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New Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics

The newly formed Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics has officially opened its doors at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). The institute’s goal is to coordinate researchers from all…

WU to launch English-taught Bachelor’s Program in Business and Economics

Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) continues to pursue its successful internationalization strategy and will be offering a Bachelor’s Program in Business and Economics taught entirely in…

Vienna Graduate School of Finance receives FWF doc.fund

The VGSF is an exemplary initiative at WU that was founded in 2005 with the financial support of the FWF Austrian Science Fund and provides graduates with the qualifications for an international…

Outstanding ranking results for WU

Two of WU’s master’s programs achieved sensational results in the new QS Business Masters Ranking. Coming in at place 44, WU also did very well in the annual European Business School Ranking issued by…

Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking: WU takes 13th place

In the annual ranking of the world’s best degree programs in management by the renowned business newspaper Financial Times, WU came in at 13th place this year, again securing a place among the group…

WU Professor Renate Meyer elected to FWF Supervisory Board

During the last Assembly of Delegates of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), WU Professor Renate Meyer was formally elected to the FWF Supervisory Board. WU and the FWF congratulate Professor Meyer on…

WU Professor Ingrid Kubin appointed WIFO vice president

WU is pleased to announce that WU Professor Ingrid Kubin, chair of the Department of Economics and head of the Institute for International Economics and Development, has been appointed vice president…

Erich Striessnig receives Fulbright-Award

Erich Striessnig, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, receives Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professorship at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado…

[Translate to English:] 30 Jahre Erasmus+

30 Years of Erasmus+

Erasmus+, the European Union’s mobility program for general and vocational education, celebrates its 30th birthday in 2017. Austrian universities, including WU, have been participating in the program…

2016 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

The research of Thomas Lindner has been chosen as the winner of the 2016 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the Management and Governance category.