Accessibility Coordination Office

 

Here you will find all the information you need on the diverse topic of accessibility, such as barrier-free studying, barrier-free teaching, barrier-free further education or barrier-free enjoyment of art.

 

Higher Education Didactics

 

The Department of University Didactics deals with the cross-sectional issue of teaching and learning culture and is located at the interface between the Vice-Rectorate for Academic Affairs, the institutes and other departments at the mdw, such as Quality Management and Human Resources Development/Centre for Further Education. It is dedicated to promoting the discourse on teaching and learning, offers exchange formats and support services for teaching staff and contributes to strategic teaching development.

 

Buddy Programm

The Buddy Programme is a special offer for first-semester students and is designed to help them get started with their studies while also making it easier for them to settle in Vienna, for example by helping them overcome everyday hurdles and providing orientation in leisure and cultural life.

 

Info-Point

The Info-Point, located in the Vice-Rectorate for Academic Affairs, is a low-threshold contact point that supports students, teachers and applicants as well as interested visitors in all matters relating to the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

 

Study Law and Programme Development

 

The organisational unit ‘Study Law and Student Development’ covers the following areas of responsibility:

•     Legal counselling on study law for all mdw members
•     Supporting mdw students with residence permits and entry visas
•     Supervision and comprehensive support of the study commissions in the development of study programmes
•     Legal and strategic support for the Rectorate in matters of study law and programme development

 

Keyboard Instrument Services

 

The main focus of the organisational unit ‘Keyboard Instruments Service’  is to ensure that the more than 400 pianos in the mdw's inventory are in optimal condition, thus providing the best possible support for excellent teaching and concert quality.

 

Christian Kern
+43 (1) 71155-7200
kern@mdw.ac.at
Room T 0103
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna

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Studies Center

 

The Study Centre provides applicants and students with information on all matters relating to their studies.

The most important tasks of this organisational unit are:

•     Supporting applicants with questions about the admission examinations
•     Organisation and partial cooperation in the processing of admission examinations
•     Admission to degree programmes and university courses or re-registration during the admission period
•     Registration for the central artistic subjects
•     Counselling students on the further course of their studies
•     Counselling on all questions relating to tuition fees
•     Acceptance of registration for Bachelor's, Master's and diploma examinations
•     Checking the requirements for taking an exam in front of a board
•     Supervision of all scholarships financed by the university

 

Petra Weissberg
+43 (1) 71155-6900
studiencenter@mdw.ac.at
Building Section B, ground floor
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna

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Orchestra Office and Instrument Management

 

This organisational unit is responsible for all orchestral courses in instrumental studies, for which the following orchestras are available:

•     Webern Symphony Orchestra
•     Webern Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
•     Pro Arte Orchestra

The instrument administration department, which is also located here, provides students with access to (special) instruments on loan.

 

Young Artists´Development - Career Center

 

The Career Centre's work focuses on providing support and career advice to higher-semester students and offering various initiatives to help young graduates gain a foothold in the artistic world (such as the "mdw Artists" or project scholarships).

 

Young Artists´Development - talent lab

 

The mdw talent lab is dedicated to the individual promotion of highly gifted young musicians in the pre-study programme, with a focus on developing the potential of young musical personalities.