Heads of Courses

• FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz Fidler
• FH-Prof. Mag. Petra Ganaus, Msc
• FH-Prof. DSA Mag. (FH) Christine Haselbacher
• FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Otfried Knoll, EURAIL-Ing.
• FH-Prof. Mag. Monika Kovarova-Simecek
• FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Marlies Temper, Bakk.

Lecturers & Scientific employees

• Katharina Auer-Voigtländer, BA MA
• FH-Prof. Dr. Michael Iber
• FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Dipl.-Ing. Frank Michelberger, EURAIL-Ing.
• FH-Prof. Barbara Wondrasch, PT, PhD
• FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Peter Kieseberg

Part-time teaching and research staff representative

• Markus Angermann, MBA

Student representatives

• Clemens Jung, BSc
• Lukas Kroisenbrunner
• Lea Wall
• Jacqueline Zeilinger

Assistant to the Head of the UAS Board

• Silvia Udwary Bakk. MA

Section Head Programme Development

• Mag. Dr. Katalin Szondy

The Board of the St. Pölten UAS convenes six times per academic year.

In several committees and working groups, the respective delegated Board members fulfil their tasks unbound by instructions. They prepare topics, e.g. concerning the UAS’ strategy, review applications and forward these to the Board following internal coordination.

Content that is subject to a Board resolution is then discussed at the following Board meeting and decided once all requirements are met. If the necessary majority for a resolution cannot be achieved, for example, the Board issues instructions for improvement to the applicants.

In this way, the UAS Board coordinates central topics pertaining to teaching and research for the St. Pölten UAS, thereby performing its tasks as set out in Art. 10 FHG as amended.

These are the functions of the UAS Board:

Decision-Making Tasks

• Coordination of the entire teaching operations in terms of content
• Decisions concerning complaints about Academic Directors
• Establishment and discontinuation of study programmes and further education programmes
• Issue of a Statute including examination regulations
• Changes concerning study programmes
• Awarding of academic honours
• Submission of applications to the provider concerning the budget
• Further development of teaching, applied research and internationalisation for the assurance of competence- and future-oriented studies at a higher education level
• Assurance of quality in teaching and research
• Protection of continued equality of women and men, preparation and implementation of the equalisation plan

Holding of Elections

• Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the UAS Board
• Establishment of an electoral commission for the Board election of teaching and research staff

• Awarding and revocation of academic degrees
• Nostrification of foreign academic degrees
• Proposals for heads of academic organisational units and the recruitment and dismissal of teaching and research staff to the provider
• Commissioning of and participation in the implementation of external quality assurance procedures in coordination with the provider

• Committee for Programme Development
• Committee for Quality Development in Teaching
• Committee for Quality Development in Research
• Committee for Internationalisation in Teaching and Research
• Committee for Personnel Matters in Teaching and Research

Complaints Committee of the UAS Board

According to Art. 10 FHG, students and prospective students (applicants) have the possibility to file a complaint against the decision of an Academic Director with the UAS Board. Complaints can be filed either in person or through the student representatives. The Chairperson of the Board is the direct point of contact for these matters (e-mail).

The Board may set up a Complaints Committee to deal with any complaints against decisions of Academic Directors.

Office of the Austrian Student Ombudsman with the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

The Office of the Austrian Student Ombudsman offers advice on issues concerning studying, teaching, examinations, services and administration at higher education institutions. It provides assistance and mediation for problem from the aforementioned areas.

For more information, visit www.hochschulombudsmann.at (in German)