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What has become of the ARA Best Study Award winner Ansgar Fellendorf?

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Excellent academic achievements not only impress on the certificate.  ARA AG, opens an external URL in a new window grants the Best Study Award to those ETIA students with the best academic performance over the two years of study.

One of them is Ansgar Fellendorf, alumnus of the postgraduate program MSc Environmental Technology & International Affairs (ETIA) and winner of the ARA Best Study Award 2018: 

“I am thankful to ARA for supporting the MSc programme in times where its subjects become ever more pressing. The Best Study Award provides a motivation for the participants and the financial support helps to remove some of the pressure on the job market after graduation. The award and publication online have helped as a reference in job applications.” 

Career steps since the graduation

“After graduation I supported for five months for the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Currently, I work in the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism on natural hazard policy, protective forests and mountain watershed management.” 

For more information on the ARA Best Study Award please click here, opens an external URL in a new window