Curricular Commissions
The Curricular Committee is responsible for issuing or amending study programmes (curricula) and crediting courses.
You can download current guidelines here:
- Model Curriculum, Bachelor, English
- Model Curriculum, Master, English
- Senate and Rectorate Guidelines for the Establishment of a New Study Programme (in German)
- Senate’s decision on changes to curricula (in German)
- Guidelines for the introduction of framework curricula for Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes (in German)
- Curriculum Master Secondary Teaching (in German)
- Curriculum Bachelor Secondary Teaching (in German)
- Framework Curriculum for Doctoral Studies (in German)
- Framework Curriculum for University Programmes for Further Education (in German)
- Framework Curriculum for Master Programmes (in German)
- Model Curriculum, Master, English (in German)
- Framework Curriculum for Bachelor Programmes (in German)
- Model Curriculum, Bachelor, English
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Bachelor’s/Master’s Programmes Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology;
Doctoral Programme Philosophy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rolf Darge
Vice Chairperson: N.N.
Bachelor’s/Master’s Programmes Catholic Religious Education, Diploma Programme Catholic Theology,
Bachelor’s Secondary Teaching Programme Catholic Religion, Master’s Secondary Teaching Programme Catholic Religion,
Catholic Theology Doctoral Programme; Master’s Programme Religious Studies,
Doctoral Programme Philosophy in Religious Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Zerfaß
Vice Chairperson: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Silvia Arzt
Faculty of Law
Diploma and Doctoral Programmes Law, Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Law and Economics
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Winkler
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Sabine Urnik
Master’s Programme Economics, Doctoral Programme Economics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Winner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dominik van Aaken
Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Master’s Programme Ancient History and Archaeology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Frass
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Georg Nightingale
Bachelor’s Programme English and American Studies; Master’s Programme English Studies and the Creative Industries
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Markus Oppolzer
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Erik Schleef, Ph.D
Master’s Programme European Union Studies
Chairperson: MMag. Dr. Doris Wydra
Vice Chairperson: N.N.
Bachelor’s Programme German Studies; Master’s Programme German Studies
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Armin Eidherr
Vice Chairperson: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Peter Mauser
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes History
Chairperson: Asst. Prof. Dr. Alfred Stefan Weiß
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Georg Stöger
Bachelor’s Programme Ancient History and Classics
Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Rupert Breitwieser
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Felix Lang
Master’s Programme Classical Archaeology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexander Sokolicek
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Felix Lang
Master’s Programme Classical Philology with Greek/Latin
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Gottfried Kreuz
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Schirren
Master’s Programme Classical Cultures and Archaeological Studies
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Gottfried Kreuz
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Frass
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Alexander Sokolicek
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Communication Studies; Joint Master’s’s Degree Digital
Communications Leadership
Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sascha Trültzsch-Wijnen
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Christine Lohmeier, PhD
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Art History
Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Mag. Dr. Ingonda Hannesschläger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sigrid Brandt
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Music and Dance Studies;
Master’s Programme Performative and Intermedial Musicology and Dance Studies
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Haitzinger
Bachelor’s Programme Education; Master’s Programme Educational Science
Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Andreas Paschon
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Sylvia Eder
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Philosophy; Master’s Programme Philosophy at the Faculty of
Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Dr. Johannes Brandl
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Leonard Menges
Bachelor’s Programme Political Science; Master’s Programme Political Science (to be discontinued);
Master’s Programme Political Science – Integration & Governance
Chairperson: Dr. Franz Fallend
Vice Chairperson: Lukas Leitner, BA
Bachelor’s Programme Romance Languages and Literatures
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johanna Wolf
Vice Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Winter
Bachelor’s Programme Slavonic Studies
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Theißen
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Deutschmann
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Sociology
Chairperson: Asst. Prof. (BDG) Dr. Manfred Gabriel
1st Vice Chairperson: Dr. Alexander Seymer
2nd Dr. Dženeta Karabegović
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Sport Sciences; Master’s Programme Sports – Management – Media
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter Amesberger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sabine Würth Linguistics (Bachelor’s Programme); Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Clinical Linguistics (Master’s Programme)
Chairperson: Dr. Julia Krebs
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dietmar Roehm
Master’s Programme Jewish Cultural History
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Plietzsch
Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Roland Cerny-Werner
Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Winter
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Elspaß
Doctoral Programme in Natural Science at the Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter Amesberger
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. DDr. Susanne Ring-Dimitriou
Master’s Programme Literary and Cultural Studies
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kathrin Ackermann-Pojtinger
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Eva Hausbacher
Master’s Programme Linguistics
Chairperson: Ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Lindner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stöckl
Faculty of Natural Science
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Informatics; Master’s Programme Applied Image and Signal Processing
Chairperson: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helge Hagenauer
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Andreas Uhl
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Nikolaus Augsten PhD
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Biology; Bachelor’s Programme Medical Biology; Master’s Programme Medical Biology;
Master’s Programme Ecology and Evolution
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raimund Tenhaken
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Günter Lepperdinger,
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Andreas Tribsch
Bachelor’s Programme Molecular Biosciences; Master’s Programme Molecular Biology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Huber
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Hans Brandstetter
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Geography; Master’s Programme Applied Geoinformatics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Zeller
1st Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barbara Hofer
2nd Vice Chairperson: Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Psychology
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Hutzler
1st Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Kerstin Hödlmoser;
2nd Vice Chairperson Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Kristin Anne Hauswald
Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes Geology
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Sylke Hilberg
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Jörg Robl
Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences, in Engineering Sciences and in Philosophy at the
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller
Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Univ.-Prof. DI Dr. Helmut A. Mayer
Bachelor’s Programme Engineering; International Master’s Programme Chemistry and Physics of
Materials; Joint-Degree Master’s Programme Science and Technology of Materials
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Simone Pokrant
Master’s Programme Data Science
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Bathke
1st Vice Chairperson: DI Dr. Walter R. Gruber
2nd Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Trutschnig
Further Curricular Commissions
Management
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dominik van Aaken
Vice Chairperson: Florian Buchner M.A.
Bachelor’s/Master’s Secondary Teaching Programme, Secondary School Level (Secondary Education)
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Simone Pfenninger (Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences)
1st Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Maurizio Musso (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
2nd Vice Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Martinek (Educational Sciences)
Interfaculty Doctoral Programme Teacher Education
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerda Hagenauer
Vice Chairpersons: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Daniela Martinek
Annamaria Eder
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme (MOZ + PLUS)
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Haitzinger (PLUS)
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Hildegard Fraueneder (MOZ)
Bachelor’s Programme Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Winner
Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Dür
Bachelor’s Programme Language – Business – Culture
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher F. Laferl
Vice Chairpersons: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Imke Mendoza
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claudia Wöhle
Bachelor’s Programme Digitalisation – Innovation – Society
Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Strobl
Vice Chairperson: Ass.Prof. Dr. Ursula Maier-Rabler
• Human-Computer Interaction
Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Alexander Meschtscherjakov
1st Vice Chairperson: Mag. Dr. Alina Krischkowsky
2nd Vice Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Tscheligi