The WU ZBP Career Center is one of Europe’s leading career centers for economics and business students and recent graduates.

The ZBP Career Center is your first point of contact for questions about working in Austria. It keeps a database of job offers from over 500 national and international companies. Each year, the ZBP Career Center advertises approximately 2,000 open jobs and internships for students, graduates, and young professionals.

Every fall, the ZBP Career Center organizes the Career Calling job fair – Austria’s largest career fair for graduates in the fields of economics and business, technology, and natural sciences.

See the ZBP website for more information on working in Austria and available positions.

The WU Business Language Center offers courses in the following languages: Arabic, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. There is also a broad range of German courses, most of them only lasting three months. Discounts on the course fees are available for WU students.

It is also possible to obtain the Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch (ÖSD) certificate at WU. The ÖSD exams conform to international guidelines, and ÖSD certificates are recognized worldwide as proof of German skills.

For details on course contents and how to sign up, please click here.

In our Tandem Learning Program you will pair up with another student who will help you improve your German. In return, you will help your tandem partner to improve his/her skills in your first language. For more details on the Tandem Learning Program visit the webpages of the Raiffeisen Language Resource Center.

BeAble is a WU service that offers support and counselling to students with disabilities:

The BeAble program is aimed at students with…

• Physical impairments

• Mental impairments

• Chronic illnesses

• Reading or writing difficulties

• Learning disabilities

• Temporary impairments (e.g. a broken arm)

You can have a look at their activities and events here.

If you feel like you need support during your studies at WU, please contact the team members of WU student counselling directly. You can find further information on the counselling offer - including peer support groups and one on one coaching - as well as their activities and events here.

If you are interested in making a difference by volunteering, you can have a look at WU's own volunteering program here.