UNIVIE Awards
The University of Vienna bestows UNIVIE awards upon its staff whose achievements have been extraordinary. These awards should not only express the University’s appreciation but also showcase special improvements. Moreover, they are also intended to provide an incentive to future commitment.
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Teaching Awards
With the Univie Teaching Awards, the University of Vienna emphasises the importance of teaching. The Teaching Awards honour outstanding teaching achievements and makes examples of successful teaching within the university and beyond visible to the public.
Set an example for excellent teaching and nominate outstanding courses by April 16, 2025!
The specific conditions regarding categories, criteria and nomination process can be found on the respective faculty or center website.
Note for students: Nominations for courses (held in the period specified on the respective faculty or center website) can be submitted from a group of 3 students.
Participating faculties 2025
Every year, half of all faculties take part in the Teaching Awards. This year, 2025, the following faculties and centres are participating: (the links to the participation pages will follow as soon as the info pages are set up)
- Faculty of Protestant Theology
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
- Faculty of Computer Science
- Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
- Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy
- Centre for Translation Studies
- Centre for Teacher Education
Univie Entrepreneurship Award
The Univie Entrepreneurship Award honours founders (in the making) for their innovative ideas.
Do you want to start a business and realise your own ideas as an entrepreneur? The University of Vienna and the alumni community invite you to the sixth Entrepreneurship Night: Successful University of Vienna founders will provide insights into their business ideas and explore the question of how we create inspiration. Masterclasses, an entrepreneurial networking trip and a marketplace of opportunities will inform and inspire future founders. This year's focus is on the topic of INSPIRATION.
All information about the award
All information about the 6th Entrepreneurship Night on 6 May 2025
(Registration required, participation is free of charge)
Further Univie Awards
In addition to the above-mentioned awards, the University of Vienna also presents awards to employees in various categories. Employees can find information on these other Univie Awards on the intranet (in German)