Prof. Dr. Johannes Maerk
Head of Program International Relations and Urban Policy; Academic Staff
+43 1 606 68 77-3863
johannes.maerk@fh-campuswien.ac.at
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Vienna’s city management is a model for many political systems and urban centers. At the same time, the federal capital is the location of important international organizations and diplomatic missions. Against this background, the English-language, interdisciplinary Master's Program (Continuing Education) aims to combine the topics of diplomacy, administration, political management and applied political science. High potentials in international and municipal organizations will develop their leadership and management skills and specialize in international affairs and urban policy.
Master of Arts (Continuing Education), MA(CE)
Tuition fee
once payment € 14.900,-
Alternative model1
+ ÖH premium / semester
Currently no application possible
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1 Alternative model for installments can be found under "Costs". Details on tuition fees can be found in the general fee regulations.
To initiate your application, email us at irup@fh-campuswien.ac.at or use the contact form at the bottom of the page.
You work in administration or in an international environment and would like to significantly expand your professional portfolio. “Think global” is not simply a catchphrase for you, but reflects your entire mindset. You are able to view developments in a larger context and recognize multidimensional connections. Complexity does not frighten you, but instead encourages you to uncover structures and potential in order to achieve good solutions. In any case, your aim is to share social responsibility and to professionalize administrative processes and decisions.
You will build a sustainable network from day one of your studies.
We invite you to join us in linking topics and thinking in a completely new way.
Decision-makers and experts in their field will teach you at our university.
The relevant admission requirement is
A commission decides on the suitability of applicants on a case-by-case basis.
The program is taught entirely in English. The required language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is at least
Applicants may require legalization of documents from countries other than Austria in order for them to have the evidential value of domestic public documents. Information on the required legalizations can be found here in PDF format.
For documents that are neither in German nor English, a translation by a sworn and court-certified interpreter is required. Your original documents should have all the necessary legalization stamps before translation so that the stamps are also translated. The translation must be firmly attached to the original document or a legalized copy.
As part of your online application, upload scans of your original documents including all required legalization stamps. For documents not issued in German or English, scans of the corresponding translations must also be uploaded. The head of the study program decides on the equivalence of international (higher) education qualifications. Therefore, your documents can only be checked as part of the ongoing application process.
Your path to studying at FH Campus Wien begins with your registration on our application platform. In your online account, you can start your application directly or activate a reminder if the application phase has not yet started.
Your application is valid once you have completely uploaded the required documents. If you do not have all the documents at the time of your online application, please submit them to the secretary's office by email as soon as you receive them.
After completing your online application, you will receive an email confirmation with information on the next steps.
The admission procedure is a two-step process. In the first step, all the formal requirements are examined. In addition, the curriculum vitae and the letter of motivation are important elements that provide information about your previous performance. If the basic eligibility for acceptance is fulfilled, applicants will be invited to an admission interview. This interview is conducted on the basis of a structured guideline and also serves to review basic scientific knowledge through the completion of special tasks.
In order to ensure the inter-subjectivity of the results, the admission interview is conducted by at least two people from the core team of the academic course. The specializations are only offered if there are a minimum number of participants.
A commission decides on the suitability of applicants in individual cases.
Do you still have questions about the study?
Make an appointment with course coordinator Hessam Habibi Doroh irup@fh-campuswien.ac.at for a a personal consultation via Zoom.
The program fee is determined according to the actual costs. In addition to the tuition fee, you will also have to pay the ÖH student union fee (ÖH premium) each semester.
Variant A assumes that you will complete and pay for the entire program. In this model, you will pay the entire fee prior to the start of the program in a single payment of € 14.900,-.
Single payment: € 14.900,-
(Due approximately 4 weeks before the start of the first semester.)
This model offers you the possibility to pay the program fee in four installments of € 3.850,-. If you decide to leave the program early, you will still have to pay the entire fee.
Installment per semester: € 3.850,- (total amount: € 15.400,-)
(In each case due about four weeks prior to the start of the semester)
This model takes into account the possibility of leaving the program after each semester and is ideal for those who want to keep the option open to leave the program early.
First, second and third semester, each: € 4.870,-
Fourth semester: € 2.140,- (total amount € 16.750,-)
(In each case due about four weeks prior to the start of the semester.)
Financial aid is available for continuing higher education programs and for courses and seminars.
You can find information about funding agencies under grants and scholarships.
As a qualified employee in international and municipal organizations, this English-language master's program provides you with well-founded academic training with extensive expertise in leadership and management.
We take into account your specific needs by offering two specializations: International Affairs and Urban Policy. You will get to know management tools that support you in mastering specific problems in international affairs and in urban politics and develop guidelines for sustainable solutions in an urban, as well as international environment.
You combine your professional experience with profound scientific know-how and benefit from access to current research in Applied Political Sciences. During the course you will work on current topics and questions from your own professional experience. In a lively exchange with your fellow students and lecturers, you will build a network in which the latest knowledge circulates. The City of Vienna actively supports this network.
Many of the lecturers are top experts with management responsibility who come from public administration or renowned universities. You contribute current topics from your successful professional practice. You are also invited to join our fireside chats for an in-depth and practice-oriented exchange.
You will conclude the program with an internationally recognized Master of Arts (Continuing Education).
The master's program benefits from its close cooperation with the City of Vienna. With its political and administrative experience in public services and city management, Vienna is a role model for many metropolises and urban areas and is an important source of knowledge.
We place great emphasis on imparting intercultural knowledge as well as digital skills, especially in the areas of e-governance and e-diplomacy. You will apply this knowledge in city diplomacy as an international instrument of local urban administration, with the aim of creating a prosperous and sustainable environment.
The program opens up new perspectives for European and international governance and for networking between regional and international institutions, for example through a study trip to EU institutions in Brussels and international organizations in Vienna.
Would you like to expand your professional experience? Optionally, you can complete an internship with an international organization in or outside Vienna or with municipal departments of the City of Vienna.
You will combine basic political and legal knowledge such as international law, actors in the international system, international politics, etc. with practical elements such as leadership, e-diplomacy or e-governance in order to manage challenges in politics or politically related fields. Based on this, you will formulate sustainable solutions for an urban environment, especially in a European context.
You will learn to politically and administratively control urban living spaces. Above all, this means gaining the ability to act on the basis of cybernetic analysis and control models.
In order to analyze and evaluate questions of public order and to design creative solutions for the metropolitan areas with a large number of political decision-makers and interest groups, you will further develop your problem-solving capacities.
Organization of the studies
First Semester (October to January)
Welcome week in October (presence in Vienna), 3 weekend blocks online, 2 weekend blocks in Vienna
Second Semester (February to June)
3 weekend blocks online, 3 weekend blocks in Vienna, visit to an UN-Organization in Vienna
Third Semester (November to January)
2 weekend blocks online, 3 weekend blocks in Vienna
Fourth Semester (February to June)
Two weekend blocks online, 3 days tripto Brussels, online Defense of Masster of thesis
November: Graduation Ceremony in Vienna
Weekend blocks: Friday 15 to 20 hrs, Saturday wholeday, Sunday 8 to 13 hrs
As a graduate of this program, a wide range of occupational fields and career opportunities are open to you. Find out here where your path can take you.
The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach of the master's program opens up an extremely wide range of fields of activity and forms the starting point for your next career steps in city administration departments, in politics, in organizations of international relations and embassies as well as in business. A wide range of knowledge from political science, economics, international law and management creates the best conditions for assuming managerial responsibility and making well-founded and evidence-based decisions. You also have the opportunity to teach or conduct research in the social and political sciences.
The Master's Program (Continuing Education) is conducted in partnership with the City of Vienna.
We work closely with renowned companies in commerce and industry, with universities, institutions and schools. This guarantees you contacts for internships, employment or participation in research and development. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk. It's well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners!
Head of Program International Relations and Urban Policy; Academic Staff
+43 1 606 68 77-3863
johannes.maerk@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Favoritenstraße 226, A.3.22
1100 Vienna
+43 1 6066877-3862
hessam.habibi_doroh@fh-campuswien.ac.at
irup@fh-campuswien.ac.at
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