The majority of the research activity at TU Wien can be allocated to one of five research focal areas. Beyond these, however, there are a range of additional research fields that, whilst less comprehensive and cross-disciplinary, nevertheless have great significance for the success and the scientific output of TU Wien.
As “Additional Fields of Research”, they are summarised in the sixth column of the research matrix.

They primarily deal with topics in architecture and urban planning as well as fundamental mathematical methods. 

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  1. Development and Advancement of the Architectural Arts 
  2. Urban and Regional Transformation
  3. Fundamental Mathematics Research
  4. Mathematical Methods in Economics

More money, more projects, more publications – in recent years the Additional Fields have become significantly more important at TU Wien. The Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation as well as the Faculty of Architecture and Planning are particularly active in this area, with 38% of the institutes and 54 research groups conducting research in this fields.

The excellence of research in these areas is underscored by numerous prestigious awards, including several START grants and other highly endowed grants, such as the Special Research Programmes (SFBs) of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The volume of third-party funding acquired for research projects in the Additional Fields in the period 2022-2024 amounts to more than EUR 7.5 million per year, distributed across an average of 44 project starts annually. The scientific output is reflected in around 460 publications and around 400 presentations per year.

Schematic representation of the distribution of the project volume according to the share of research types and share of faculties, the project volume in the research fields as well as the publications. The exact content of the graphic is incorporated in text form below.

Breakdown of project volume by share of research types and share of faculties, project volume in the individual research fields, and breakdown of publications

 

In the Research Focal Area Additional Fields, 69% basic research, 25% applied research and 6% experimental development is carried out.

The project volume is divided among the faculties as follows: 54.8% Mathematics and Geoinformation, 5.9% Physics, 0.5% Informatics, 0.4% Civil and Environmental Engineering, 38.3% Architecture and Planning, 0.01% Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and 0.02% Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

The project volume in the individual research fields can be broken down as follows: EUR 700,000 in the research field Development and Advancement of the Architectural Arts, EUR 1.5 million in the research field Urban and Regional Transformation, EUR 2.8 million in the research field Fundamental Mathematics Research, and EUR 680,000 in the research field Mathematical Methods in Economics.

The publications are divided into 23% SCI publications and 77% non-SCI publications.

The selection relates to the size of the project volume in the specified period, as well as the proportion of the project volume in the key area of research, the institute project volume, and the proportion of publications.

All data and information provided relates to the research period 2022-2024 (based on the period of the Performance Agreement).