Office for Education and Politics

Current Consulting Hours

We are always available via E-mail at for student councelling!

During the semester we are available at the following times:

On Monday 11:00 - 15:00 you can reach us for telephone consultation at the following number: +43 (0)1 4277-19560.

Personal consultation hours summer semester 2026:

Tuesday 18-20h: Fabian & Patrick

Thursday 18-20h: Mandy & Iris

Also online via Zoom at the same times:

https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62524896276?pwd=taFPbJw2G3PAATiCo5b2aJsSJTkA3x.1

There are no consulting hours in person or online during the semester breaks.

Our Team

Head of Department: Fabian Divjak

Members in the Department: Mandy Wachsmann, Iris Hlousek and Patrick Kretschmer

About Us

One of the main responsibilities of the Office of Education and Policy ("Bipol") is student legal advising. We are available to you in our journal services in person, via digital conferencing tool and by phone or can be reached by email. For example, if you think you have not been treated correctly in an exam or course, or you are waiting too long for an evaluation (these are two of the most common concerns students come to us with), you can contact us. We will then inform you of your legal options. In more complicated cases, we will contact the respective university offices directly in order to solve your problem.

In addition, we are also the ÖH's internal contact point for matters concerning study law. We are in contact with student representatives and faculty and center representatives in order to support them in individual matters or to explain study law to them through workshops.

Educational policy issues

The Education Policy Unit also takes a position on new draft legislation in the field of education policy. Even if there is a strong suspicion that the National Council is primarily perceived as a producer of waste paper, we still try to discuss educational policy seriously instead of just affirmatively following stupid arguments of necessity.

Committee Work and Representation of Interests

In addition to our function as a mediating and advisory body, another central area of work is the representation of students' interests in various committees of the university. Since the introduction of the University Act in 2002, however, student co-determination has been reduced, which is why it is especially important for us to actively participate in the remaining co-determination bodies and to make the best possible use of the available leeway. We attach great importance to the cooperation with the respective student representatives in order to be able to support their points of view also towards the senate and the rectorate. In addition, we do not shy away from 'informal' ways (i.e. outside the committees) to make the framework conditions for students more bearable. For example, regular talks with the Vice Rectorate for Students and Teaching and with the Studienpräses of the University of Vienna are part of our regular tasks.

The official bodies in which we and our colleagues advocate for the concerns of students - or are in regular contact with the students there - are the following:

• Senate of the University of Vienna
• Curriculum Commission of the University of Vienna
• Appeals Commission of the University of Vienna
• Working Group on the Statutes of the University of Vienna
• Working Group on the Curriculum Development of the New Teacher Training Programs at the University of Vienna

Further Informations