Future competencies, new perspectives and practical study formats: The FH of the BFI Vienna participates with a wide range of articles at the Future Fit Festival of the Waff and shows how education can contribute to the active design of social and economic change.
With a varied program of events and trade fair appearances, the BFI of the BFI Vienna is part of the Waff at the Future Fit Festival 2025. As an economically oriented university, she brings her expertise to digitization, sustainability and professional transformation and positions herself as an active partner in a future -oriented educational landscape.
“We very much welcome the fact that the Waff created a platform with the Future Fit Festival on which educational offers, future skills and professional perspectives are made visible. As a FH of the BFI Vienna, we are convinced – because especially as a university with an economic focus, we see it as our responsibility to enable people for a dynamic working world”
says Eva Schiessl-Foggensteiner, managing director of the FH of the BFI Vienna.
Marko Miloradović, Managing Director of the Waff, added: “The Future Fit Festival with its 280 events makes Vienna the capital of the future professions. Wiener: Inside 14 to 65 years there is the opportunity to get to know numerous professions, try it out and take a look behind the scenes. The goal is suggestions for training and further education.
Education for change: The FH festival program of the FH of the BFI Vienna
At the Future Fit Festival, the FH of the BFI Vienna shows how modern university education supports people in developing, reorienting, reorienting or planning their career path. In doing so, she relies on innovative study content, flexible formats and personal advice. The program at a glance:
Program of the FH of the BFI Vienna
A relaxed evening for everyone who strives for a master – with personal consultations, information on part -time courses and opportunity to network with teachers, students and graduates: inside.
Insight into an innovative study at the interface of creativity, technology and business- ideal for everyone who wants to start professionally in the games, media or digital industry.
The newly developed, part -time master’s degree combines management knowledge with data -driven thinking – for everyone who wants to take on management tasks and want to make data -based decisions.
The future-oriented bachelor’s degree for everyone who wants to learn how to plan, control and successfully implement IT projects-with a strong practical and solid project management competence.
Program with the participation of the FH of the BFI Vienna
At our information stand, visitors learn: inside which skills are in demand in the digital economy – and how our courses are specifically preparing for them.
We show how economy and sustainability can be thought together – and which fields of study provide the right foundations for this.
Empowerment for women who want to take their professional future into their own hands. We provide information about career paths in business, technology and digitization – and how education becomes a gamuchanger.
FH of the BFI Vienna participates in another Waff initiative
In addition to the Future Fit Festival, the BFI Vienna FH is also involved in the initiative “Study for women”. The funding program is aimed specifically at working women who want to further qualify in the subject areas of digitization, sustainability and technology – three fields that are central to transformation of the world of work. With the two Bachelor courses project management and IT as well as Technical Sales and Marketing and the Master course Project Management and Data Analystics, the FH of the BFI Vienna is a partner of this initiative and thus creates concrete access to high-quality, practical education for women who want to combine work and studies.
About the University of Applied Sciences of the BFI Vienna
With a strong international orientation, the university with ten Bachelor and eight master’s courses- including two Bachelor and two master programs in English- offers a practice-oriented, economic course offer with a focus on business, management and finance. Around two thirds of the approximately 2,500 students complete their studies part -time.
The FH of the BFI Vienna was the first university of Vienna to receive the FIBAA quality seal “Excellence in Digital Education” and the ECA certification “Quality in Programs Internationalization” (CEQUINT). Furthermore, she has been a member of the UN Global Compact since 2017 and supports the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN with her actions, is one of the founding members of the alliance of sustainable universities and has been awarded two Sustainability Awards by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection and Education.
Future Fit Festival 2025
The Future Fit Festival invites you to experience and try out jobs and skills of the future. Visitors: Inside can choose from over 200 exciting events all over Vienna. More than 100 partners offer exciting workshops, interesting insights into top companies and many opportunities to try out. Because in order to get a good picture of the jobs of the future, it is important to get to know them and to find out yourself which skills are necessary. The festival is for all Viennese: inside between 14 and 65 – regardless of whether they want to develop, reorient themselves professionally, reorient or get into their first job. The events at the Future Fit Festival are free!
Datum: 22.04.2025 – 10.06.2025
Art: Lectures and discussions
Ort: Wien
URL: https://www.waff.at/future-fit-festival-2025/