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ELLS Scientific Student Conference

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 14.-15. November 2025

Present your thesis - WhatELLS? Neue Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30.06.2025

Starting signal for DANUBElifelines at BOKU: Working together for free rivers and migratory fish

With the ambitious goal of restoring river corridors in the Danube catchment area and protecting endangered migratory fish species such as sturgeon and huchen, the EU-funded DANUBElifelines (DLL) project has officially started in Vienna. The project is coordinated by BOKU University, where the kick-off event also took place.

Zechmeister-Boltenstern honoured

The Head of the Institute of Soil Research has received a prestigious award from the City of Vienna.

Rockfish Bio Wins Prestigious S&B Business Award 2025

The BOKU/MUW spin-off Rockfish Bio AG was honored in May 2025 with the Science & Business Award (S&B Award) of the Rudolf Sallinger Fund, receiving the main prize of €20,000.

Awarding of honours at BOKU

Andrea Reithmayer, Maria Patek and Pavel Tlustoš were honoured for their outstanding achievements.

Rising Star Award & Advances in Flow Injection Analysis

Dr. David Cocovi-Solberg honored for his contributions to flow injection analysis and presented groundbreaking research on new valves for miniaturized HPLC systems.

Subject ranking

BOKU has a long and successful tradition of participating in the Quacquarelli Symonds University Ranking by Subject, as in the current publication. BOKU University takes 28th place in agricultural and forestry sciences in the QS subject rankings.

10th BOKU Sustainability Day

During the BOKU Sustainability Day, Eleonora Charlotte Pichler and Ulrich Sukop from the Department of Food Science and Technology won first prize.

50 years of forestry research

On December 10, BOKU University and IUFRO invite you to a special public lecture by renowned forestry expert Michael Kleine.

Highly Cited Researchers

Helmut Haberl and Karlheinz Erb from the Institute of Social Ecology were once again among the world's most cited researchers in 2024.

ESACT Innovation Award

BOKU´s seminal contribution was acknowledged by the ESACT Innovation Award 2024 at the ESACT meeting in Edinburgh on June 23rd.

Honorary member

Prof. Martin Gerzabek from the Institute of Soil Research received a special honor: he was elected honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

Austrian State Prize

Thomas Thaler, Institute for Landscape Planning, and Sebastian Seebauer, Joanneum Research, won second place with their project "Just Fair".

Funding opportunities

Applications for the funding award for completed gender and diversity theses and the master's thesis scholarship are open until November 15, 2024.

BOKU Awareness Days

Join us to explore equity, diversity, and inclusion. Improve your skills in neurodiversity, antiracism, climate anxiety, and gender-based violence.

ILAP successfully hosted the [STUDENT BIP] 2024/25

BOKU, FH Kiel and UPV Valencia: International exchange of students and lecturers

[STUDENT BIP] – an Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme about "Sustainable Urban Development – Liveable Quarters, blue-green Infrastructures and Active Mobility“

BOKU scientists teach in Kenya

Barbara Steiner and Sebastian Michel led an intensive course on “Phenotypic Analysis to Genomic Selection” at Egerton University.

Baumschabl wins PhD Award

Receiving the prestigious PhD Award at this year's ÖGMBT conference is an impressive recognition of Michael Baumschabl's scientific work.

Release: The Bark Beetle Dashboard

The practice-oriented bark beetle dashboard is a current joint project of BOKU University and the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW). It provides important information on the management of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) in several maps with high spatial and temporal resolution for the whole of Austria and has been online in a first test version since May 2024.

EPICUR SEED Funding Scheme 2024

Researchers can apply for one-year grants of up to 150.000 euros. Submission deadline is 30 September 2024. Find out now.

A cave bear returns

In the course of processing the collection of the Cistercian Dominik Bilimek, a contemporary witness of an early cave bear excavation emerged.

Potential of permaculture

In a study with BOKU University, the RPTU found that permaculture brings about a significant improvement in biodiversity.

Celebrating Diversity in Research

BOKU grants diversity prizes for research at Tulln's inaugural Diversity Day. Discover the strategy behind the awards and meet the winners.

IUFRO report - Rethinking international forest policy?

A new report from the “International Union of Forest Research Organizations” (IUFRO) says scientists are calling for rethinking global forest governance.

Green grabbing in Brazil

A study by BOKU University shows how the land requirements of these energies are changing access to land and threatening traditional communities.

Jennifer Hatlauf honoured

Golden jackal researcher awarded the prestigious Stefan M. Gergely Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Obituary

Prof. DI Dr Friedrich Leisch, Head of the Institute of Statistics, died on 24 April at the age of 56 after a serious illness.

Florian Kitzler honoured with the GIL Award for Agricultural Informatics

Florian Kitzler, from the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, has been awarded the GIL Prize for Agricultural Informatics for his dissertation "RGB-D Semantic Segmentation for Intelligent Weed Control". His work deals with weed control using innovative approaches to machine image recognition.

International Women’s Day

On March 8, BOKU celebrates a special anniversary: 100 years ago, Ilse Wallentin was the first woman to complete her doctorate at BOKU.

Plant-based antibodies

International research project by acib, BOKU and Tonix Pharmaceuticals is researching a new process for the production of antibodies in plants.

Sustainable Fertilisation

After a little more than five and a half years, the Horizon 2020/CBE-JU project SUSFERT came to conclusion in December 2023.

FIA award for Young Scientist

David J. Cocovi-Solberg was awarded by the Japanese Association for Flow Injection Analysis with the FIA Award for Young Researched 2022.

Complexity Science Hub

In partnership with our esteemed collaborator, we proudly offer a diverse range of programs tailored to every stage of an academic career.

EU Nature Restoration Law

European research team led by BOKU and IGB in Berlin identifies seven challenges for implementation on rivers.

A World of Solidarity

On the 14th of November, a presentation took place at BOKU that explored the interconnectedness of Iraq´s challenges and the path to a sustainable future.

First Commercial SLIM System in Europe now at BOKU

In collaboration with Agilent Technologies and MOBILion Systems Inc., the first commercial SLIM-QTOFMS system in Europe was recently installed at BOKU Vienna.

The Diversity Award for Research is being announced at BOKU for the first time!

Anyone who conducts diversity-sensitive research is invited to take part. Research projects, publications, presentations and posters can be submitted. The submission deadline is March 31.

How old is Lake Neusiedl?

Based on the age of formation of minerals, it has now been determined that the lake already existed 25,000 years ago.

Courses about Gender & Diversity

Join in! Here you will find an overview of the courses with gender and diversity content offered in the winter term 2024/25.

Dental implant research at BOKU

At the Institute for Synthetic Bioarchitectures, ceramic dental implant surfaces have been investigated for years. The aim is to improve the ingrowth behavior (osseointegration) through new surface architectures. Together with a dental implant manufacturer, we recently submitted a strategy for non-chemical surface modification as an international patent. As part of the NanoEHS call, we have been given the opportunity to apply our previous knowledge to a specific question: how do potential abrasions of such ceramics behave? What tent biological effects do we see in our human cell lines and how do our findings compare to conservative dental implants? At the Institute for Synthetic Bioarchitectures, ceramic dental implant surfaces have been investigated for years. The aim is to improve the ingrowth behavior (osseointegration) through new surface architectures. We have recently filed a strategy for non-chemical surface modification as an international patent together with a dental…

Focus on safe nutrition

Rudolf Krska presented the Chinese translation of his successful book "Essen ohne Gift?" in Beijing.

BOKU visits Japan

Hubert Hasenauer, Head of the Institute of Forest Engineering, visited the Japanese Forest Research Institute and the University of Tokyo.

Danubius Mid-Career Award

Minister of Science Martin Polaschek awarded BOKU researcher Marco Beaumont during the Danubius Awards 2023.

Innovation Corner - Exhibition at the Technical Museum Vienna

On 2.10.2023, the Innovation Corner AGRIFOOD in the foyer of the Vienna Technical Museum with a contribution from the COMET Centre FFoQSI in collaboration with the Institute for Analytical Chemistry at BOKU was ceremoniously opened. The exhibition “Knowledge paths from plate to pond”, fish origins through ear stone analysis using analytical chemistry, can be seen for 4 months.

2nd place for the BOKU Brew Crew

The Coffee Stout beer "Melange" from the BOKU Brew Crew was awarded 2nd place at the 11th International Brewing Competition in Hamburg.

Prof. Orlando Rojas (The University of British Columbia) as a guest professor at BOKU

Prof. Orlando Rojas delivers a guest lecture on “Principles and applications of biobased materials” from October 4th to 12th.

EPICUR courses Fall Semester - Call for Applications

EPICUR is excited to offer you around 22 different courses in a wide range of subjects ranging from Sustainability, European Values, Entrepreneurship & Engagement to Key Competences, like Academic Writing.

Prof. Hiroyuki Yano (Kyoto University) as a guest professor at BOKU

Prof. Hiroyuki Yano delivers a guest lecture on “Current Advances in Biomaterials” from September 8th to 15th.

Accessible tourism

"CE-Spaces4All" wants to enable people with disabilities to travel and use tourism offers in a self-determined way in rural areas.