Career
Career opportunities in Vienna
Vienna is Austria’s most important economic centre, having banking, insurance, business services, (especially law firms), tourism, health care and manufacturing industry (electrical machinery, transportation equipment, metal products) as main economic pillars.
Major employers in Vienna include: Erste Group, IBM, OMV, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Deloitte, Siemens, Telekom Austria, Oracle, SAP.
International students have a wide range of internship opportunities to choose from in many business sectors and industries.
Life
Vienna city life
Famous for balls and classical music, Vienna is an interesting and appealing city stepped in history. Start exploring this city and visit the centre, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Everywhere you’ll go, you will admire the unique and remarkable mix of architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens.
Some of the most popular touristic attractions:
- The imperial palaces of the Hofburg and Schönbrunn
- The Sisi Museum
- The Sigmund Freud Museum
- The Museum of Applied Arts – with world-famous paintings from Gustav Klimt
- St. Stephen's Cathedral
- The Imperial Treasury (Schatzkammer)
- Modern attractions include the United Nations headquarters
In Vienna, you can relax and make promenades in many parks, including the Stadtpark, the Burggarten, or the Schlosspark at Schloss Belvedere (home to the Vienna Botanic Gardens).
Go see a play at the Burgtheater, considered one of the best theatres in the German-speaking world, or at the Vienna's English Theatre (VET). You can also attend classical concerts at world famous venues such as the Wiener Musikverein.
Take an authentic Austrian break at one of the Viennese cafés, as these have a very long and remarkable history that goes back centuries. Even if you may not like coffee so much, you will love the atmosphere. Nightlife in Vienna is not so much concentrated around clubs, you will mostly find bars, pubs and live music venues.
International atmosphere in Vienna
Vienna is one of the top touristic destinations in Europe, counting over three million visitors a year. Vienna is also one of the world’s leading hubs for international congresses and conventions and the seat of a number of international organisations, like U.N. offices. Currently Vienna is the world's third "UN city", next to New York, Geneva, and Nairobi.
Immigrant population living here include Turks, Poles, Germans and people coming from Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Weather Vienna
Vienna has four seasons, with warm summers and cold, dry winters. Spring and autumn are mild. Snow is rare, temperatures in the winter record around 3 – 4 C (38 – 40 F), but they could go about the freezing point. In the summer the average temperatures are between 24 and 33 °C (75 and 91 °F).
Universities in Vienna
BOKU is one of the best universities for sustainability in Europe and brings together scientific, technical and socio-economic topics. BOKU is a leading institute, where science and students exchange ideas with actors from economics and politics on the sustainable development of our society.
Modul University Vienna is a leading international private university, offering innovative, fully English-taught programs in business, tourism, sustainability, data science, international relations and human resource management. MU provides a diverse, global learning environment and prepares students for responsible leadership in a rapidly changing world.
The Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies is the oldest professional school in the world, dedicated to preparing talented university and college graduates for international careers and positions of leadership in international organisations, the EU, in public service and in international business.
Central European University (CEU) is a research-focused university offering a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the heart of Europe. Its ever-growing international community of students, alumni, permanent and visiting faculty and program partners enables you to challenge conventional wisdom.