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On 1 November 2025, Ulrike Kuch will assume office as Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. We are all looking forward to working together and wish her a wonderful start at the Angewandte!

Margit Applegate was awarded the prize for her master’s thesis​ Reciprocal Refuges. 

With the opening of the exhibition Fernheilung [Distant Healing] on 15 October, the celebrations marking the 45th anniversary of the collection of the Angewandte began. Brigitte Felderer (Vice-Rector for Studies, Teaching and Diversity), Cosima Rainer (Head of Art Collection and Archive), and curator Robert Müller together with Helmut Draxler opened the exhibition, which is dedicated to the artistic scene in Vienna during the decade in which the collection was founded.

At the Dutch Design Week 2025 in Eindhoven, students from the Industrial Design Department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, led by Stefan Diez, present Circular Design × Sharing Economy. The exhibition showcases office furniture designed for the NORNORM subscription- based model — a framework that shaped every design decision around modularity and adaptability.

The lecture series by the department Expanded Museum Studies will shed light on the institution museum from seven spheres of activity. Nikita Dhawan will give the first lecture, titled Can art be critical?

At the start of the winter semester 2025/26, the University Library of Applied Arts Vienna Library once again offers a diverse programme of tours and training sessions and invites everyone to get to know its wide range of services.

The University of Applied Arts is delighted to welcome new students at the start of the academic year.

This exhibition brings together interpretations, representations, and visualizations of energy across different architectural media. Curated by Tulay Atak, Professor of Architectural Theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, it explores how energy has been incorporated into architecture and design, while calling for new imaginaries in this critical moment of change.

Der preisgekrönte Debütfilm der Absolventin des Instituts für Sprachkunst erzählt die Geschichte von Anna und ihrer gehörlosen Mutter Isolde und handelt davon, wie es ist, die Scham für die eigene Herkunft in Stolz zu verwandeln, von Zuneigung, Fürsorge und Solidarität.