Our offers and projects

On this page you will find current offers and projects from "School meets Uni" as well as from other institutions of the University of Vienna, which are aimed specifically at pupils, teachers and school classes as well as at those students, who have recently started their studies at the University of Vienna:

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Dr. Hans Riegel prizes

The University of Vienna and the charitable private foundation Kaiserschild award the Dr. Hans Riegel prizes.

The prizes are awarded to pupils in their final school year for the three best prescientific papers in each of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. The prescientific papers are evaluated by a jury of university professors of the University of Vienna.

All pupils of General Secondary Schools (AHS) in Vienna are free to participate.

The submission deadline for 2023 is April 30th.

Click here to know more (in German)

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School meets Uni - Offers for school classes

Information Lectures

As part of the project "School meets Uni", we offer school classes the opportunity to visit the University of Vienna and "get a taste of university life". In one-hour, free of cost information lectures, we provide a general overview of the differences between school and university, our studies and the admission procedure at the University of Vienna.

Are you interested in a school lecture for your class? Just send us an email: schule-trifft-uni@univie.ac.at.

Guided Tours

If you are interested, you can also book a guided tour through the Main Building of the University of Vienna. The guided tour through the Main Building cost €35,-- per school class. A maximum of 30 people per group can participate in the tour. To arrange a tour, please send an email to fuehrungen@univie.ac.at. A combination of guided tour and lecture is the best way to get to know the University of Vienna.

Library tours and research training for school classes

The Vienna University Library is open to all high school students free of charge. It supports students with their research for the ABA (formerly VWA) or the BHS diploma thesis. School classes can attend library courses free of charge. The students get to know the university library. They learn how to get a library card and how to borrow books. They are also introduced to research strategies using the central media search engine u:search.

School class during an lecture

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Further offers for pupils and school classes at the University of Vienna

First Generation

Pupils who will be the first in their family to study at an Austrian university receive support in the First Generation Project of the Children's Office. Various fields of study and procedures are taught in workshop units. In three modules, a comprehensive overview of the fields of study is given, concrete sources of information are presented and tips and tricks for studying are explained.

Grüne Schule at the Botanical Garden

Who knows the trick of the lotus blossom? What does a living fossil look like? Where does Vienna's biggest bamboo grove grow?

The Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna offers school classes a unique opportunity to experience nature and explore plants in the middle of the city. 

The aim of the project Grüne Schule (Green School) is to give pupils an understanding of the fascinating world of plants. Guided tours and workshops stimulate the interest in researching and exploring nature. Expertise, stunning details and inspiring histories as well as the didactic mediation take centre stage - an exciting and adecuate provision of knowledge for our young generation.

Click here to know more (in German)

Elementary students in a bamboo forest.

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