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The inauguration of the Rector of TU Wien, Jens Schneider, took place on Friday, October 6, 2023, at 11 a.m. in the Kuppelsaal of the TU Wien.

Below you will find the recording of the live stream and some photos.

Handing over the chains of office

© Klaus Ranger

Sabine Seidler hands over the chain of office to Jens Schneider

Sabine Seidler and Jens Schneider shake hands. Behind them are more people applauding — © Klaus Ranger

Sabine Seidler and Jens Schneider

Jasmin Gründling-Riener and Jens Schneider shake hands. Behind them are more people applauding — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider hands over the chain of office to Jasmin Gründling-Riener

Ute Koch and Jens Schneider shake hands. Behind them are more people applauding — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider hands over the chain of office to Ute Koch

Peter Ertl and Jens Schneider shake hands. Behind them are more people applauding — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider hands over the chain of office to Peter Ertl

Wolfgang Kastner and Jens Schneider shake hands. Behind them are more people applauding — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider hands over the chain of office to Wolfgang Kastner

Speeches

Georg Steinhauser stands in front of a lectern and moderates the inauguration — © Klaus Ranger

Georg Steinhauser - Moderator of the inauguration

Sabine Seidler stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Sabine Seidler - former rector

Peter Oswald stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Peter Oswald - Chairman of the University Council

Norbert Pfeifer stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Norbert Pfeifer - Senate Chair

Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein - Deputy Chair Works Council of the Scientific University Staff

Manuela Marik stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Manuela Marik - Chair Works Council of the General University Staff

Sabine Cirtek stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Sabine Cirtek - Chair Working Group on Equal Opportunities

Pia-Marie Graves stands in front of a lectern and gives a speech — © Klaus Ranger

Pia-Marie Graves - Deputy Union of Students at TU Wien (HTU)

Jens Schneider - Rector

Impressions

Ute Koch, Jasmin Gründling-Riener, Sabine Seidler und Jens Schneider in their seats — © Klaus Ranger

Ute Koch, Jasmin Gründling-Riener, Sabine Seidler and Jens Schneider

Rector Jens Schneider is seated. A roll-up of TU Wien can be seen in the background. — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider - Rector

The new rectorate team and Sabine Seidler in the side view stand by their places — © Klaus Ranger

The new Rectorate team and Sabine Seidler

Chair persons of the Advocacy groups sit on their seats — © Klaus Ranger

Chair persons of the Advocacy groups

The audience is standing and applauds — © Klaus Ranger

Standing Ovations for Sabine Seidler

Ten of the Deans and Deans of Academic Affairs in festive robes — © Klaus Ranger

Deans and Deans of Academic Affairs

Bedels in academic ceremonial dress: black cap, black cape and scepter — Bedels Vucic und Mihajlovic

Deans and Deans of Academic Affair in festive robes enter the hall — © Klaus Ranger

Entrance of the Deans and deans of Academic Affairs

Guests of honorin festive robes enter the hall — © Klaus Ranger

Entrance of the Guests of honor

Chair persons of the Advocacy groups in festive robes enter the hall — © Klaus Ranger

Entrance of the chair persons of the Advocacy groups

Moderator and the new Rectorate in festive robes enter the hall — © Klaus Ranger

Entrance of the moderator and the new Rectorate

The new Rectorate in festive robes enter the hall — © Klaus Ranger

Entrance of the new Recorate

Musician Ernst Molden sits in front of a microphone with a guitar and sings — © Klaus Ranger

Ernst Molden

The moderator stands at the lectern, behind him in two rows sit the new rectorate, the chairs of the interest groups and the guests of honor. In front of them, in the first row, are the Deans and Deans of Academic Affairs, and behind them are the invited guests. — © Klaus Ranger

View of the Kuppelsaal

Photo from the back row of the hall. In the foreground are the guests, in focus are the moderator and the guests of honor — © Klaus Ranger

View of the Kuppelsaal

Part of the audience can be seen. In the front row the deans and deans of studies, behind them the invited guests. — © Klaus Ranger

View of the guests

Signatures in the Book of Honor

Jens Schneider signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Jens Schneider - Rector

Sabine Seidler signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Sabine Seidler - former rector

Jasmin Gründling-Riener signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Jasmin Gründling-Riener - Vice Rector Academic Affairs

Ute Koch signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Ute Koch - Vice Rector Human Resources

Peter Ertl signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Peter Ertl - Vice Rector Research & Innovation

Peter Skalicky signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Peter Skalicky - former rector

Peter Oswald signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Peter Oswald - Chairman of the University Council

Norbert Pfeifer signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Norbert Pfeifer - Senate Chair

Herbert Balasin signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Herbert Balasin - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Physics

Christian Bauer signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Christian Bauer - Dean Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Ronald Blab signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Ronald Blab - Dean Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Thomas Dillinger signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Thomas Dillinger - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Eugenijus Kaniusas signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Eugenijus Kaniusas - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Bettina Mihalyi-Schneider signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Bettina Mihalyi-Schneider - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Technical Chemistry

Marko Mihovilovic signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Marko Mihovilovic - Dean Faculty of Technical Chemistry

Rudolf Scheuvens signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Rudolf Scheuvens - Dean Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Joachim Schöberl signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Joachim Schöberl - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Thorsten Schumm signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Thorsten Schumm - Dean Faculty of Physics

Gernot Tragler signs the honorary book of TU Wien — © Klaus Ranger

Gernot Tragler - Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation

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