You are an employee in research and teaching.

It's a great job you do at TU Wien! A job at the pulse of time in a diverse team that constantly develops new ideas and to whose further development you contribute significantly.

Whether you work as a tutor, lecturer, senior scientist, senior lecturer, predoc, postdoc or professor, it is our concern to offer you the tailored support for your specific demands. In doing so, we refer to your professional goals as well as to the working conditions and the working environment. You will be given access to a comprehensive HR development program, opens an external URL in a new window, we will support you in your individual personal situation (family/caring responsibilities) and, as far as possible, contribute to maintaining your personal life balance with offers from the areas Workplace Health Promotion as well as our Sports Program.

Career monitoring through appraisal interview (MAG)

For your individual career development, we invite you to exchange ideas with your supervisor via the annual structured appraisal interview. Seminars are held annually for this purpose. If required, you can arrange an individual counselling interview with us.

Regular group offers for junior researchers

We offer a number of programmes for our young scientists to support this special target group in identifying and achieving their professional and personal goals:

Individual seminars and workshops

In our HR development program, you will find special workshops and seminars in categories such as Focus Science, Focus on Teaching, Methods Competence, etc., in which you can acquire skills such as academic writing, presentation or communication techniques as well as tools such as project management or IT programs. Our in-house experts inform and advise you in topic-specific seminars about national and international research funding opportunities, citation methods or didactics in teaching. Application training and workshops on negotiation strategies round off your qualifications for a career after TU Wien.

Leadership

Are you a member of the scientific staff and hold a leadership position? Please find out about our offers for scientific managers.

Individual counselling

Of course, we are also at your disposal for personal concerns and look forward to your visit, call or Email.

Offers from our external cooperation partners

For several years now, TUW pre- and postdocs have been able to take advantage of the services offered by the Ludwig Boltzmann Society Career Center free of charge. They can benefit from selected workshops, individual coaching and counseling, skills training, programs, summer and winter schools, expert discussions, potential analyses, etc.

  • Current events and offers from the LBG Career Center can be found here.
  • An overview of all services offered by the LBG Career Center can be found here.

Mission Statement of the LBG Career Center: 
We support researchers and leaders in their career development so they can work purposefully in or outside of academia!
The LBG Career Center is the first point of contact for all questions concerning career development from pre- and post-doc researchers and their leaders.
We provide confidential advice and accompany young researchers and leaders in  their career development. We also implement programs and build social networks with relevant communities in science and business.
Our services , opens an external URL in a new windoware provided in German and English.
 

The Austrian Higher Education Conference (HSK) has developed national recommendations on career paths in academia in a working group. These recommendations were published last summer and presented at a series of information events at Austrian universities in the fall and winter. 

Video Perspektiven für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen (Prae- und Post-Doc), opens an external URL in a new window

RESEARCH ASSESSMENT AND CAREER PATHS FOR RESEARCHERS:

National Recommendations of the Austrian Higher Education Conference Working Group , opens in new window