Image by Oswald Jenewein
Overcome boundaries.
Explore the unknown.
Broaden horizons.
The partnership between UT Arlington and LFU Innsbruck goes back to 1989. This program fosters transatlantic partnerships and enables professional, academic, and cultural exchange.
From Tirol to Texas.
> From Innsbruck to Arlington.
The transatlantic partnership between the University of Innsbruck (LFU) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) operates in five crucial sectors of academic relations:
(1) Faculty Program (1989-current)
(2) Exchange Program (1996-current)
(3) Summer Program (2018-current)
(4) Scholar Program (2018-current)
(5) International Program (2024)
Over three decades, more than 100 students, scholars, and faculty members have participated in the various programs offered as part of this academic partnership.
Since 2016, several events have been organized per year to strengthen and expand collaborations and exchange between both institutions.
Academic Partnership.
> Universitäre Partnerschaft.
History.
> Geschichte.
The academic partnership between UT Arlington and LFU Innsbruck goes back to 1989, when UTA Professor Craig Kuhner first started to teach a yearly architectural photography course at LFU Innsbruck. Under Kuhner's leadership, the formal Exchange Program was initiated in 1996. Ever since, Professors Gabriela Seifert-Kavan in 1997, John Maruszczack from 2002-2010, and Marjan Colletti in 2010, started to become visiting faculty members abroad.
In 2016, Oswald Jenewein started to direct this academic partnership, building on the groundwork laid by Craig Kuhner. Over the past three decades, more than 50 students participated in the exchange program. The biggest spike in enrollment has occurred ever since 2017, with over 25 students participating within the last five years alone.
In 2018, Jenewein started the first summer program, allowing UTA students to travel to Innsbruck as part of a summer course. Almost 30 students traveled to Austria in 2018 and 2019, before the COVID-19-Pandemic temporarily ended international travel. With the first visiting scholar arriving in Innsbruck from UTA in 2018, the academic partnership now operates in four crucial sectors: (1) Faculty Program, (2) Exchange Program, (3) Summer Program, (4) Scholar Program.
Back in Time.
> Durch die Zeit.
Events.
> Veranstaltungen.
Voices.
> Stimmen.
