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On 1 April 2026, FH JOANNEUM took over the chairmanship of the Styrian University Conference (SHK). Within the SHK, Styrian universities and higher education institutions work together to further strengthen Styria as a centre for science and higher education, to exploit synergies and to drive forward joint initiatives in teaching, research and knowledge transfer.

In terms of content, several key topics are on the agenda during the chairmanship: one focus is on the EU AI Act and its implementation in the higher education sector. This involves a joint analysis of where Styrian higher education institutions stand in implementing the requirements, what organisational, legal and pedagogical challenges arise, and how these can be addressed in a coordinated manner. Another priority is existing and future training programmes in the field of artificial intelligence – particularly with a view to potential joint, participatory formats within the higher education network. Furthermore, the expansion of the Southern Austrian higher education region will be driven forward, for instance by intensifying cooperation with the Carinthian higher education region. The aim is to pool regional strengths and identify common areas for development in research and teaching. The further development and implementation of the higher education strategy up to 2040 will also be on the agenda.

Corinna Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Rector (FH) of FH JOANNEUM: “By taking the chair of the Styrian Higher Education Conference, we aim to further strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions and provide targeted impetus for key future-oriented topics.” Together with FH JOANNEUM, the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the University of Graz currently form the Executive Committee of the SHK. Georg Schulz, Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz: “The traditionally excellent cooperation within the Styrian Higher Education Conference is characterised precisely by the fact that – as with the topic of artificial intelligence, for example – we view shared challenges from very different perspectives, thereby benefiting from one another and developing a holistic view.” Peter Riedler, Rector of the University of Graz, emphasises: “Styrian higher education institutions have been linked by close and trusting cooperation for many years. Through coordinated cooperation, Styrian higher education institutions create the best possible framework conditions for research, teaching and innovation. And this gives us a head start even beyond the region’s borders when it comes to engaging in constructive dialogue and further consolidating existing partnerships – particularly with a view to the ongoing development of the Higher Education Strategy 2040 for Austria.”

As part of its chairmanship, FH JOANNEUM will also host the higher education institutions’ meeting, which will take place at FH JOANNEUM on 1 July 2026. During this event, participants in the two SHK programmes, ‘eDidactics’ and ‘Didactics Workshop’, will receive their certificates.

Under the title “Applied Mathematics – Explaining Mathematics in an Understandable Way”, the nine Styrian universities are offering online lectures from October 2022 to January 2023 that show how close mathematics is to everyday life and applications.

Mathematics made easy to understand
All lectures of the lecture series will be held online by experts from the nine Styrian universities. They are presented in an easy-to-understand way and are aimed at pupils, prospective students and, of course, anyone else who is interested. After the online lectures, there will be the opportunity to ask questions and discuss in the virtual room.

All online lectures of the series “Understanding and Applying Mathematics” 

The online lectures (in German) will each begin at 17:00 and can all be accessed via this participation link: https://www.tugraz.at/go/mathematik-ringvorlesung

5. Oktober 2022: Sereina Herzog (Med Uni Graz): „Die ansteckende Mathematik – Infektionen“
19. Oktober 2022: Rotislav Stanek (Montanuniversität Leoben): „Briefzustellung – Braucht man dafür wirklich Mathematik?“
2. November 2022: Klemens Fellner (Uni Graz): „Wie zählt man Fettsäuren?“
16. November 2022: Jul Martens (FH Campus 02): „Malen nach Zahlen: Wie lassen sich statistische Informationen graphisch aufbereiten“
30. November 2022: Bernd Messnarz (FH JOANNEUM): „Wenn Mathematik abhebt: Wie werden Drohnen mit linearen Gleichungssystemen gesteuert?“
7. Dezember 2022: Christoph Aistleitner (TU Graz): „Was ist mathematische Forschung? Von den Grundlagen zur Anwendung“
21. Dezember 2022: Karl-Heinz Grass (Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark) und Kristina Krause (Uni Graz): „Funktionen von Funktionen“
11. Jänner 2023: Robert Schütky (Private Pädagogische Hochschule Augustinum): „Größen im Alltag“
25. Jänner 2023: Robert Höldrich (Kunstuniversität Graz): „Sounds great. Die Mathematik hinter dem Klang der E-Gitarre“

The lectures will be recorded and subsequently published on YouTube for viewing.

Challenging times call for competent and capable managers in health care facilities and hospitals. In cooperation with FH JOANNEUM Med Uni Graz offers the post graduate course  Health Care and Hospital Management to prepare future managers for the challenges ahead.

The universities of Graz are internationally renowned as places of the highest level of research in regards of metabolic lipid research. Med Uni Graz, University of Graz and Graz University of Technology cooperate to provide the doctoral program “Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease”.

Nursing as an important part of medicine and the successful treatment of patients is getting more and more important. The nursing science degree programs are oriented toward meeting the challenges modern nursing faces.

The “Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering” degree program combines music and technology. Students receive an education that is unique in Europe and builds a bridge between science and art, ratio and emotion. The content ranges from acoustics and sound design to communication between humans and machines to hardware and software for audio and multimedia processing. As an inter-university degree program (Bachelor and Master), “Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering” is offered jointly by TU Graz and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG).

CAMPUS 02, FH JOANNEUM and TU Graz are dedicated to the joint training of IT experts. The dual Bachelor’s programme in Mobile Software Development (FH JOANNEUM) or Business Software Development (FH CAMPUS 02) can be combined with professional life due to the coop- form of study.

The design of and with sound forms the core of the inter-university Master’s programme “Sound Design”, which is offered jointly by FH JOANNEUM and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

Sound designers develop detailed knowledge of artistic design, media preparation and technical processing of sound, as well as semantic and psychoacoustic perception. They design sounds for films, computer games, audio logos and brand jingles, make data sound, optimise the sound of products and deal with the acoustic environment, soundscapes and sound ecology.

“Sound Design” is a field of study in the Master’s degree programme Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design.

The increase in nutrition-related diseases is presenting physicians and dieticians with new interdisciplinary challenges. FH JOANNEUM and the Medical University of Graz are therefore focusing on the complex field of nutritional medicine as well as strategic cross-sectional competences such as quality management, research and public health in the new master’s programme “Applied Nutritional Medicine”.

This part-time training is offered as part of the JOANNEUM ACADEMY. The cooperation partner is the Medical University of Graz.

Universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutions, competence centres and innovative companies invite you to the “Lange Nacht der Forschung” every two years. This event offers the opportunity to bring top achievements in science and research before the curtain and to give the population a sense of the technologies and knowledge that are decisively shaping our future. It is the largest research event in Europe to date.

Of course, the Styrian universities also present themselves at the “Lange Nacht der Forschung”.