Best Performer and Teaching Awards 2024/2025

We congratulate David Jamnig BSc., who works as a study assistant in our Software Engineering Research Group, on receiving the Best Performer Award 2024/2025 and a Teaching Award in the category “Best Tutorium”.

Best Performer Awards

The Best Performer Award is given to the best students in the technical degree programs at the University of Klagenfurt. The ECTS credits and grades of all assessments of one academic year were taken into account to evaluate academic performance. David Jamnig performed best in the Master’s degree program “Informatics” in the academic year 2024/2025.

The University of Klagenfurt held the award ceremony on November 5, 2025, as part of the “University meets Industry: Talents for Carinthia” event. The prizes for the Best Performer Award winners, each amounting to 500 euros, were donated by the Förderverein Technische Fakultät (FTF) and the Faculty of Technical Sciences and presented by Michael Kollienz from Raiffeisenbank Kärnten and Chairman of the FTF, and Prof. Bernhard Rinner, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences.

Teaching Award

Moreover, the Teaching Award was given to David for his efforts in assisting students in his tutorials for example on Software Engineering. All Teaching Awards across different categories were presented to the winners at a celebratory ceremony on November 19, 2025.

We share the happiness with David on his achievements as we strongly value him as a member of our team. Furthermore we are pleased to continue working with him.

More about the events and all winners:

https://www.aau.at/blog/best-performer-awards-roland-mittermeir-preis-und-dissertationspreis-der-fakultaet-fuer-technische-wissenschaften-2024-25/

https://www.aau.at/blog/lehrepreis-2025-universitaet-praemiert-hervorragende-lehrende/

Early University Access, a semester in Dublin and ‘lightbulb moments’

Christoph Rauter is in his sixth semester of studying Information and Communications Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt, and is currently writing his Bachelor’s thesis. He took courses at the university while still in secondary school. During his studies he has also worked as a tutor at the university for several semesters and recently spent a semester abroad at Trinity College in Dublin.

Roland Mittermeir Award 2023 of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

We congratulate Franziska Hollauf, the winner of the Roland Mittermeir Award 2023, who impressed us with her Master’s thesis, ‘ Representation and Computation of Time-Cost Trade-offs for Composed Services.‘

The thesis can be accessed via the following link: https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubk:1-49104

The best Master’s thesis of all studies of 2023 was honored with the Roland Mittermeir Award at the Faculty of Technical Sciences. The Ceremony took place on November 28, 2024, together with the TEWI Best Performer Awards 2023/2024 in the Stiftungssaal at the University of Klagenfurt. The Förderverein Technische Fakultät (FTF) donated this monetary prize to honor the achievement of the award winner.

Employees, students, companions, and graduates of the University of Klagenfurt were invited to the award ceremony in the Stiftungssaal of the University of Klagenfurt. The prizes were presented by Michael Kollienz from Raiffeisenbank Kärnten, Chairman of the FTF, and Prof. Bernhard Rinner, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences.

The FTF annually honors the best Master’s thesis with the Roland Mittermeir Award. Graduates from all technical disciplines can submit their Master’s thesis for this award, provided it has been graded as ‘excellent’. The Roland Mittermeir Award is endowed with 1,500 euros. In addition to the cash prize, the winner received a backpack sponsored by Raiffeisenbank Kärnten and filled with goodies from the University of Klagenfurt.

More about the event and all winners: https://www.aau.at/blog/best-performer-awards-2023-2024-der-fakultaet-fuer-technische-wissenschaften-und-roland-mittermeir-preises-verliehen/

Best Performer Awards 2023/2024 of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

We congratulate Julian Lechner BSc., who works as a study assistant in our research group, Information & Communication Systems, to the Best Performer Award 2023/2024. The best students in the technical degree programs at the University of Klagenfurt were selected for the Best Performer Awards. The ECTS credits and grades of all assessments of an academic year were counted to evaluate academic performance. The prizes, 500 euros per award-winner, were donated by the Förderverein Technische Fakultät (FTF) and the Faculty of Technical Sciences. Julian Lechner BSc. performed best in the Bachelor’s degree program 2023/2024 in Applied Computer Science.

Staff, students, and graduates of the University of Klagenfurt were invited to the award ceremony on November 28, 2024, in the Stiftungssaal of the University of Klagenfurt alongside the award winners and their companions. The prizes were presented by Michael Kollienz from Raiffeisenbank Kärnten, Chairman of the FTF, and Prof. Bernhard Rinner, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences.

More about the event and all winners: https://www.aau.at/blog/best-performer-awards-2023-2024-der-fakultaet-fuer-technische-wissenschaften-und-roland-mittermeir-preises-verliehen/