Arbitration Commission

The Universities Act 2002 stipulates in Article 43, that an Arbitration Commission shall be established at every university. The Arbitration Commission of the University of Applied Arts Vienna was constituted on 6 October 2026 and is appointed for a term of office of two years.

The tasks of the commission include:

• Mediation in disputes between university members (members of the university are: students, scientific and artistic university staff, non-academic university staff, lecturers, associate professors, university professors emeritus and the retired university professors)
• Ruling on complaints by the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues with regard to discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion or conviction, age, or sexual orientation through the decision of a university governing body
• Deciding on objections against the incorrect composition by the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues within four weeks
• Deciding on objections against the inadequacy of the election proposal by the Working Group on Equal Treatment Issues within fourteen days

In the fulfilment of their tasks, the members of the Arbitration Commission are not bound by any instructions.
The Arbitration Commission consists of six members, none of whom may be members of the university concerned. The senate, the University Council and the Working Group on Equal Opportunities shall each nominate one male and one female member of the commission for a term of office of two years. Two of the members must have legal education.

Members: