Orientation Days for First Year Students September | October 2026
The Orientation Days for first year students offer the opportunity to get to know all the services of the Academy for students, get all your questions answered and get to know students from other study programs!
The Student Welcome Center organises together with lots of services, departments, institutes colleagues and students of the Academy a diverse program. All details with exact dates of the study programs and studios are available in the pdf program.
For any question on the Orientation Days, don’t hesitate to contact the Student Welcome Center: studentwelcome@akbild.ac.at
Welcome Meeting for first year students with Q&A session
Wednesday, September 30th 2026, 09:30 –14 h
Schillerplatz 3, ground floor, room EA1, Sitzungssaal
Welcome, study information, scholarships, international issues
Ingeborg Erhart, Vice-rector Art | Teaching
Christina Fasching, Student Welcome Center
Accessible studies
Christina Fasching, contact person for accessible studies
Representation of university students
Student Union (ÖH)
Psychological counselling for students
Martin Leupold, human resource development
Exchange and Mobility Programs for Academy students
Angelina Kratschanova, International Office
Equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices
Eleonora Ciani, Equal Opportunities Team (AfG)
Gender Class Race Dis_ability Studies
Ingrid Schacherl, Advancement of Women | Gender Studies | Diversity
Lunch break (11:30)
Safe handling of chemicals
Katja Sterflinger, Institute for Natural Sciences and Technology in Art (INTK)
Institutes of the Academy: topics, research fields, course offers
- Institute for Natural Sciences and Technology in Art (INTK, Katja Sterflinger)
- Institute for Conservation-Restoration (IKR, Carolin Bohlmann, Monika Kammer)
- Institute of Fine Arts (IBK, Philip Patkowitsch)
- Institute for Education in the Arts (IKL, Martina Gaigg)
- Institute for Art and Archtecture (IKA)
- Institute of Art Theory and Cultural Studies (IKW)