Boldly pursuing her path

For students, mobility has no limits. So much, at least, is true for Julia Jakobsson from Sweden. She is pursuing her Master’s degree in the English-language Media and Convergence Management programme, and her enthusiasm for studying away from home knows no bounds.

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“Was G’scheits” studieren – Study something smart

Silvia Agha-Schantl studied Media and Communication in Klagenfurt. Today she is in great demand as business trainer, moderator and keynote speaker for international companies at home and abroad. Read more

The maximizing human being

Paul Schweinzer, a micro-economist at the Department of Economics, is unable to say how happy the human species is and whether progress makes people happier. By focusing on the things that are most essential, however, he can calculate how to maximise the welfare of a society.

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The world is your playground

Patrik Schumacher studied architecture at London South Bank University and at the Technical University in Stuttgart. For his doctoral studies in philosophy he was drawn to the University of Klagenfurt. Today he is the sole partner of Zaha Hadid Architects in London and employs 400 architects working on over 950 projects in 55 countries.

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