WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Online meetings for all incoming students

Q&A session

If you have any questions regarding your prospective, current or future exchange stay at WU, please join one of our Q&A sessions (lasting 1 hour each)instead of writing an email. You have the opportunity to get immediate answers and learn from your colleagues.

Q & A on Wednesday, July 2, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, July 2, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, July 16, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, July 16, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, July 30, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, July 30, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 6, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 6, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 20, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 20, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 27, 09:30 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Q & A on Wednesday, August 27, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting

Course webinar

We highly recommend to join us for one of our webinars on course registration on August 12, where we explain how to register for courses in LPIS and answer any remaining questions regarding course registration:

Webinar on course registration, August 12, 10:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
Webinar on course registration, August 12, 16:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting
LAST MINUTE “Emergency Q&A, August 13, 09:00 (Vienna time): Link to MS Teams Meeting

In our experience, students who join the webinar are more successfull with course registration

Visa info sessions

Students from a third country (i.e. not from the EU or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway & Switzerland) staying in Austria for up to 6 months usually need a visa D. To support you during this process, we present some general information about the application process. Please join one of our visa info sessions down below:

Wednesday, May 14, 2025: at 10:00 (Austrian time) OR at 16:00 (Austrian time)
Thursday, May 15, 2025: at 10:00 (Austrian time) OR at 16:00 (Austrian time)
Tuesday, May 20, 2025: at 10:00 (Austrian time) OR at 16:00 (Austrian time)

Nomination deadline for partner universities	November 1, 2024
Welcome email will be sent out to incoming exchange students	November 4, 2024
Application period for: Orientation and Cultural Program Pre-semester German language courses Online pre-enrollment for students	November 4, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Housing	November 20, 2024
Preliminary course list goes online	December 23, 2024
Course info mail 1	December 23, 2024
Publication of the course catalog for the summer term	January 14, 2025
Course info mail 2	January 20, 2025
Webinar on course registration	January 21, 2025
Registration for summer semester courses	January 22-26, 2025
Latest arrival date (for participants of the pre-semester German language course)	February 3, 2025
WU Incoming Kickoff (mandatory attendance)	February 4, 2025 – February 5, 2025 For students registered for any pre-semester program(s) February 24, 2025 – February 25, 2025 For all other students
Pre-semester programs (optional)	Orientation and Cultural Program: February 10, 2025 – February 21, 2025 Pre-semester German language courses: February 10, 2025 – February 21, 2025
Latest arrival date for all students	February 23, 2025
Start of semester	March 1, 2025
End of semester	June 29, 2025

Nomination deadline for partner universities	May 1, 2025
Welcome email will be sent out to incoming exchange students	May 2, 2025
Application period for: Online pre-enrollment for students Orientation and Cultural Program Pre-semester German language courses	May 2- May 20, 2025
Housing	May 20, 2025
Course catalog for the winter semester will be published and first course infomation email	July 7, 2025
Second course information email	August 11, 2025
Webinars on course registration	August 12, 2025
Registration for winter semester courses	August 13, 2025 to August 17, 2025
Waiting list available	August 25, 2025
Latest arrival date (for participants of the pre-semester programs)	September 7, 2025
WU Incoming Kickoff (mandatory attendance on BOTH days)	September 8 + September 9, 2025 (mandatory for students registered for any pre-semester program) OR September 25 + September 26, 2025 (mandatory for all other students)
Pre-semester programs (optional)	Orientation and Cultural Program: September 15 - September 26, 2025 Pre-semester German language courses: September 15 - September 26, 2025
Latest arrival date for all students	September 24, 2025
Start of semester	October 1, 2025
End of semester	January 30, 2026

Nomination deadline for partner universities	May 1, 2026
Welcome email will be sent out to incoming exchange students	May 4, 2026
Application period for: Online pre-enrollment for students Orientation and Cultural Program Pre-semester German language courses	May 4, 2026 - May 22, 2026
Housing	May 22, 2026
Course catalog for the winter semester will be published and first course infomation email	TBA
Second course information email	TBA
Webinars on course registration	TBA
Registration for winter semester courses	TBA
Waiting list available	TBA
Latest arrival date (for participants of the pre-semester programs)	February 2, 2026
WU Incoming Kickoff (mandatory attendance on BOTH days)	February 3 + February 4, 2026 (mandatory for students registered for any pre-semester program) OR February 24 + February 25, 2026 (mandatory for all other students)
Pre-semester programs (optional)	Orientation and Cultural Program: February 9 - February 20, 2026 Pre-semester German language courses: February 9 - February 20, 2026
Latest arrival date for all students	February 23, 2026
Start of semester	March 1, 2026
End of semester	June 29, 2026

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
CookieConsent	Saves your consent to using cookies.	30 days	WU
site-popup	Saves if popup was filled or closed.	30 days	WU
BACH_PRXY_ID	To be able to display some WU-specific content, it is necessary that some information must be accessed by back-end WU systems. Required to assign the appropriate answer to a request.	20 years	WU
BACH_PRXY_SN	To be able to display some WU-specific content, it is necessary that some information must be accessed by back-end WU systems. Required to assign the appropriate answer to a request.	session	WU
fe_typo_user	Required for login and access to protected content or for editing the user’s personal profile.	session	WU
be_typo_user	Required for login and editing content in the TYPO3 back end.	session	WU
be_lastLoginProvider	Stores the last method used for logging in to the TYPO3 back end.	90 days	WU
ASP.NET_SessionId	Required for assigning visitors to forms.	session	WU (forms.wu.ac.at)
__RequestVerificationToken	Required to protect forms against attacks.	session	WU (forms.wu.ac.at)
ESRASOFTSID	Required for identifying the logged-in user in the Business Language Center’s course registration system.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSoftWiData	Required to track the language and language courses selected by the user.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSimpleSAMLAuthToken	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSimpleSAML	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
SimpleSAML	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
_pk_id	Used by Matomo Analytics to store a few details about the user, such as the unique visitor ID.	30 days	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_pk_ref	Used by Matomo Analytics to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website.	6 months	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_pk_ses	Created by Matomo Analytics, short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the current visit.	1 hours	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_gcl_au	Contains a randomly generated user ID.	3 months	Google
AMP_TOKEN	Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, request in progress or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.	1 year	Google
_dc_gtm_--property-id--	Used by DoubleClick (Google Tag Manager) to help identify the visitors by either age, gender or interests.	2 years	Google
_ga	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google Analytics can recognize returning users on this website and merge the data from previous visits.	2 year	Google
_gat_gtag	Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented.	1 minute	Google
_gid	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google Analytics can recognize returning users on this website and merge the data from previous visits.	24 hour	Google
_gac_gb	Contains campaign-related information for the user. If Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts are linked, the conversion tags on the Google Ads website read this cookie.	90 day	Google
_dc_gtm	Used to throttle the request rate.	1 minute	Google
IDE	Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google can recognize the user across different websites across domains and display personalized advertising.	1 year	Google
player	This cookie saves user-specific settings before an embedded Vimeo video is played. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, your preferred settings will be loaded.	1 year	Vimeo
vuid	This cookie is used to save the usage history of the user.	2 year	Vimeo
__cf_bm	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for Vimeo to collect valid data about the use of the service.	1 day	Vimeo
_uetvid	This cookie is set to enable the use of the Vimeo video player.	1 year	Vimeo
_tt_enable_cookie	This cookie is used to enable the vimeo video embedding on the WU Website and for other unspecified purposes.	1 year	Vimeo
afUserId	This cookie collects data from users who interact with embedded Vimeo videos.	2 years	Vimeo
_abexps	This cookie saves settings made by the user, e.g. Default language, region or username as well as interaction data of the user with Vimeo	10 months	Vimeo
_clck	This cookie enables the use of the embedded Vimeo video player	1 year	Vimeo
has_logged_in	This cookie stores login information and if the user has ever logged in.	10 years	Vimeo
language	This cookie remembers the language setting of a user. This ensures that Vimeo appears in the language selected by the user.	11 years	Vimeo
_ttp	This cookie is set to enable the use of the Vimeo video player	1 year	Vimeo
sd_client_id	This cookie stores data about the users current video settings and a personal identification token	2 year	Vimeo
_rdt_uuid	This cookie collects data about the users actions on websites that have a vimeo video embedded.	3 months	Vimeo
vimeo_cart	This cookie is used to check how many times a video has been played by the user.	10 years	Vimeo
OptanonConsent	This cookie stores information about the consent status of a visitor.	1 year	Vimeo
_scid	This cookie is used to assign a unique ID to a user	10 months	Vimeo
hjSessionBenutzer_	Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.	1 year	Hotjar
_hjid	This is an old cookie which is not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser. It will be reused and migrated to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}. Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.	1 year	Hotjar
_hjFirstSeen	Identifies a new users first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjHasCachedUserAttributes	Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not.	session	Hotjar
_hjUserAttributesHash	Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjBenutzerAttribute	Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. No explicit expiration.	session	Hotjar
hjViewportId	Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions.	session	Hotjar
hjActiveViewportIds	Stores user active viewports IDs. Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization.	session	Hotjar
_hjSession_	Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjSessionTooLarge	Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large. Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit.	1 hour	Hotjar
_hjSessionResumed	Set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection.	session	Hotjar
_hjCookieTest	Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Deleted almost immediately after it is created.	session	Hotjar
_hjLocalStorageTest	Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.	none	Hotjar
_hjSessionStorageTest	Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.	none	Hotjar
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_	Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.	2 minutes	Hotjar
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	Used to detect the first pageview session of a user.	30 minutes	Hotjar
_hjTLDTest	We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname. It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). After this check, the cookie is removed.	session	Hotjar

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Online meetings for all incoming students

Q&A session

Course webinar

Visa info sessions

Summer semester 2025

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Summer semester 2026

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