European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Study Europe. Seize global opportunities. Shape society.

Your university. The Viadrina.

Studierende arbeiten im Team, kleben Aufkleber auf das Glas, machen ein Brainstorming, machen Notizen

Are you ready for the future? Join our dedicated community

At the Viadrina, you will study individually and receive personal support at the interface between Eastern and Western Europe. You can study in small groups and engage directly with your lecturers.

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Choosing a study programme - an overview

Our hands-on degree programmes in the fields of culture, law, economics and digital transformation offer you an all-European perspective and a strong international network. This will enable you to acquire unique expertise that will help you shape the society of tomorrow.

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News

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Roundtable Discussion: Freedom as an Identity Marker in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons from Ukraine and Beyond

The writer Marko Martin, the author Andrij Ljubka and the sociologist Dr Oksana Mikheieva will be discussing freedom, Ukrainian identity and civil society on Monday 13 July at 4.00 pm at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder). The event is entitled “Freedom as an Identity Marker in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons from Ukraine and Beyond” and will be moderated by Dr Susann Worschech (Competence Network for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin, KIU).

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Europa- und Ukrainefahne im Ehrenhof mit Blick auf das Viadrina Hauptgebäude

Viadrina is setting up a Remote Law Campus for law students at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

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Students explore traces of the ‘Holocaust by bullets’ in the Lublin region

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“This is linguistics live” – Seminar on goal celebrations in football

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Between democracy skills and the regulation of tech giants – Viadrina’s first Fake News Festival

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Events

10
Jul
Friday 18.00

Festival „HE(A)RING – wortzart“

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13
Jul
Monday 16.00

Freedom as identity marker in CEE: Lessons from Ukraine and beyond

Lecture by Marko Martin, Andrij Lyubka (author) and Oksana Mikheieva (KIU guest lecturer) as part of the Ukraine Lecture Series „Nationalities, minorities and identity: (Re)Configuring Ukraine?“ by KIU

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29
Aug
Saturday 11.00

Get to know the Viadrina at the Info Day

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Get to know the Viadrina

This defines us as a university

At the Viadrina, we strive to educate people who are seeking for academically based impulses to overcome social challenges. For this purpose, we offer you an individual degree programme that will prepare you to shape the society of tomorrow from a unique all-European perspective and within a strong international network.

Our specialisation lies in the areas of Digitalisation, Culture, Law and Business. In this area we offer more than 20 study programmes and 25 international double degrees at four faculties and schools.

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This is who we are

A place for independent research in Europe

We do research, teaching and knowledge transfer for the benefit of society. We educate, research and teach people who successfully provide academically based impulses for overcoming complex social challenges. Research, teaching and knowledge transfer are closely interlinked and promote critical thinking and independent action as well as flexible and dynamic employability. Our alumni successfully contribute to shaping a peaceful and cooperative European future in a global context.

A unique community

We are a university of direct interaction and short distances. Good teaching is our trademark. Individual, hands-on and dialogue-oriented teaching formats are tailored to the interests and needs of our students. Personal support and a strong university community provide guidance, open up opportunities for self-efficacy and promote successful graduation.

An international university at the German-Polish border

We focus on Europe as a globally interconnected space for interpretation and action. We promote European integration and successful communication and cooperation with Eastern Europe, and offer evident expertise on Western and Eastern Europe. We are an international university. Our community is characterised by multilingualism, multiple perspectives, encounters and exchange. We offer our students, researchers and teachers a strong international network.