Development plan 2010+

Development plan 2010 Technology for people Develop scientific excellence and enhance comprehensive competence.

Content Foreword by Peter Skalicky

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Interview with Gerhard Schimak

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Mission Statement and developement principles

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social Targets

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Research

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Creation of profiles for research activities and inter-faculty research projects

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Collaborations

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Internationalisation

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Technical and equipment infrastructure

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Teaching

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Profiling of courses

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Lifelong learning

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Improvements in study conditions

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Efficient foundation course structuring

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Junior staff and mobility

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Support processes And Service facilities

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Organisational development

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Personnel management

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Public Relations

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Budget structure and IT infrastructure

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Univercity 2015

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Quality management

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Foreword

Austrian universities now have a modern legal basis thanks to the Universities Act. According to the „New Public Management“, every three years the Ministry of Science concludes contracts with (performance agreements) each university and thereby rewards their performance. This pseudo-market increases competition between universities. As a result of this, each university develops its own strategy in order to position itself against the others and to make it clear where its strengths lie. For this, the UG stipulates a development plan.

With over 170 pages and over 100 targets, The Vienna University of Technology Development Plan 2010+ is a truly weighty document. In contrast to the previous document, it has been produced by means of a broad-based process, in which top-down (specifications by the board of Rector and Vice-Rector’s office) and bottom-up (inputs by the faculties) have well complemented each other.

A continued clarity of the research profile should be emphasised at this point. This increases our international presence and is essential for the optimal use of less available resources. The result is five main fields of research, which should increase our strengths and enable us to make a contribution to resolving future challenges.

In the field of teaching, we must consolidate what we can offer, after the great effort of the programme implemented in Bologna. Existing courses will be examined with regard to sufficient demand, and in case of appropriate demand and existing competence, new courses will be developed. The introduction of a quality management system for the entire University is also planned.

Of course, such a plan is only meaningful if it is consistently pursued and adapted to changing conditions. Here too, there is potential for improvement in comparison with the first Development Plan that was produced in 2006. In the course of the next few years we must demonstrate that we have set ourselves ambitious, yet realistic targets.

Peter Skalicky Rector of Vienna University of Technology

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Bringing visions to life Interview With Gerhard Schimak Vice-Rector for Infrastructure Management and Development

Why does Vienna University of Technology need a development plan?

The Development Plan 2010+ is a guideline and specification for Vienna University of Technology’s short, medium and long-term plans. Accordingly, it contains both visions for the long-term orientation of the future development of Vienna University of Technology, guidelines for the production of action programmes, tools for the strategic focusing of research and teaching, as well as a series of specific instructions for plan implementation. In addition, the Development Plan serves as a basis for negotiations for the performance agreements with the Federal Ministry.

From visions to instructions for action – a wide spectrum. How is all this addressed in the Development Plan?

The Development Plan 2010+ consists of two parts: the starting position, and its development. The latter part contains the Mission Statement and the principles of development, social targets and the main part of the Development Plan: the description of the medium to long-term strategic targets and the short to medium-term strategies and projects for their implementation in operative targets and measures.

This fundamental division into strategy and implementation means that a group of operative targets or measures is assigned to each strategic target and conversely, there is no operative target or measure, which is not based on a strategic target.

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How can you ensure that Vienna University of Technology staff will support this highly diversified project?

Obviously, it is essential that all members of staff are aware of the Development Plan. In order to ensure this and to arouse interest, at present there is a series of articles in the staff magazine „Freihaus“, and of course, this short version.

As well as this, the plan is the result of a process which integrated both top-down specifications and bottom-up suggestions in an iterative feedback process. By means of theme workshops at university level, faculty working groups and widespread opportunities for comment, as many people as possible from the University were involved in the production of the plan and their opinions were taken into consideration. As a result of this procedure, Vienna University of Technology expects a very high level of acceptance by staff and students of Vienna University of Technology and, therefore, their active support in the implementation of the Development Plan.

How should the production process be imagined?

The process for the new version of the Development Plan of Vienna University of Technology concluded in 2006 was started in 2007, by the revision of the existing faculty development plans. In order to support the members of the faculty working parties, three workshops were held on the subject of research, teaching and quality management.

In turn, the drafts by the faculties were fed back to the Vice-Rector’s office for discussion. On the basis of this input, the draft version of Vienna University of Technology Development Plan 2010+ was produced in autumn 2008. Essential elements of this draft Development Plan were discussed in a whole-day workshop with all members of the University Council, the Senate and all Deans and Deans of Studies as well as the heads of the largest service provision departments of Vienna University of Technology.

The resulting version, which was revised by the Rectorate, was communicated to the Senate and after inclusion of comments by Senate members was adopted in a joint meeting with the Rectorate in April and approved by the University Council.

Although it has taken over a year to produce the Development Plan, the result makes this effort worthwhile. We are very satisfied with it.

When will the implementation of the targets and measures described in the Development Plan begin?

The Development Plan is a description of the present status of an ongoing process, with the existing willingness and intention of action documented in the Plan — with the underlying principles and the hopes and desires which they express. Seen in this way, we will not start to implement the Development Plan, because we are always in the process of doing so. In a future Plan revision for the next performance period, the development process status will be in a new way established.

Gerhard Schimak Vice-Rector for Infrastructure Management and Development

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Vienna University of Technology — Mission Statement and Principles

Technology for people Develop scientific excellence and enhance comprehensive competence.

Vienna University of Technology has been committed to this Mission Statement since 1999. It includes all the essential elements for the principles of development of Vienna University of Technology.

Technology for people Vienna University of Technology is actively and responsibly involved in the creation of technical, economic, cultural, social and ecological structures. In order to enable the University to perform its specific social tasks — scientific research and teaching, as well as to promote public awareness - the essential values of freedom of research and teaching must be preserved and further developed.

Vienna University of Technology gives everyone an equal opportunity to utilise their potential and in particular supports women, who are traditionally under-represented in the field of technology.

Development of scientific excellence Vienna University of Technology continues to develop research — both in specialist subjects as well as in interdisciplinary combinations — in an innovative manner. It will maintain the high standard which has been achieved and increase this still further by the concentration of its forces and through

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networking and collaboration.

Research by Vienna University of Technology is based on two firm foundations, differentiated specialist research and interdisciplinary integration, which form the basis for application-orientated university research.

Due to the increasing costs of basic research and application-orientated university research, key emphases will be set, in order to take up a position both within Vienna University of Technology as well as in a network of University and external research on a European scale.

Communication of comprehensive competence Teaching by Vienna University of Technology pursues two objectives: on the one hand this concerns specialist knowledge and skills. As this specialist knowledge must increasingly act within complex social processes, on the other hand, communicational and social competence must also be promoted. For this, Vienna University of Technology also provides a wide range of further training opportunities for its graduates.

At the University, teaching and research form a single unit: excellent teaching depends on excellent research, and only leading research personalities are able to show our students the highest levels of science and technology.

Development principles The declared goal of Vienna University of Technology is to measure itself against the leading technical universities in Europe and to take up a leading position amongst them. The following principles are assumed: • Maintenance and further development of high quality in teaching, research and the provision of services • Intensification and support of cooperation with industry, local authorities and representatives of interests • Extension and promotion of collaboration with Austrian and foreign universities in research and teaching • Assurance and further development of a good working and operating atmosphere, of development and further training opportunities for members of Vienna University of Technology and equal treatment of all groups of persons involved • Observance of social responsibility and the creation and maintenance of high public esteem • Compliance with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the code of conduct for the appointment of researchers

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Social targets

Considering social responsibility In addition to the core competences of research and teaching, Vienna University of Technology is involved in social development in Austria.

Therefore, it has set itself social targets, which provide a general framework for carrying out the strategic development of Vienna University of Technology.

Development of the geographical environment As the largest scientific technical research and education facility in Austria, with its complex field of interactions, Vienna University of Technology makes an important contribution to the securing and development of industry and commence in the country. With approximately 3,500 staff and 20,000 students, the University is an important economic factor to the immediate environment and it wishes to position itself as a place for cultural and scientific exchange. It is also to be expected that the planned branches of Vienna University of Technology, the Science Service Center in Arsenal, and the Transfer Center for Energy and the Environment in Aspern will stmulate the urban development.

Diversity Management and Gender Mainstreaming It is advisable to integrate a wide range of value systems and experiences into a joint working processes, particularly in working areas that require creativity. Therefore, Vienna University of Technology

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endeavours to create social conditions under which all employees can develop their creativity to the greatest possible extent. In this sense, it is the declared objective of Vienna University of Technology to sustainably and ambitiously increase the number of women in its scientific and technical areas of research and teaching in all phases of their career, e.g. by applying the principles of Gender Mainstreaming in all decision-making processes.

Furthermore, it is one of Vienna University of Technology’s special concerns to enable equal opportunities for access to courses of study and vocational activities at Vienna University of Technology for persons with special needs. In the context of a sustainable development of staff, Vienna University of Technology also aims to increase the number of apprentices, especially for technical occupations.

Solving environmental problems As a scientific and technical research institution, Vienna University of Technology considers itself to have the task of making a contribution to solving current environmental problems. Particularly in the newly established research focus „Energy and Environment“, research with effect in environmentally relevant areas will be especially supported and the results of this research will be made accessible to the general public by means of publication in the specialist world as well as joint utilisation with collaboration partners.

Public view of technology The use of technology in everyday life is continually increasing, however, at the same time there remains a certain scepticism with regard to „looking behind the curtain“. Vienna University of Technology will counter this paradox by means of targeted public relations work. In addition to the presence in the media, graduates of the University form an important contact group for the public. They act as potential partners and supporters and determine the University’s image. For this reason, Vienna University of Technology will extend and provide a longterm structure for its contacts with graduates.

Promotion of women Against the background that the proportion of women who are active in science and technology is still very low and that society has a certain prejudice against technical and scientific progress, Vienna University of Technology considers it to be important that gender aspects are deliberately included in its activities and that women are supported on their way into these sectors.

In order to counteract the common role models of men and women with regard to technology,

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and to encourage young women to undertake a technical education, measures such as „Daughters‘ Day“ or „FIT – Women in Technology“ are supported.

In addition to concepts aimed to open up the perspectives of a technical education to female pupils, there are also initiatives which support women on their career path or on completion of their studies, e.g. „fFORTE:WIT“ or „MentorING“.

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Key features of research activity and inter-facult y collaborations

Competitive through a clearer profile Five new key areas of research In order to successfully position itself in an internationally competitive field and develop its profile, Vienna University of Technology has set out five research priorities for the entire University, which build on existing strengths:

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Computational Science and Engineering Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies Materials and Matter Information and Communication Technology Energy and Environment

To reinforce these key research priorities, Vienna University of Technology will create key area concepts, which will help to ensure that the profiling process which has begun will be continued in the future.

In order to support the University‘s priorities of research and to supplement the research remits of the faculties, primary research areas will be specified for each faculty.

As measures for the support of research activity and

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the creation of key areas, TU Vienna will set up internal promotional programmes, whose funds will be allocated in a competitive manner through the tendering, evaluation and selection of applications from the whole University.

An essential steering element for the orientation and profile development of research at Vienna University of Technology is the establishment of the fields of specialisation for new University professor posts.

Collaboration for pioneering developments Inter-faculty research collaborations are a vital component of the process of profile formation. In this, the focus is on the extension of existing collaborations and the support of new collaboration, especially from the point of view of clarifying profiles.

An essential prerequisite for the furtherance of interdisciplinary research projects is the mutual exchange of information. This exchange of information will promoted on various levels, e.g. by the establishment of an equipment infrastructure database for the entire University and through a structured series of events.

In the past, the „Inter-faculty Cooperation Centre“ has played an important part in sharpening the University’s profile. Therefore, a repositioning and sharpening of the profiles of existing collaboration centres will be carried out. In addition, these centres also serve for the development of new, pioneering areas of research and will, therefore, receive startup financing.

Development of financing of project research in the faculties

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Informatics Technical Chemistry Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Civil Engineering Physics Mathematics Geoinformation Architecture and Planning

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Extension of collaborations with universities, industries and corporations

Collaboration for research innovation Use of synergies

Knowledge application

As a bottom-up approach, inter-university collaborations play an important role in present research activities of the University and are supported by appropriate measures. In contrast, institutionalised collaborations will only come to life if researchers perceive their direct or indirect use. Therefore, Vienna University of Technology aims for active collaborations which are based on the use of synergies in the field of experimental infrastructure as well as content synergies.

Collaboration with industry and corporations in the form of research projects is important in many respects: On the one hand this ensures that research at TU Vienna, which is primarily financed by public funds, also provides general economic benefits, while on the other hand, it is very satisfying for scientists to see the results of their research being implemented, and students come into contact with potential employers at an early stage. Of course, the income from these projects also makes an essential contribution to the greater financial independence of Vienna University of Technology. The knowledge gain in science and technology always remains the decisive criterion. Because of this, Vienna University of Technology places a high priority on participation in Austrian collaboration programmes and the setup of interesting projects with third party funding.

Through expanding the technology transfer service, researchers will receive optimum support for arranging collaborations and putting their knowledge to good use.

TU Austria Vienna University of Technology will intensify cooperation with other technical universities in Austria, in order to better promote common interests by means of coordination of content and cooperation.

Improved coordination of researchpriorities and teachingpriorities as well as making use of synergies will be achieved through collaboration with TU Graz and Montan University Leoben under the joint trademark „TU Austria“. A common external presentation and the development of common positions and representations is intended to strengthen this position in competition with third parties.

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Funding of externally financeD project research

Companies Foundations / funds/ other benefactors Other, mainly public funded benefactors, such as FFG Other Land Legal representatives of interests Municipalities

Federal Goverment (Ministries)

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Internationalisation of research AND development of the arts

Making use of global potential Vienna University of Technology will successfully participate in the international competition for the recruitment of promising scientists.

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Making use of European research structures Large-scale European research facilities provide an important infrastructure for excellent research.

For Vienna University of Technology, the Austrian membership of CERN, ILL and ESRF Grenoble are especially important. Via the profile creation process and the associated appointments policy, the number of collaboration projects with these institutions will increase over the coming years.

The 7th European framework programme includes the fields of collaborations, ideas, people and capacities.

Vienna University of Technology is Austria‘s leading university in the collaborative field and this excellent result will continue in the future.

In the field of „people“, the high standard which has already been achieved will also be extended. The two new programme topics „ideas“ and „capacities“ will also be utilised more intensively by ISS mit Messpuppe zur Strahlenmesung Vienna University of Technology.

Creating international networks The increased international networking of research will not only support the transfer of knowledge, but also utilise potential synergies in the field of laboratory infrastructure in partner institutions.

Special attention will be paid to collaboration with technical universities in neighbouring countries (CEITEC project of TU Brno and Masaryk University Brno). However, increased utilisation of the networks financed by Austria for collaborations with Asian partner universities (Eurasia-Pacific-Uninet, ASEA – Uninet) will continue to operate. Through collaboration with these networks there is the opportunity for the integration of Vienna University of Technology as a partner in research and mobility projects.

In addition, Vienna University of Technology provides support for the establishment and development of foreign universities in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe.

Researcher mobility One of the elements of the Lisbon objective is to increase the mobility of researchers. The targeted support of short-term research work abroad and the interlinking of research and mobility strategies should be promoted in order to gain experience, to make and maintain contacts, and to have the opportunity to use other research facilities.

EU-FrameWork Programme In the 6th EU Framework Programme from 2002– 2006, Vienna University of Technology coordinated a total of 18 EU projects and was involved as a partner in 113 projects. The financial contribution by the EU was EUR 28.9 million. This success was continued in the 7th Framework Programme. Up to the end of 2009, Vienna University of Technology obtained approval for 75 research projects, either directly or via the coordinator. The total project volume was EUR 32.04 million, with a financial contribution by the EU of EUR 26.3 million. With 36 projects and a financial contribution by the EU of EUR 11.56 million, information and communication technologies (ICT) form a major proportion, which is followed by the research topics ENERGY and EURATOM with six projects, Nano-Materials Production NMP with eight and PEOPLE and TRANSPORT with four IDEA/ERC with three and SPACE and RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT with two projects.

In addition there were 48 EU research projects outside of the Framework Programme with a project volume of EUR 9.63 million and an EU financial contribution of EUR 6.44 million. With this, Vienna University of technology is by far the most successful Austrian organisation in the 7th Framework Programme.

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Provision of a modern technical and equipment infrastructure

Investments for peak performance A technical and equipment infrastructure that can cater for present demands is a prerequisite for excellent performance in research and teaching.

On the one hand this provides opportunities for further development, and on the other hand it provides the necessary attractiveness of the research and teaching environment in order to win and retain highly qualified scientists for the University.

From the point of view of top-level research support, Vienna University of Technology considers the following projects to be especially important:

Setup of a high performance computer cluster The investments in a high performance computer cluster at Vienna University of Technology which have been made and are planned for the future in collaboration with the University of Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Liefe Science Vienna, represent an important step towards the realisation of the necessary computer capacity for those working groups whose primary areas of work is embedded in the reseach priority „Computational Science and Engineering“.

Materials Characterisation Center Vienna University of Technology intends to set up a Material Characterisation Center (MCC) as a interfaculty central facility consisting of the sub-centres Electron Microscopy, Cryogenic Characterisation,

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X-ray Analysis (in collaboration with Vienna University) and Surface Analysis. The objective is an optimum scientific and economical use of cutting-edge equipment at a concentrated location with appropriately specialised personnel.

Robust Embedded Systems A particular strength of Vienna University of Technology is the possibility to concentrate and integrate forces in an inter-faculty approach, without which the challenges of virtualisation and integration of ICT systems cannot be achieved. Robust Embedded Systems (RES) are the first specific inter-faculty field of research in the new key area of „Information and Communication Technology“, for which the outstanding existing international position of research at Vienna University of Technology provides an excellent starting point. Significant progress in this field will be achieved by an interdisciplinary approach, which combines Informatics, Electrical Engineering and Physics. The specific goal is the establishment of a competence centre with a high performance infrastructure to further and support research and teaching in the field of RES, with the medium-term goal of making Vienna University of Technology into an high-profile, international centre in this field.

Designed Matter and Quantum Technologies „Designed Matter and Quantum Technologies“ links Materials Science with Quantum Physics. The infrastructure concentrated under this subject will link scientists from Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical Chemistry and Physics and will create a relationship between the key research areas of „Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies“ and „Materials and Matter“. The

infrastructure measures will reinforce and extend the infrastructure available to materials scientists at Vienna University of Technology and will enable a strengthening of Vienna University of Technology in the international cutting-edge fields of nanotechnology, photonics, spintronics, neutron optics, sensor technology and nano-catalysis.

Infrastructure support programmes In order to continue to perform high quality research and to maintain the positive trend towards externally financed research funding, in addition to the corresponding research efforts and supportive measures in the field of technology transfer, increased investment has been made in the modernisation of the research infrastructure, which was in parts highly obsolete. In the infrastructure programme LI:ON (Laboratory Infrastructure: Old-New) alone, large-scale equipment to the value of EUR 6.5 million was replaced between 2007–2008. The second stage of the programme has started in 2009 and the programme will be continued.

Via the funding competitve method „Innovative Projects“ a total of EUR 6.4 million was invested in equipment between 2004 and 2009. A further EUR 1.6 million are planned for 2010. Further planned funding methods are Start-UP, a one-off flat rate sum for personnel and equipment as start-up financing, and Top-UP - a further one-off sum for peak financing.

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Profiling of courses

Competitive course portfolio In the tertiary sector of the Austrian education environment, Vienna University of Technology is priding itself on demanding, high quality courses according to international standards.

These serve for scientific vocational training for wide fields of activity and the furthering of exceptional talents. These course profiles differ greatly from those of education colleges.

Research-driven teaching Vienna University of Technology considers the close connection of content and people between research and teaching to be a unique characteristic of its university teaching. It ensures the scientific character of vocational training and promotes creativity. Even in the Bachelor courses, inspirational and motivating contact with active researchers will be maintained.

Further development of courses In order to build up an attractive, demand-orientated portfolio of courses, Vienna University of Technology is evaluating the existing provision of Bachelor and Master courses with regard to demand, funding required, and available resources, as well as available competences, and will adapt the results accordingly.

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The employability of graduates from Bachelor courses will be assessed on the basis of previous experience and potential employers, vocational representatives and interest groups will be informed of the qualification and competence profiles. If necessary, curricula will be adapted.

In collaboration with the Rectorate and the Senate, outline curricula will be produced, which give the Bachelor and Masters courses a largely consisten structure. The courses will be structured according to subjects (modules) with prerequisites and education objectives, in order to create international comparability and facilitate the life- long acquisition of knowledge in the sense of the Bologna process.

Provision of additional qualifications In addition to a high level of specialist qualification, university vocational training must also provide sufficient vocationally relevant additional qualifications („Soft Skills“) for successful integration into the real working world. The provision of teaching in the categories Verbal Competence, Social Competence, Media Competence, Business Science Competence and Gender Awareness will be further extended.

Bologna-Prozess Parallel to the Lisbon/Barcelona Process, which aims to make Europe into the most competitive knowledge-based region, by means of the Bologna Process, which was initiated in 1999, a European Further Education Region (EHR) is to be created. The declared objectives are: • A system of understandable and comparable qualifications(„Diploma Supplement“) • A three-tier study system (Bachelor, Master, PhD) • A credit points system (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System – ECTS) to facilitate the recognition of performances • Removal of restrictions to mobility • Collaboration for quality assurance • Promotion of the European dimension of University education • Embedding in the concept of life-long learning

Competitors During the academic year 2007/2008, the College Education sector, whose courses are characterised by entry controls (acceptance procedures) and control of admissions, recorded 240 courses with 22,916 students and 2009/2010 315 courses with 33, 011 places at FH degree programms. 146 of these courses were in the field of technology and engineering science and six in the field of natural science.

Up to now, there have been 12 accredited private universities in Austria; however, none of these have a technical or natural science orientation.

Competition between universities is largely determined by their location. For example, in contrast to Anglo-Saxon areas, Austrian students tend to select their university according to geographical rather than specialist criteria.

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Lifelong studies

Learning to learn The ability for lifelong learning is best supported by a broad-based and well-founded basic education.

Only the deeper understanding of the fundamental scientific principles of a subject provides the necessary flexibility for the acquisition of new methods and knowledge.

Accordingly, the lifelong acquisition of knowledge is best supported by a broad-based, scientifically rooted basic education which is orientated to the acquisition of long-lasting knowledge and by the ability for self-organised work, which is provided by the courses at the University.

It is important to Vienna University of Technology that its basic courses are structured in a suitable manner to provide these skills and to prepare students for the process of lifelong learning.

If there is sufficient demand, the establishment of sideline Masters programmes as an additional offer will be considered.

For further information about the courses offered by the Continuing Education Center, please see: http://cec.tuwien.ac.at/

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Continuing education portfolio With directed further training programmes, Vienna University of Technology promotes the professional development of its graduates. In addition, with its continuing education offers, Vienna University of Technology offers a wide range of opportunities for graduates to supplement their knowledge with knowledge from other fields, e.g. from the areas of Management and Business Studies.

Vienna University of Technology is committed to the demand-orientated structuring of the continuing education portfolio, according to the principles of the ´European Universities‘ Charter on Lifelong Learning. The staring phase for the establishment of the Continuing Education Center of Vienna University of Technology is now complete. Now, offers will be consolidated. Here, joint ventures with Austrian and foreign universities and practice-related institutions are in the foreground. The recruitment of course participants on an international level should be increased. In this manner, it will be attempted to offer existing courses together with foreign universities. The first step in this direction will be the holding of joint summer schools with two American universities on the subject of „Renewable Energy“.

continuing education Center The offers for continuing education by Vienna University of Technology are organised and implemented by the Continuing Education Centre (CEC). The CEC portfolio is structured into three categories: the Engineering School, the Business School and the TU College. In the 2007–2009 performance agreements it was negotiated with the Federal Ministry, that the provision of continuing education at Vienna University of Technology should be successively extended from 6 multiple-semester courses in 2005 to 12 courses in 2009. This target was already achieved by the winter semester 2008/09, two further courses are in the process of application and should commence in the coming semesters. To round off its portfolio, the Continuing Education Center offers courses on special topics.

At the end of 2007, a collaboration agreement was concluded with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce for the establishment of the TU-WIFI-College. The TU-WIFI-College is an education collaboration between Vienna University of Technology, the WIFI of the WKO [Austrian Chamber of Commerce] and the Vienna WIFI. This collaboration will concentrate the know-how and competence of the leading training institutions and enable the provision of practical training at university level. The University courses of the TU-WIFI-College will be held at the WIFI locations under the scientific leadership of Vienna University of Technology.

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Improvement of study conditions

Creation of attractive offers

Vienna University of Technology wishes to provide students who have decided on a course at TU Vienna, and who have successfully completed the introductory and orientation phase, the opportunity to complete their course with reasonable effort in the allocated time-frame. The appropriate structuring of the curricula and organisation of studies will ensure this.

Helpful advice for students Potential students will be supported in the selection of their course through comprehensive advice and the development and use of self-assessment tests.

Vienna University of Technology also endeavours to extend collaboration with schools and the furthering of highlytalented pupils.

Meaningful orientation The induction phase of study should enable students to make a reliable assessment of their selected course.

This will provide a transition from school to university methods of learning and will also create awareness for the necessary ability and willingness to perform. Previous experience in the structuring and effect of study induction phases will be taken into account when structuring and improving induction phases.

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Building bridges In order to take up a Bachelor course at Vienna University of Technology, a student must already have a well-founded knowledge of mathematical and scientific subjects, as Vienna University of Technology builds it courses on the standardised Matura level. For new students who are lacking in this area, in future an increasing number of Blended Learning Courses will be set up in order to refresh necessary school learning.

Student consultations The broad spectrum of methods for the communication of knowledge at university and the use of new forms of teaching and learning make special demands on teachers. In order for measures to be anchored in the quality management system to ensure teaching quality, Vienna University of Technology will provide an adequate amount of didactic support for its teachers, based significantly on advice from colleagues.

SHORTAGE OF TECHNICIANS A study by the „Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft“ shows that in spite of the growth in the number of graduates in general, there are shortages in certain branches of engineering.

The graph shows the special subjects in which recruiting problems are most frequent.

Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Materials Technology Metallurgy Process Technology (Technical) Chemistry Business Engineering Electronics Wood Technology, Paper Communications Technology Informatics (Technical) Physics Telematics Food and Biotechnology Materials Science Number of citations

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Efficient Basic course structuring

Added value through flexible structures Vienna University of Technology aims for an appropriately structured, flexible provision of teaching and the supportive use of new media, as the close personal links between research and teaching require a carefully planned teaching structure that is geared to current teaching requirements.

Modular course structures Individual course modules will be described together with their entry conditions, content, normal duration and competenc that will be acquired. This definition of course units in the curriculum enables greater freedom in the structuring of content and, therefore, makes courses more flexible. In addition, the structuring of the curriculum into subjects is an important step towards Bologna-compliant courses, as these structures facilitate performance recognition. In general, students still have the responsibility of structuring their own studies. Only if it is essential for a meaningful course of studies will further subjects be available after completion of the basic subjects.

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Blended Learning Electronic media cannot replace the valuable interaction between teachers and students. However, they can provide effective support to increase the efficiency and flexibility of teaching. Vienna University of Technology, therefore, wishes to use these in a meaningful manner, which is orientated to their actual added value. This should be promoted by the provision of technical aids and advice to teachers.

Course optimisation Efficiently structuring courses is essential in order to offer students the opportunity to complete their studies within the allocated time-frame.

On the one hand, the teaching sessions to be attended according to the proposed structuring of the semester and the necessary assessment of performance should be scheduled to avoid organisational delays to studies.

On the other hand, the assignment of ECTS credits to subjects and teaching sessions must be made according to criteria that are as objective as possible. The observation and if necessary the required steering of the particular work effort should be made in collaboration with the Studies Commissions and the Deans of Studies.

E-LEARNING AT VIENNA UNIVERCITY OF TECHNOLOGY In the context of the DELTA-3 project, which was co-financed by the Federal Ministry in collaboration with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and the Academy of Fine Arts, in the past years an e-Learning system at Vienna University of Technology. As one of the core items of this project at Vienna University of Technology, a joint e-Learning platform was introduced under the label TUWeL (TU Wien e-Learning). The project came to an end on 30 September 2007; however, teaching with e-Learning support continues to be developed.

The organisation of e-Learning activities was concentrated with the setup of the Teaching Support Center on August 1st 2004. The support services provided by the e-Learning Center includes advice and coaching, seminars and workshops for teachers as well as centrally administered tools. In addition, there are relevant discussion events and an annual e-Learning day, in the course of which an e-Learning award is presented.

All these measures result in the increasing acceptance of this method of teaching and learning support at Vienna University of Technology and the increasing use of this method in the course of teaching. At the start of the project in the summer semester 2006 45 courses were offered in TUWeL, in which 1,800 students participated. In the winter semester 2009/2010 this had increased to 354 courses with 14.572 students.

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Encouraging junior staff and mobilit y

Nurture young talent Special talents should be identified as early as possible and encouraged to the greatest possible extent.

Even during their studies, students should be integrated into research groups or be given the opportunity to collaborate in projects. The aim is to involve students through an employment contract. This can, for example, be put into place by making the student a tutor. The integration of tutors into the research activities increases the attractiveness of tutorial posts and ensures good student support, especially during the induction phase.

In all cases, care will be taken that the proportion of women in the particular group at least corresponds to the proportion of female students in the relevant basic course.

Doctoral college To support the creation of excellent junior scientists, according to the funds available, further structured doctoral colleges will be set up for a three-year duration. These will be allocated on a competitive basis and consist of between 5 and 10 supervisors and 7 and 10 students. Of course, equivalent individual support should also continue to be available.

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Personal development through mobility Over the past 10 years, Vienna University of Technology has provided a great amount of support to the mobility of students and has been able to greatly increase this. The goal is a further increase by linking mobility to research interests as early as during Masters courses.

Vienna University of Technology will continue to increase its efforts to create double and joint degree programmes, in order to facilitate the international careers of its graduates. In addition, the furthering of participation by students in summer schools and Junior Scientist conferences, as well as increased participation in the ATHENS programme, is planned.

Internationalit y and mobilit y Almost 23.9% of the active students at Vienna University of Technology in the winter semester 2009 were foreign nationals.

With this, Vienna University of Technology is considerably ahead of the impressive Austrian average of 12.4% in the OECD comparison. The nations most strongly represented are Turkey (19.3%), Germany (15.5%), Bosnia/Herzegovina (6.5 %), Italy (4.9) %, of which 85 % come from South Tirol), Iran (4.7%), Bulgaria (5.1 %) and Serbia/Montenegro (4.7 %).

International mobility was increased in the past years: in 1998, 12% of graduates participated in a longer stay abroad in the course of their studies. For 2007/2008 graduates this figure was 20%. In the academic year 2007/2008, „Outgoings“ amounted to 478, while „Incomings“ amounted to 812.

Vienna University of Technology participates in many joint and double degree programmes: there are partnerships with 64 universities and participation in three double degree programmes.

Funding is provided from the University budget for the implementation of shortterm scientific work abroad.

Students at Vienna University of Technology The structure of new students at Vienna University of Technology for the academic year 2008/2009 was as follows: • Qualification for study: Qualifying examination at a General College: 31.8%, at a Technical College: 28.6%, at other vocational college 6.9%. 29.7% of students obtained their qualification for study via a foreign university admission qualification. The remainder were admissions with other university admission qualifications, e.g. university qualifying examinations or vocational qualifying examinations.

• Proportion of women: 28.9 % • Nationality: 68% Austrian, 20.5% from other EU countries and 11.5% from other countries • Most students came from Vienna (50.8%), Lower Austria (26.5%) and Upper Austria (8.4%) — the lowest percentage came from Tirol (1.4%) In total, in this academic year, 5453 students began a course of study at Vienna University of Technology and 2336 students graduated.

In the winter semester 08/09 a total of 23,452 students were enrolled.

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Organisational development

Framework conditions for excellent research and teaching In order for staff to be effectively involved in the implementation of the goals of Vienna University of Technology, the appropriate general conditions for their individual contributions must be created.

Existing structures and procedures will require optimisation or supplementation, to some extent.

In addition, as well as the creation of general structural conditions, the embedding of governing values and principles in the organisational culture is an important prerequisite for the achievement of the global targets. These measures are supported by appropriate incentive systems and the qualification of staff in the context of sustainable development of personnel.

The goal of further development of a modern organisational culture, which is appropriate for a

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leading education provider, is also assigned to the corresponding coexistence between research, teaching and the provision of services. It is the declared objective of Vienna University of Technology to further increase customer-orientation in service units for the fulfilment of legal obligations and the support of research and teaching. By improving mutual understanding, efficiency will increase further and the organisational culture will also develop in a positive direction.

Vienna University of Technology aims for the institutionalisation of organisational development in order to further develop and optimise the University from within. An organisational anchoring is essential for the implementation of professional measures.

A central topic of this field of activity will be the further optimisation of the setup and procedural organisation.

Communication Vienna University of Technology supports and increases activities for inter-faculty information exchange. At present, concepts for inter-faculty linkages in the context of the current IT project TISS are being examined, such as a staff forum or a collection of topic-related information and qualified contacts for recurring problems.

The subjective impression of a lack of information is confirmed by many University members. Therefore, the „top-down“ and „bottom-up“ flow of information must be made more efficient. Instead of the formerly regular committees, other, more effective opportunities must be created in the search for a better solution to pending problems.

Research support Efficient research support can only be achieved via appropriately structured support facilities. In the first phase, the establishment of a back-office for the Technology Transfer departments and the EU Research Management Unit is planned, which in particular will combine the support of information

before and during applications (Call Scouts, project costing) as well as during the current project (project controlling) and project accounting (Financial Officer) and a Help Desk.

Quality of working life Vienna University of Technology employs an extremely wide range of staff and as a knowledgebased organisation must meet the very highest demands. As the culture of a successful organisation is demonstrably an important factor in achieving targets, the creation of a high quality of life in the working environment is an essential prerequisite. Not only the ergonomic and material conditions, but also above all mutual understanding and organisational coexistence are essential. This includes a broad spectrum of objectives, which range from the compatibility of employment, study and family as well as the creation of awareness for gender-specific topics and protection against discrimination and bullying, up to process optimisation.

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Personnel management

Promotion and personal responsibility As a result of the autonomy and experiences of the past years, modern personnel management has become a particularly explosive issue.

In order to meet the challenges of modern personnel management, a personnel management must be created, whose form and content embrace the key issue of high quality personal development. Professionalism and clear responsibility for the deployment of resources must also be given a place here. Vienna University of Technology has produced a comprehensive concept for personal development and will implement this in the next step.

Vienna University of Technology as an attractive employer In order to make Vienna University of Technology an attractive employer on the employment market, and to gain the very best staff, prospects must be created for various target groups.

Among other things, adequate provisions for personal development should ensure the attractiveness of Vienna University of Technology as an employer, especially for staff who do not have guaranteed permanent employment.

In order to offer attractive perspectives to junior staff, Vienna University of Technology is developing innovative employment opportunities for scientific and non-scientific staff.

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Promotion of staff Increase of knowledge, new working methods and tools, continuous changes to legal requirements and increased demands on social and communication skills associated with career development require appropriate training provision and further training measures to cater for the requirements of allcategories of staff. In the personal development concept produced

by Vienna University of Technology in 2008/2009, opportunities from the fields of training and continuing education, promotion and team development were proposed in the sense of comprehensive personal development. These are now to be successively developed in accordance with available funds.

Initiative and own responsibility A special challenge for Vienna University of Technology will be to ensure that the organisational autonomy will be internalised by its staff. In particular, this will be achieved by the widespread implementation of internal target agreements. Performance-orientated incentives should be created within the context of what is legally possible. Staff enthusiasm for the establishment of an organisational culture and conduct appropriate to our autonomy should be promoted and stimulated by the targeted quality management measures and the introduction of an internal suggestion system.

STAFF AT VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY The staff statistics for Vienna University of Technology shows the following number of people and employees: Full-time equivalent

Referenz date: 31.December.09

Women

Total scientific and artistic staff

Men

Total

385

1,679

2,064

10

130

140

375

1,549

1,924

16

213

229

182

767

949

Total general staff

420

452

872

Total

805

2,131

2,936

Professors

Assistants and other scientific and artistic personnel

of which associate professors

including staff of R&D projects with external funding

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Public Relations

Publication of excellent results The benefits of University research should be presented to an interested public through encouraged media activities.

Only 37.8% (EU 15: 45.3%) of Austrians are interested in science and technology. Esteem for „Engineers“ is only half of that (16.5%) of the EU average (29.8%).

Even now, Vienna University of Technology participates in many activities or organises these itself in order to contribute to a better image of science and technology (see „Technology in the public view“). In future, these activities should be played out more efficiently in compliance with the strategy. For this, it is necessary that the deployment of scientists in this field is given more internal esteem.

Outward presentation The objective is to remain a national trendsetter and internationally competitive by means of a professional, unified presentation. Only in this way can „one“ Technical University be perceived as „the“ Technical University. Ultimately, all involved benefit from a strong brand. The unified visual image (corporate design) of the University should be a visible expression of University culture (corporate culture) and provide its identity (corporate identity). Unity

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should be communicated by means of planned and coordinated communication work (corporate communication) and the internal and external image should be improved.

Contact with former graduates Activities for University graduates by the VFA (Association of Friends and Graduates) and Vienna University of Technology have been concentrated in a „TU Graduate Service Center”. The target is to increase the number of graduates who are members of the association from 1,400 in 2008 by an annual average of 1,000. For this, the range of services will be made more attractive and acquisition activities will be increased.

TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE In order to promote the interest of pupils in science and technology and to encourage more young people, in particular young women, to take up a technical or scientific course of study, Vienna University of Technology participates in a wide range of vocational information events and projects for the active involvement of young people in research and development. Examples of these are: Sparkling Science: in this project, pupils help researchers with their scientific work and with learn to present the results of their research.

Daughters‘ Day: since 2005, Vienna University of Technology has participated in Vienna „Daughters‘ Day“. The University provides programmes and workshops in order to give girls between the ages of 11 and 16 an impression of professions, which are untypical for women.

ChildrenUniTechnology: in 2007, Vienna University of Technology took part in the ChildrenUniTechnology of the Children‘s University project. The third round of the ChildrenUniTechnology event started in July 2009.

TU Hands-on Laboratory: at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, children and young people of all ages are given an opportunity to discover their chemical environment.

FIT „Women in Technology“: in close collaboration with Vienna University of Technology, female pupils from General and Vocational colleges are invited to gain a realistic and comprehensive impression of how exciting, varied and challenging a technical education can be.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC EYE In order to bring the general public into contact with the work of the universities and the latest research results, scientists from Vienna University of Technology present their results in the context of events and series of lectures.

The project University Meets Public is a collaboration between the Association of Viennese Adult education Centres and the University of Vienna. Scientists present easily understandable lectures about their specialist fields to the so called „People High School“. Vienna University of Technology also provides varied contributions to these lecture series in the course of each semester.

In the TU Forum polarising topics with a technolocical background are taken up and explained in the context of lectures and discussions.

On six exhibition stands at the Vienna Research Festival in 2008, Vienna University of Technology also presented the latest scientific knowledge and inventions to a highly interested audience - from a 3D finger for the aid of blind or visually impaired children at school, to robot football.

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Budget structure and IT infrastructure

Transparency and optimal use of resources Autonomous organisations must make efforts to optimally achieve their targets. Therefore, in order to achieve better control it is also essential for Vienna University of Technology to apply and practice a transparent management control process that includes the setting of targets, planning and individual budgets including analyses of target and actual values.

Starting from performance agreements, targets will be formulated with the responsible persons in the faculties and service units and coordinated, agreed and set out in the form of budgets. Appropriate, transparent monitoring (and correction where necessary) is an essential element of this controlling process, which enables and supports the optimal implementation of projects.

By means of Gender Budgeting, the effect of all budget items on gender parity will be taken into account. Special attention will be paid to the evaluation of programmes and measures in the scientific field.

Competitive fund allocation The directed deployment of scarce resources will need to be further optimised. Creative methods of inter-faculty or inter-university collaboration will become increasingly important. The allocation of funds on the basis of input values will in future be reduced in favour of allocation on the basis of output values or competitive procedures

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(innovative projects, collaboration centres, etc).

In this context, the management Control Process, which has already been mentioned, will be especially useful.

Optimisation of financing structures Due to its many tasks, financing of Vienna University of Technology is accordingly complex. In the context of legal requirements or contractual agreements with research partners, Vienna University of Technology will increasingly optimise finance flow or the corresponding organisation with regard to procedure and taxation. This includes making use of liquid reserves, shares in the founding of companies and a fundraising concept.

High performance infrastructure An essential prerequisite for excellent research and teaching is a modern, high performance University IT infrastructure. However, this should also support the processes necessary for University administration with as little influence as possible on core activities of research and teaching, whereby user-friendliness must have a high priority. At Vienna University of Technology, the further development of the IT infrastructure and the associated systems is performed in a foresighted manner in pursuance of a long-term strategy, insofar as this is possible in this highly dynamic field.

PROJECT „TISS“

Project „TUphone“

At the end of 2007, the Rectorate decided to implement the TISS project (Vienna University of Technology Information Systems and Services) and in January 2008, the first phase of the internal development project began in order to provide Vienna University of Technology with a modern, integrated total information and communication system for the administration of teaching, research and operational resources.

The first step was taken with the implementation of the new address book in autumn 2008.

The three-phase project should be completed and fully operational in 2010.

In addition to a series of functional deficits, the present telephone system of Vienna University of Technology also results in disproportionate costs for the expansion of the system to new locations and the obtaining of replacement components. After the legal situation with regard to the procurement of a new system had been clarified with the Federal Property Company in 2008, work was started in 2009. The investment volume is approx. EUR 5 million.

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Restructuring of the spatial and building environment of Vienna Universit y of Technology

UniverCity 2015 The fundamental decision by Vienna University of Technology to retain its chief locations within the city is increasingly moving into the implementation phase.

During the coming years, the concentration of individual faculties and service units at their future locations will be a main feature of the UniverCity 2015 project. For this, a large number of refurbishment measures and new buildings are required.

Space for research centres An extension will be constructed on the premises of the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, in which a physics cluster (consisting of the ÖAW HEPHY institutes, the sub-centre of the Material Characterisation Center USTEM) and expansion areas for the Faculty of Physics will be accommodated.

For the refurbishment of the clean-room laboratories of the Center for Micro and Nanostructures, which are coming to the end of their technical service life, a partially new building is necessary in the Gußhausstraße.

Space gain through synergy The synergy effects intended by the restructuring of the organisation of Vienna University of Technology can only be fully utilised after the spatial combination of the newly founded organisational units. This also results in optimisation potential for space capacity. Vienna University of Technology has developed a key figure model for the space requirements for offices and their necessary ancillary areas, which should compensate for the growing differences in furnishings.

The administration of rooms for staff of externally

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funded research projects and the auditoria and seminar rooms should be integrated into the TISS system, which is currently being developed.

In collaboration with TU institutes, a simulation tool has been developed, with the aid of which the utilisation of all lecture theatres and seminar rooms can be recorded and optimisation proposals for occupation and utilisation worked out.

Space for learning For the large number of students, mainly in Informatics and Architecture subjects, there is insufficient space for the support of students in teaching sessions. Rental of space to compensate for this problem will continue to be necessary until the conclusion of the UniverCity 2015 project, which will release additional space due to synergy effects. In addition, in the context of the project, further learning areas for students (workstations, art rooms, etc) will be made available.

Barrier-free University Vienna University of Technology aims to provide access to its rooms and facilities, which is as „barrierfree“ as possible. In particular in the course of the UniverCity 2015 project, the planning of all building and refurbishment measures is being carried out with advice from the TU institute, „Integrated Study“, and specific experts.

UNIVERCITY 2015: OBJECTIVES AND QUALITIES In a survey carried out in summer 2006, 80% of university members were in favour of the University remaining and expanding at its present city centre location.

On the basis of this decision the project „TU UniverCity 2015“ was developed. The objective of the project is the creation of an inner city university campus which caters for the needs of a 21st century university through the refurbishment and further development of the existing buildings to provide flexible space structures, efficient management of space, modern building technology and building management.

The functional concentration and utilisation of synergy effects form the core of the UniverCity 2015 concept.

Because of this, one of the primary goals is the grouping of faculties at a maximum of two locations and the concentration of laboratories, which cannot be feasibly located in the inner city (due to size, emissions, etc.), at a „Science Center“ site.

Science Center The Science Center is a central component of the UniverCity 2015 concept for the accommodation of large scale and specialist laboratories. An essential criterion in the search for a suitable site was the vicinity to the Karlsplatz site. An area requirement of approx. 30,000 m² was established, which in addition to the laboratories should also cover expansion requirements and provide possible areas for spin-offs.

To determine the best possible site, four premises were subjected to a comprehensive analysis. In July 2007, it was decided to pursue the option of the Arsenal site. This decision is based on the fact that: • this is the only available site which enables a „campus solution“ • the campus solution is especially important for the internal flexibility of the site, • the site quality was assessed as high and at the latest since the construction of the U2 underground extension it is superior to all other sites, • the necessary relocations from the main building and from the Getreidemarkt due to refurbishing measures could to some extent be made to the final location.

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Qualit y management and securing of performance

Living quality culture Vienna University of Technology quality management should exceed the obligations imposed by the Universities Act. On the one hand this should lead to a practiced quality culture, and on the other hand it should serve as a central controlling concept for the management of Vienna University of Technology, in order to ensure the quality of the services by the University and to increase this in the future.

Defining quality Quality is an abstract term, which everyone interprets in his or her own way. It is, therefore, necessary for any organisation which aims for a common quality culture to define its own meaning of quality. Due to the wide variety of services provided by Vienna University of Technology, various qualities must be defined. The categorisation of qualities not only relates to research or the arts, or to teaching and the field of service provision, but rather structures each of these areas into various dimensions which each require their own point of view. Vienna University of Technology defines its understanding of quality in its Quality Policy, which is oriented to international standards for Higher Education Quality Management.

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Quality assurance Vienna University of Technology quality management system will include a quality feedback loop, whereby the Quality Policy represents the target value, against which the realised performance can be compared and interventional control can be exercised where necessary. It is important for management that the implementation of a quality management system does not result in more administrative work for the scientific staff, but rather supports the core activities of Vienna University of Technology.

In order to gain wide acceptance by all staff, they will be involved in the implementation of the system as early as possible.

Quality management handbook The Quality Management Handbook, which was produced in 2009 according to the Quality Policy, will in future form the central reference point for quality-conscious action by all Vienna University of Technology staff. The QM handbook should provide staff with a unified understanding of quality and specific instructions for sustainable, quality-conscious action. In the sense of a heuristic system, it should be adapted over the course of time in order to appropriately cater for new knowledge.

EVALUATION OF RESEARCH At present Vienna University of Technology has an ongoing (annual) internal evaluation of research performance. For this evaluation, data for the formation of indicators of the following criteria is recorded and assessed: • Scientific publications (including architecture exhibitions and competitions) and patents • Scientific conference activities • Dissertations, habilitation, scientific awards • Use of external funds for research • Research collaborations • International research activities • Business collaborations The results of the evaluation of research are included in the budgeting process (performance parameters) or the assessment of „Innovative Projects“.

EVALUATION OF TECHING SESSIONS A central instrument for the quality assurance of teaching sessions is the electronic assessment of teaching sessions by students, which has been carried out since 1999. The assessment of teaching sessions by students provides an opportunity of obtaining a qualitative assessment and improvement of teaching. At Vienna University of Technology, the results of this assessment are increasingly being used for decisions on teaching autorization.

However, in general the assessment of teaching sessions shows a generally high level of satisfaction with teaching at the University.

The overall average grade that students gave for their teaching sessions was 1.77. Only four teaching sessions were given a negative grade by the students.

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