Study Europe. Seize global opportunities. Shape society.
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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.
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.
Responsibility for a peaceful future – Student seminar in Hiroshima
Four students from Viadrina University took part in the ‘International Student Seminar for Global Citizenship and Peace’ in Hiroshima, Japan, from 4 to 12 August 2026. Together with other students from the International Network of Universities (INU) from Japan, Argentina, Indonesia, the UK, Spain, Sweden, South Africa, South Korea and the USA, they discussed the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s seminar marked the end of the three-year academic leadership of the programme by Viadrina law professor Prof. Dr Carmen Thiele.
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.
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.