{"id":66616,"date":"2025-03-11T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.technikum-wien.at\/?post_type=news&p=66616"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:20:30","slug":"women-in-technology-lived-reality-and-a-ticket-to-successful-careers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/content.technikum-wien.at\/en\/news\/women-in-technology-lived-reality-and-a-ticket-to-successful-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Technology: Lived Reality and a Ticket to Successful Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The proportion of women in technical degree programs and professions can still be increased, although there are already many women shaping and influencing technology and science. The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien is taking this as an opportunity to raise awareness with an advertising campaign: until the end of March, six women \u2013 from students to lecturers to managing directors \u2013 can be seen on a No. 2 tram. On the route between Dornbach and Friedrich-Engels-Platz, they represent more than 1,000 female students and more than 300 internal and external female employees. The campaign is symbolic of the opportunities for entering a technical career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAs managing director of UAS Technikum Wien, I see how women actively shape their future with a technical degree \u2013 with higher starting salaries, secure career opportunities and international prospects. Technical professions offer more earning potential and flexibility than many other fields of study. In addition, women are often given preference over equally qualified men because companies value diversity. In this way, our female graduates not only strengthen their own careers, but also Austria’s position as a center of technology and business,\u201d says Barbara Czak-Pobeheim. She can be seen on the tram, as can mechatronics\/robotics student Eva, who believes, \u201dWomen belong in technology \u2013 not as an exception, but as a driving force for innovation! Visible role models show us: You can do it too!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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UAS Technikum Wien employees and students in front of the tram (from left to right):<\/em> Martina Ortbauer, Natalie K\u00f6nig, Sabine Traxler, Sabine Merwart, Barbara Czak-Pobeheim, Carina Huber-Gries, Mateja Juricevic, Nora St\u00f6ger-Haselb\u00f6ck, Ana Kokic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sylvia Geyer, rector of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, confirms this in her video message to girls and young women, which will be published on the occasion of International Women’s Day. She shares an anecdote from her own early days and offers the following tip: \u201cDon’t be afraid to step outside your comfort zone. Try things out, and the more you do it, the easier it will be for you and the more success you will have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The video is in German. To activate English subtitles, click on \u201cUntertitel\u201d at the bottom of the video and select \u201cEnglish\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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UAS Technikum Wien is particularly focusing on equality and equal opportunities these days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n