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Congratulations to Baerbel Mueller and Daniil Zhiltsov of [Applied] Foreign Affairs at the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, who—together with the University for Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana—have been awarded Africa-UniNet funding for their research project Tamale’s Urban Resilience (TUR). The project will run from December 2025 to November 2027.

By establishing a new Doctoral Centre, the University of Applied Arts Vienna is taking another step towards raising the profile and visibility of its research-driven development in art and science. While individual programmes in scientific, artistic and artistic-scientific doctorates have been developed in recent years, the new organisational structure will consolidate and further integrate them.

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is delighted that several outstanding artists have been honored with the prestigious Outstanding Artist Award 2025 from the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media, and Sport (BMWKMS). Andreas Duscha wins in the category of artistic photography, Katrin Hornek in the category of media art, Liesl Raff receives the award in the field of fine arts, and Petra Zimmermann was honored in the category of experimental fashion design (jewelry art).

Tanja Kimmel (Institute of Conservation) has been awarded a PROFFORMANCE+ International Higher Education Teacher Award 2024/25 in the category Sustainability.

The Science Award for Architecture from the Bundessektion Architekt*innen and the Research Award for Architecture from the FBundeskammer der Ziviltechniker*innen 2025 go to two graduates of the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts.

The architecture journalist and filmmaker, who studied under Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, is the new Editor-in-Chief of Austria’s leading architecture magazine.

Congratulations! In this year's competition for Austria's most beautiful books, the book Ricarda Denzer – ganz ohr / all ears, published by De Gruyter within Edition Angewandte, edited by Ricarda Denzer and Christian Höller, designed by Hannah Sakai, was selected by the jury as one of the 15 most beautiful books in Austria in 2024!

As of 1 October 2025, Jan Völker will be appointed Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education.

Craig Green, Professor of the Modeklasse since 2023: "This year’s Modeklasse show arrives at a moment when fashion’s role as a space for reflection and reinvention feels more relevant than ever. At Modeklasse, we approach design teaching as a way to question and reshape the world around us - testing new structures, values, and possibilities."