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TU Wien Academic Press - New release: "Klima- und Umweltgerechtigkeit"

16. December 2025

Collage of the cover of the Yearbook Spatial Planning 2025

Hartmut Dumke, Michael Getzner, Paul Hahnenkamp, Tatjana Neuhuber, Gesa Witthöft (Eds.)

Dr. Ernst Fehrer Preis 2025

16. December 2025

Arabel Long at the Dr. Ernst Fehrer Prize award ceremony — © Zsolt MARTON

Our former colleague Arabel Long (Amann) has been awarded the highly prestigious Dr. Ernst Fehrer Prize for her PhD thesis: "Multi-objective analysis…

How AI Helps Solve Problems It Doesn’t Even Understand

16. December 2025

Researchers at TU Wien have discovered an unexpected connection between two very different areas of artificial intelligence: Large Language Models…

Nachteule TU Wien

16. December 2025

[Translate to English:] Bild vom der TU Wien Bibliothek mit Eule. Im Hintergrund ein Nachthimmel mit Mond. — © TU Wien

The 1st Long Night of Learning will take place at the TU Wien Freihaus Library on January 16, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to January 17, 2026, at 7:00 a.m.…

FAIR & AI symposium

16. December 2025

Group photo with six people; in the background, you can see parts of roll-ups and of a screen with a presentation. — © Helmut Lunghammer

Experts debated whether the FAIR guiding principles are still enough for data stewardship as AI transforms how data is created, managed, and reused.

How Leaders Can Transform 2026 into a Growth Opportunity

15. December 2025

Why the period between Christmas and New Year is more than a breather – and how you can use this time of reflection to systematically develop your…

Chiara Wagner receives the Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Award 2025

15. December 2025

Group photo of the Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Prize 2025 awardees and representatives of the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien during the award ceremony. — © Friedrich Aumayr

Appreciation awards go to Michael Kendler and Nail El Hocine Barama

Christmas at the Research Unit Track-bound Transportation Systems

15. December 2025

[Translate to English:] Lebkuchenzug — © Thomas Maly

Three of our colleagues (Franziska Artelsmair, Christina Raffelsberger, and Markus Lagler) came up with a Christmas project during Advent: a…

Info Mail 2025

15. December 2025

Latest information from accounts payable and project controlling

Christmas holiday opening hours

15. December 2025

Winter collage of the Library building with snowy fir trees and birds — © Library photo: Peter Haas

The Main Library is closed between Christmas and the New Year. The Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering Library is closed from 24 December 2025 to 06…

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SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
fe_typo_user	Is needed so that in case of a Typo3 frontend login the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
staticfilecache	Is needed to optimize the delivery time of the website.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
JESSIONSID	Is needed so that in case of a LectureTube the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn