Rector of Finance

o.Univ.Prof. Dr. DI Richard Hagelauer Rector

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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)

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JKU Vision

Socio-Political Responsibility

Science and Research

Times Higher Education Ranking has

positioned JKU „100 under 50“ on position 64

Education

Internationalisation

Driving Management Strategies

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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)

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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.

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Top ranking in economics

Handelsblatt- Ranking position 75

3 Researchers under the top 100 in Europe

Best Austrian researchers in economicsposition 1: o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Friedrich Schneider

position 2: Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

position 3: Univ.Prof. Joseph Francis Francois Ph.D.

position 34: Priv.Doz. Dr. René Böheim

position 41: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Doris Weichselbaumer

position 42: Priv.Doz. Dr. Johann Scharler

position 47: o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmann

position 52: o.Univ.Prof. DDr. Johann K. Brunner

position 55: Univ.Prof. Dr. Christine Zulehner

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JKU Campus - now

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JKU Campus now

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JKU Science Park

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Science Park - overview

Building Square metres Cost in €Science Park 1 Mechatronicc

15.054 29 Mio

Science Park 2 Plastics Technology

14.857 26 Mio

Science Park 3 Informatics, Information Systems

11.110 28 Mio

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Science Park - inside

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JKU Science Park

environment m

otivatesresearchers and students

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Law Building

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Mensa-Building

Entanglement between nature and infrastructure

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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)

Income 2013: 136 Mio. Euro

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StudentsNational and international students

native EU-foreigner third countries

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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Faculty of Law - Programs

Law (Diploma Degree Program and Doctorate Degree Program)

Legal and Business Aspects in Technics (Master’s Degree Program)

Taxation (Master‘s Degree Program)

Business Law (Bachelor‘s Degree Program)

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Academic Degree Programs in Humanities and Cultural Studies & Interdisciplinary Programs

Humanities and Cultural Studies (Doctorate Degree Program)

Cultural Studies (Bachelor‘s Degree Program)

Political Education (Master‘s Degree Program)

Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

Web Sciences (Master‘s Degree Program)

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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

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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)

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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

Teaching Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science

and Computer Science Management

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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

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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

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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)

.....

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The Global Network is the value of JKUpartner universities all over the world

partner companies

non profit organizations

alumnies

different cultures

professors exchange

research instituts

students exchange

embassadors cooperation

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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

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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)

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Study Programs in English Language

Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences

Bach

elor Biological Chemistry: JKU (A); University of Budweis (TCH)

BioinformaticsBa

chelo

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Master

Comparative Social Policy and Welfare: JKU (A); University of Tampere (FIN); Mykolas Romeris University (LIT)

Industrial Mathematics: JKU (A); University Eindhoven (NL); University of Kaiserslautern (D)

General Management Bioinformatics: JKU (A); University of Budweis (TCH)Economics Management in Polymer TechnologiesManagement and Applied Economics Biological Chemistry: JKU (A); University of Budweis (TCH)ACT Global Business: JKU (A); Univerxsity of Victoria (CDN); National Sun Yat-Sen University (RC) Polymer ChemistryGeneral Management ESC: Troyes (F); JKU (A) Computer ScienceTROIKA Global Business: JKU (A); State University - Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod (RSF); Polymer Technologies and Science

Master

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Thank you for your attention!