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Technology for People - Developing Scientific Excellence and Enhancing Comprehensive Competence

TU Wien- located in the heart of Europe and Vienna – is the largest Austrian institution in research and education within the areas of technology and natural sciences. The beginnings of the TU Wien reach back as far as 190 years. Today the University finds high international and domestic recognition in teaching as well as in research and is a highly esteemed partner of innovation oriented enterprises.
For years the TU Wien has been successfully offering outstanding postgraduate programs. This success is also based on the top scientific and economic qualifications of its faculty.

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The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna is a postgraduate school of European and international studies and preparing university graduates for a career in the diplomatic service, international organizations or international business. Its interdisciplinary study programs aim at providing the academic expertise, personal skills and intercultural competence required for careers in the international field.

Situated in a former Imperial Palace in the centre of Vienna, the DA campus is characterized by its international student body with representatives from as many as 40 different nations.This very diversity ensures that “internationalism” and “intercultural communication” are practised on a daily basis.

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Altstoff Recycling Austria

As Austria’s leading compliance scheme under the EU Packaging Directive, ARA is collecting, recycling and recovering more than 750,000 tons of packaging waste each year, thus saving 600,000 tons CO₂ equivalents per year.

For many years, ARA Altstoff Recycling Austria AG, opens an external URL in a new window has been supporting academic programs in the field of resource management and waste minimization. In 2010, the ARA Best Study Award has been established for students of the MSc Program Environmental Technology and International Affairs (ETIA).

The ARA Best Study Award , opens an external URL in a new windowhonours the graduating students with the best academic performance over both years of the MSc Program. The awardees are selected by a prize committee in which the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the TU Wien are represented by their academic directors and delegated professors. All decisions are final.

The winners will be announced on the occasion of the graduation ceremony and will receive the ARA Best Study Award as follows:

First prize: EUR 12,000
Second prize: EUR 5,000
Third prize: EUR 3,000

The "Science and Technology" seminars offer lectures by guest speakers throughout the second academic year at TU Wien. This is a unique opportunity to get in touch with professionals working in fields of the student´s future interest. Furthermore it strenghens the connection between students and alumni, as some of the speakers are MSc ETIA alumni working in international or environmentally technological companies.