MODUL University Vienna
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| Motto | Expanding Horizons |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 2007 |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Karl Wöber |
| Students | 400 |
| Location |
Vienna, Austria 48°16′29″N 16°20′8.7″E / 48.27472°N 16.335750°ECoordinates: 48°16′29″N 16°20′8.7″E / 48.27472°N 16.335750°E |
| Campus | suburban |
| Website | www.modul.ac.at |
MODUL University Vienna (MU Vienna) is a private university established in 2007 in Vienna, Austria, focusing on social and economic development, particularly in the areas of tourism, new media information technology, sustainability, business management, and public governance.
The university consists of five departments: the Department of New Media Technology, the Department of Public Governance and Sustainable Development, the Department of Tourism and Service Management, the Department of Applied Statistics and Economics, and the Department of International Management .
All study programs fulfill the accreditation requirements laid out by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (formerly Austrian Accreditation Council). Due to the university’s international orientation, all study programs are conducted entirely in English. The university campus is located on top of Vienna’s Kahlenberg, which overlooks the city of Vienna. Approximately 60% percent of the student body holds non-Austrian citizenship, with a higher percentage of international students at the master’s level.
Since 2012, the BBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management and the MSc in International Tourism Management have held UNWTO.TEDQual Certification. Since January 2013, MU Vienna has been a member of the European Universities Consortium (EUC), a group of higher education institutions that promotes English-taught Bachelor’s programs in Europe.
In September 2016, MODUL University will open its second campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
MU Vienna was founded by the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the foundation of Saudi-Austrian businessman Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, and built with the support of the City of Vienna and the Vienna Tourist Board. The aim of the founders was to offer students internationally oriented, hands-on studies in the areas of tourism research, information technology, and public administration, making use of the active role of Vienna in European city tourism. Karl Wöber, who had previously taught at the Vienna University of Economics in the field of tourism, was appointed founding president.
The name MODUL comes from the honeycomb-like structure of the Tourism College MODUL, where both the school and adjacent hotel of the same name are built in octagonal-shaped conjoined 'modules'. The school and hotel are also in Vienna’s 19th district, and were designed and built from 1973-1975. The university was conceptualized by the leaders of the Tourism College MODUL, and was named MODUL University. The two institutions cooperate frequently, but attendance of the Tourism College MODUL is not a prerequisite for to enter the university.
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