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Forming Ideas, Building Teams

19. August 2026

Nothing bonds a team like watching everyone's first pot collapse in real time.

Understanding Technology: Tensile-Compression Testing Rig for Educational Purposes

19. August 2026

An Arduino-based tensile-compression testing rig developed at the Technical University (TU) allows students to experience materials testing firsthand.…

WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026, Munich.

19. August 2026

Turns out dynamics isn't just a lecture hall topic — it was very much alive on the dancefloor at the conference dinner too!

TUphone - Changes to the connections of the central phone system and to the availability of work cell phones via '90 and speed dial'

18. August 2026

On Thursday, August 20, 2026, starting at 6:00 a.m., the telephone connections will be switched over to A1 Telekom Austria. Temporary service…

The Quantum Computer Microscope

18. August 2026

Illustration of an electron microscope with a magnified inset: A focused blue electron beam interacts with a row of trapped ions above a chip. One of the ions is shown inside a parabolic electromagnetic trapping field. — © TU Wien

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy: a small quantum computer is integrated directly into the microscope.

Between Balance and Research

18. August 2026

A man on a unicycle balances a grandstand full of spectators. — © William Haun

Johannes Baumkirchner is one of the world's most successful unicyclists, and as a mechanical engineer, he explores how people actually maintain…

IWANASP 2026

18. August 2026

International Workshop on Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems (IWANASP)

Cool new TU Wien Research Data features in hot times

18. August 2026

Screenshot of the file preview in TU Wien Research Data — © TU Wien

Thanks to version 14 of the InvenioRDM software, our data repository is now better than ever.

MOVE.Walk #4 with the Austrian Road Safety Board

17. August 2026

MOVE-Walk 4 (28.05.2026) — © Niklas Horst

On May 28, we met Marlene Mellauner from the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) for the fourth and final MOVE-Walk of the cycleFIT edition this…

Make villages fit for the future

17. August 2026

Two people sit behind microphones and smile at the camera. — © Juliane Nagiller

Petra Hirschler and Benjamin Altrichter talked on the radio Ö1 about the future of villages.

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
CookieConsent	Saves your settings for the use of cookies on this website.	1 year	HTML	Homepage TU Wien
SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
fe_typo_user	Is needed so that in case of a Typo3 frontend login the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
staticfilecache	Is needed to optimize the delivery time of the website.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
JESSIONSID	Is needed so that in case of a LectureTube the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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_pk_ses	Is needed to store temporary data of the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta
fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn