International Programmes in Sustainable Developments

Head: Sen.Sc. Priv.-Doz. Dr.phil. Katharina Gsöllpointner
Study Coordinator: DI (FH) Mitra Kazerani
The department for "International Programmes in Sustainable Developments" was founded in 2019 at the Angewandte as a new department for innovative, international master’s programmes. In close cooperation with European and non-European universities, inter- and transdisciplinary study programmes are developed and implemented. The international master’s degree programmes, which focus on cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary education, not only meet the current requirements for future-oriented university education on a content and structural level, but also help to explore and define what such a university education should look like, and apply these concepts in academic subjects which are both experimental and contemporary.
The new international master’s degree programmes are designed to equip students with the competencies, skills and abilities that will serve them in the future as an indispensable basis for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary engagement with the Grand Global Challenges. This includes above all artistic, creative, and aesthetic strategies for solution-oriented approaches to all areas of society, but also communication and reflection skills for working in inter- and transcultural, multidisciplinary teams as well as a balanced transfer of practical and theoretical, cross-disciplinary knowledge and know-how.
The development of social entrepreneurship is promoted through projects such as internships or volunteering activities, both locally and abroad.  Competences in dealing with disruptive technologies that future graduates of the master’s degrees will need to pursue their careers in the new digital working world, are equally promoted.
Another important focus is on the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030, in particular the goal of sustainable, high-quality education for all.  This is achieved through a cross-disciplinary interlinking of artistic research approaches with scientific disciplines.
Students are taught to identify complex issues and challenges in very diverse social fields and to develop and implement these within the context of work and collaboration, always taking diversity into account. A special focus of the degree programs is on innovative teaching formats that are designed to have a lasting impact on educational structures, and on the acquisition of intercultural and transcultural skills.
 
The program is taught in English. Upon entry, students from the Angewandte have to provide evidence of English language proficiency at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR.

For more information on the double degree program "Global Challenges and Sustainable Developments“ follow this link.
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Contact: DI (FH) Mitra Kazerani 
+43-1-71133-3531

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