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November 29, 2024

Research at FH Salzburg: Retail in transition

New technologies as enablers for the future of stationary retail - this is the focus of the FH Salzburg research project Retailisation 4.0, which bundles knowledge from the specialist areas of the Departments of Business and Tourism and Information Technologies and Digitalisation in order to…

November 28, 2024

Salzburg creative students shine across Europe at the ADC*E Festival 2024

At this year's ADC*E Festival 2024 in Barcelona, students and recent graduates of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences were able to attract impressive attention. The talents from the Creative Technologies department achieved three silver and two bronze placings in the newly introduced ADCE…

November 26, 2024

Austrian Robotics Workshop 2025: Call for Papers

We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for the Austrian Robotics Workshop 2025! This event brings together leading researchers, professionals, and practitioners in robotics to discuss recent developments, challenges, and innovations in the field and its applications.

November 26, 2024

High quality confirmed: Successful auditing of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

At the end of September, following an extensive evaluation process, the international quality assurance agency evalag confirmed the high quality and continuous further development of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in the areas of teaching, research and administration. This sends a…

November 20, 2024

Mareike Färber wins screenplay development prize

The City of Salzburg's Screenplay Development Award 2024 goes to UAS employee Mareike Färber for her impressive exposé ‘Bad Bunny’. Out of 11 submissions, her work particularly impressed the jury.

November 20, 2024

Edition #20: Anniversary of the Contacta career platform

On 14 November 2024, the Contacta careers fair took place at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences - for the 20th time. The Urstein campus was once again the meeting place for 60 companies from various sectors and hundreds of students.

November 20, 2024

‘A Life Abroad": The new podcast about international experiences

In the new podcast ‘A Life Abroad’, guests share their personal stories about studying, working and living abroad.

November 18, 2024

Focus on resilience: “Change.Climate.Resilience” symposium 2024

For the fourth time, the “Change.Climate.Resilience” symposium brought together first-semester Bachelor's students and incoming students. The two-day symposium offers students a platform for exchange and aims to stimulate interdisciplinary discourse at the university. The central theme this year was…

November 18, 2024

Gaming innovation made in Salzburg

Austria's gaming industry is booming, a recently published study confirms. The highly trained game developers and start-ups from Salzburg University of Applied Sciences are also part of the upswing. On 20 November, the ‘Homecoming Startups’ event invites you to immerse yourself in the world of…

November 15, 2024

Residual material or resource? How waste becomes valuable raw materials

The exhibition ‘Circular Materials - raw material or waste material?’ at the Architekturhaus Salzburg focuses on the great potential of natural resources. Specific examples show how the ‘material cycle’ can be closed and sustainable production made possible. The exhibition by the Department of…

November 08, 2024

Careers fair Contacta Edition#20: Career hub for Salzburg's students

On 14 November 2024 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.), the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences invites students to the ‘Contacta’ careers fair at the Urstein Campus. 60 companies from various sectors will be presenting themselves as attractive employers in order to attract talent to their company - for the…

November 07, 2024

Graduations: 15,000 successful graduates

350 Bachelor's and 112 Master's students successfully completed their studies in summer and autumn respectively. FH Salzburg also celebrated its 15,000th graduate at the graduation ceremonies at the beginning of November.

October 30, 2024

Mentoring programme for female students at FH Salzburg starts 2nd cycle

FH Salzburg is committed to equal opportunities and equal participation in all dimensions of diversity, including the empowerment of women. The Female Mentoring Programme for female students, which was launched in 2023, started again in October 2024. It aims to promote female careers and prepare…

October 28, 2024

Presentation of the Citizen Science Awards 2024

The "Humane PapilloWAS?" project took part in this year's Citizen Science Award: the awards for the best research contributions in the project were presented to 3 school classes from all over Austria at the Young Science Congress on 24 October in Vienna.

October 21, 2024

A look back: Symposium Ethics & Sustainability 2024

At the end of October, the interdisciplinary Ethics & Sustainability symposium was held exclusively for Master's students at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences at the Urstein campus.

October 18, 2024

Welcome event for international exchange students

All incoming students who are spending their semesters in Salzburg this year were invited by the Salzburg University Conference (SHK) to start the semester with a joint international kick-off.

October 17, 2024

How tree bark extracts support the healing of diseases: New episode of the podcast "Health Talk"

Since June 2024, the podcast "Health Talk" has been featuring current health topics from research and society in conversations with researchers and students from the Department of Health Sciences, as well as other experts and affected individuals. A new episode is now online.

September 23, 2024

Markus Lassnig takes over as head of the Business Management Master's program

Markus Lassnig took over as head of the Master's degree program in Business Management from Department Head Martina Sageder in September 2024. In his new role, he starts with many ideas and plans for the degree program and now combines teaching and research even more closely.

September 17, 2024

FH Salzburg expands photovoltaic systems for more sustainability

The Salzburg University of Applied Sciences is sending out another strong signal for an environmentally friendly future: by expanding the photovoltaic systems to around 200 kWp at the Kuchl and Urstein campuses, the university is demonstrating its commitment to renewable energies and reducing its…

September 16, 2024

Wood research: Habilitation of Eugenia Mariana Tudor

Eugenia Mariana Tudor from the Department of Design and Green Engineering (Wood Technology & Timber Construction/Economics) successfully defended her habilitation thesis on lignocellulosic materials at Transilvania University in Brasov, Romania, in April 2024. Eugenia Maria Tudor is a graduate of…