How do I launch, develop, maintain, and manage a transdisciplinary research project that involves different parties, especially regarding issues that include sustainability (recycling, etc.)? How do I involve different stakeholders so that the project has extra, added value? How do I manage the creative process in order to come up with as many innovative ideas as possible? Your Bachelor's degree in Transformation Studies qualifies you to contribute, coordinate, and mediate complex projects that address current change processes.


You have space to pursue visionary ideas as well as apply your creativity, imagination, and your love of experimenting! You will learn more in-depth about current transformations (digitalization, sustainability, etc.) as well as design tools, artistic and scientific methodologies and work practices. In addition, you will draw on your creative, transformative power to envision new solutions to address society's challenges.

The University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Johannes Kepler University Linz have partnered to create and offer this unique Bachelor's degree program. Housed at the inter-university Art x Science School for Transformation.

• In addition to in-depth expert knowledge and a broad contextual understanding of art and science, the program also focuses on honing creative, social, and communicative skills.
• You work on developing your creativity so you can apply it to transformative processes and come up with new ideas. You also learn to think "out-of-the-box" and devise solutions to meet future challenges. 

Prerequisites

In order to be admitted to the Bachelor's degree program, you must fulfill the following requirements:

• Hold general higher education entrance qualifications (such as an Austrian "Matura" diploma)
• If the program language is not your first language, you will be required to provide proof of proficiency in English (Level B2). 
• Successfully pass the admissions procedure at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Register to Enroll and the Admissions Procedure

You will be registering to enroll - and completing the admissions process - via the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. The overall application procedure will be conducted in English.

In order to complete the online application procedure you will require a current version of your CV, a letter of intent, and a brief abstract in which you answer a specified question. The University of Applied Arts in Vienna will provide detailed information on the application procedure, or you can click here to learn more: application information, opens a file. Please submit your application documents to the University of Applied Arts Vienna's application portal, opens an external URL in a new window.

Deadlines for the 2024 Winter Semester

See the links below for detailed information about the application procedure: