WU Campus

In September 2013, the WU and the WU Executive Academy moved to the new Campus WU near the city center and adjacent to one of Vienna’s largest parks. The new campus offers world-class facilities and state-of-the art resources to the students, enabling the WU Executive Academy to provide first class executive education. The new campus is more than just a place for academic research and teaching and learning practical skills; it is also designed to create a new space for social, cultural, and political life. Internationalism, innovation, diversity – the new Campus WU is the concrete realization of WU’s vision for a modern university. The fundamental principles of the new architecture reflect the values and ideas we cherish at WU.

Reiner Wicke <b>WU Campus Panorama</b><br/> Approximately 55,000 m2 of publicly accessible open space surround the six building complexes of Campus WU, perfect for strolling and exploring. The campus is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year through one of the three main entrances and many entry passageways.

Sebastian Freiler <b>The WU Executive Academy building</b><br/>The WU Executive Academy building was designed by the Spanish architects NO.MAD Arquitectos, Madrid. It resides in a square-sided tower comprising seven floors, featuring a front made of glass and aluminum. The WU Executive Academy is located near the entrance of the Messe Wien exhibition grounds and the U2 subway station Messe-Prater. The Executive Academy building is the home of continuing education and life-long learning programs.

WU Executive Academy (www.executiveacademy.at) <b>D3/AD: Departments and Administration</b><br/> This building complex consists of two parts, and was designed by Sir Peter Cook and CRABstudio, London. The complex extends from the west entrance to the center of the campus and forms the southernmost element of Campus WU, neighboring the Prater Park. Building AD is the seat of WU’s administration. The bakery located on the ground floor of the AD building offers high-quality baked goods.

BOAnet <b>D4: Departments</b><br/> The Department building D4 was designed by Barcelona’s Estudio Carme Pinós S. L. It is located directly across from the AD administration building and forms the northernmost border of the campus to the exhibition grounds Messe Wien. The geometric facade features a playful arrangement of parallelograms with dynamically placed windows, also based on a pattern of intersecting parallelograms.

WU Executive Academy (www.executiveacademy.at) <b>Library</b><br/> Wide, spiral ramps and stairways lead from the entry area up through the OMV Central Library, which extends funnel-like through 6 stories of the building. The top two floors are dedicated entirely to the library, where the wide, glassfronted student work area offers a athtaking view of Prater Park.

BOAnet <b>TC/D1: Teaching Center and Departments</b><br/> The Teaching Center was designed by Vienna-based architects BUSarchitektur ZT GmbH. The faсade of the Center is made of Corten weathering steel, which with time will form a protective, colored patina. Building D1 faces the LC and houses the Department of Global Business and Trade and six Research Institutes. The Mensa cafeteria, seating over 600 guests and featuring a unique roof garden, takes up the central, lower section.

WU Executive Academy (www.executiveacademy.at) <b>D2/SC: Departments and Student Center</b><br/> The two elongated components of the D2/SC complex, designed by Japanese architects Atelier Hitoshe Abe (Sendai/Los Angeles), mark the southeastern edge of the campus on the Prater side. The D2 Building houses five Departments, one Research Institute, the Library for Business Languages, and a Spar supermarket. The block-like SC section contains the Sports Center with three gyms, a public day care center, and the offices of the Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH).