Detailed information about the ideal recommended study plan, etc. is available here.
An info session for Linz, Vienna, and Bregenz about our Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in AI. Study Artificial Intelligence in Linz, Vienna, and Bregenz. Learn more during an online info session on April 10, 2024, starting at 6:00 PM.
The presentation will be live on Zoom. Click here to learn more and to sign up to attend.
You are eager to get a job in Austria? You are thinking of starting your own startup, opens an external URL in a new window?
The Austrian Business Agency, opens an external URL in a new window (ABA), the business location agency of the Austrian Ministry of Economy, is eager to help. As a government agency, ABA offers free-of-charge support and information for international students and graduates at Austrian universities.
In a special workshop Ms. Angelika Koepf and Ms. Birgit Reiter-Braunwieser from ABA will provide an overview and answer your questions related to the residence and work permit scheme in Austria (Part 1) and guide you on what’s available to startup founders in the alpine Republic (Part 2)
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Meeting-ID: 978 4316 7393
Passwort: 821563
To help you get off to a good start, we have put together a timetable for the 2023/2024 Winter term and 2024 Summer term. These schedules are for reference and can be adjusted to your personal schedule. The livestreams to Vienna/Bregenz are marked in violet in the upper left corner.
Summer term 2024 you can choose for your Gender Studies course between 536.300 (Wednesday, 10:15-11:45) and 536.540 (blocked, Saturdays).
The program contains the following types of courses:
| Abbreviations | Description |
|---|---|
| KV (Kombinierte Lehrveranstaltungen) | Combined Course |
| VL (Vorlesung) | Lecture |
| UE (Übung) | Exercises |
| TU (Tutorium) | Tutorial |
Each year in September, before the start of the Winter Semester, new AI students can take preparation courses in Python Programming (ASTAIBAPPPV20, opens an external URL in a new window) as well as in Mathematics (531.059, opens an external URL in a new window) at the JKU. These courses are entirely optional and students can sign up via KUSSS.
In order to successfully complete the AI program, students will be required to come to Linz in-person at least once in order to officially enroll in the degree program in person. Some courses will require on-site and in-person attendance, either in Linz, Bregenz, or Vienna. Students are required to be physically present to take examinations either in Linz, Bregenz, or in Vienna. Examinations may take place during the entire semester. The curriculum has been designed for students residing in close proximity to Linz, Bregenz, or Vienna.
Many of the courses in the AI program are offered at the JKU's satellite campus in Vienna and Bregenz, as either as a livestream or as a video conference (please check schedule).
Courses are usually offered only once a year. While you can enroll during the Summer Semester to begin studying AI, starting the program at this time means you may be subject to adjusting your schedule differently as compared to the suggested schedule of courses. We highly recommend starting the program in October.
Students can freely choose their Area of Specialization courses from a list available in the course catalog. The section headlines “Computer and Data Science”, “Mathematics”, “Mechatronics”, “Live Sciences”, “Special Topics”, and “Miscellaneous” as listed in the course catalog are for clarity purposes only.
The “Seminar in AI” (3 ECTS credits, 4th semester, Summer Semester) and the “Practical Work in AI” (7.5 ECTS credits, 5th semester, Winter Semester) have been designed to help students prepare to write the required Bachelor’s thesis (6th semester, Summer Semester). Students can, however, switch their subject area again, if they wish to. Faculty members will offer these courses when supervising undegraduate students. Different institutes will offer the courses which students will see in KUSSS as different “group options”.
The Bachelor's thesis itself will be formally supervised as part of the “Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar in AI” (9 ECTS credits, 6th semester, Summer Semester). This course is, however, offered each semester, allowing students to complete their Bachelor’s degree during the Winter Semester as well.
At the beginning of October - during the first class: "KV Lecture Series Artificial Intelligence" - we will create tutored groups of newly enrolled (first semester) students. The tutors are higher-semester AI students who will be available to show first-year students around the university, help them choose the right courses, and provide first-hand information about classes, exercises, and tutorials. The social aspect is also important and you will quickly meet others during the first few weeks to form study groups, etc. Many of these friendships will last throughout your studies and beyond.
A mentor from among the AI professors will be assigned to each tutorial group. The tutored groups will meet with their mentor together and the mentor will supervise the students individually during the first semester. If you have any questions or concerns about the program, you can discuss these issues during these meetings. Our goal is to address any issues that arise quickly and solve them unbureaucratically.
While you can start your studies in AI at the start of the Summer Semester, all of the courses are only offered once a year (beginning at the start of the Winter Semester) and it may be challenging to adhere to a study schedule of 30 ECTS per semester. We only recommend beginning your studies at the start of the Summer Semester in exceptional cases only, and if the student has the required background of introductory courses and plans to transfer that credit at a late date.
Yes, you can still register to enroll for all lectures (LV) and combined courses (KV).. Please contact the course instructor or institute secretary by e-mail and request late registration. Enrollment may be more difficult in regard to tutorial groups as these courses fill up quickly and attendance is mandatory (on-site or online), and requires regular course submissions.
In general, all of the class lectures in the program are recorded and are available in Moodle. In regard to tutorial groups, please sign up for those in KUSSS and indicate the distance learning option.
Please check the schedule. Courses that are streamed live are color-coded.
You can still sign up but if the course is full, but you will be placed on a waiting list. If any spots open up, you will be among the first in line to get into the class. The same applies if new tutorial/exercise groups are added. If the registration period has passed, you can also contact the course instructor per e-mail to inquire about getting into the class, or if the courses are being offered by the Institute for Machine Learning, send an e-mail to: office@ai-lab.jku.at.
We offer some of the examinations online; other examinations require on-site, in-person attendance at the lecture hall in Vienna, Bregenz, or in Linz. Please sign up for one of the offered options online via KUSSS.
In Linz, it's easy to meet your fellow classmates and students on campus. The Distance Learning Centres in Vienna and Bregenz provide rooms for students in the program to study together, and to follow streamed courses during the week (also outside of the scheduled streams). There is also a Discord group, opens an external URL in a new window as well.
The website contains an Excel document for this purpose. Please complete the form and send the form together with your transcripts and course descriptions of courses you have successfully completed to: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at
You can access course materials for some courses in Moodle only if you are officially enrolled in the program and if you have a student ID (matriculation) number. In this regard, please contact us by sending an e-mail to: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at.
Here, opens an external URL in a new window you can find more answers to your questions by the Austrian Students´ Union (ÖH).
FAQs, opens an external URL in a new window for international students by the Austrian Students´ Union (ÖH).
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the AI program that have not been addressed above or below, please feel free to contact us by sending an e-mail to:
The AI office in Linz: office(at)ai-lab.jku.at
The AI office in Vienna: ai-wien(at)jku.at
The AI office in Bregenz: ai-bregenz(at)jku.at
The Austrian Student Union for Computer Science and AI: ai(at)oeh.jku.at
In addition, see the Student Union, opens an external URL in a new window homepage and their Study Guide for Artificial Intelligence, opens an external URL in a new window
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Here you will find an overview of general information about the program.
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