Welcome to the Department for Internal Auditing!

Internal auditing provides independent and objective auditing and advising services aimed at creating transparency, establishing correctness, and improving business processes, thereby creating added value for the JKU. The auditing rules and procedures outline tasks, authorization, duties, and responsibilities.

Established at the JKU in 2004 when the 2002 Austrian Universities Act was introduced, the Department of Internal Auditing restructured some of the university's most important administrative departments in 2007. The department has been allocated to the section of Legal & Risk Management since 2019.

The Internal Auditing Department has served as the official reporting point for the internal whistleblowing system since 2022.

Internal Auditing: Objectives

  • Improve business processes and create added value by means of independent and objective auditing and advising services.
  • Assess risk management effectiveness, control processes, leadership and monitoring processes, as well as provide support to optimize measures.
  • Support organizational departments by serving as internal management consultants.

Internal Auditing: Procedures

  1. Mandates as issued by the Rectorate
  2. Analyze processes, assist departments/institutes, etc. together with the departments concerned
  3. Discuss analyses findings as well as publish the revision report (including improvement suggestions)
  4. Follow up and assist in establishing improvement measures (as mandated by the Rectorate)

Department for Internal Auditing

Address

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz

Location

Altenberger Straße 66
Science Park 5, 3rd floor
Rms. SP5 311 - 313