Studienjahr 2019/20

The grand opening of the city park was supposed to take place in May. Even though this celebration that had been planned with the residents of Kufstein had to be canceled because of the corona crisis, the people in charge are glad about the successful project.

The idea to take this year’s international study trip virtually was born because of corona. Taking the trip digitally was not a big challenge for the students in the part-time study program Data Science & Intelligent Analytics.

The international study trip for the bachelor degree program International Business Studies took place virtually this year because of COVID-19. The students digitized the trip and reorganized the original schedule

In the spring of 2020 because of the coronavirus, personal contact had to be radically restricted and people were switched to their home offices. A researcher at the FH Kufstein Tirol shows how the performance of virtual communication can be optimized.

For the first time, the school-leaving certificate award was not handed over personally to the winning class but digitally. The students at HLW Spittal School were glad about the winning amount of €3,000.00, and they share it together.

A practical project group from the Smart Products & Solutions study program developed a function for the Amazon Language Assistant as an example of what the students could do. It is now used to answer questions while driving with the Beecar.

This year the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol participated in the higher education institution ranking in the subjects of Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, and Business Information Systems and achieved a superior placement.

The open house at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol took place digitally for the first time on April 25, 2020. The visitors received a good overall impression of the FH and appreciated how the open house was handled.

In a current scientific study, two researchers from the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol studied motives of current media use during the corona crisis. The research work reveals surprising results.

Currently schools are being closed and reopened, and final examinations are being rescheduled. The University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol reacted with more flexibility for admission appointments.

During the Q-NNECT knowledge transfer project, a two-day workshop was held at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol with 14 representatives from the Austrian industrial sector about the topic of the Digital Twin.

The WinterSchool annually invites around 200 international students to the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol to work on a sustainable real estate project. This year innovative utilization concepts for a student dormitory were presented.