ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 Submitted to the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria 2 Annual Report 2018-2019 Modul University Vienna Contents 1. THE UNIVERSITY’S AND STUDY PROGRAMS’ DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................... 5 1.1. 2018-2019 in a nutshell ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.2. Changes in the study and examination regulations ................................................................................ 6 2. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ....................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. Study Programs ....................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1. Overview of the Study Programs ....................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2. Modul University’s Foundation Program........................................................................................................... 9 2.1.3. Figures of the Study Programs ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.4. Figures of the Study Programs: Comparison over 5 years at the Vienna campus ........................................... 10 2.1.5. Student Mobility .............................................................................................................................................. 13 2.1.6. Allocation of Scholarships ............................................................................................................................... 14 2.2. Academic Staff ...................................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.1. Functions, Teaching Load and Work Time of the Academic Core Staff ........................................................... 18 2.2.2. External Lecturers: Contracted Hours, Qualifications ..................................................................................... 21 2.2.3. Ratio between internal and external lecturers ................................................................................................ 23 2.2.4. Documentation of the Selection and Promotion Procedures.......................................................................... 23 2.2.5. Activities to Promote Young Researchers and Other Human Resource Development Activities .................... 24 2.3. Administrative staff ............................................................................................................................... 25 3. FINANCES AND RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................. 26 4. RESEARCH ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 4.1. Modul University’s Research Profile ...................................................................................................... 27 4.1.1. Research at the Department of International Management ........................................................................... 27 4.1.2. Research at the Department of New Media Technology ................................................................................ 27 4.1.3. Research at the Department of Sustainability, Governance, and Methods .................................................... 28 4.1.4. Research at the Department of Tourism and Service Management ............................................................... 30 4.2. Research: Facts and Figures .................................................................................................................. 33 4.3. Awards and Conferences ....................................................................................................................... 34 4.4. Research Projects 2018-2019 ................................................................................................................ 36 4.5. Third-party funding ............................................................................................................................... 38 4.6. Other Services to Academia .................................................................................................................. 39 4.6. Publications ........................................................................................................................................... 43 4.7. Library ................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.7.1. Library on the Vienna Campus ........................................................................................................................ 44 4.7.2. Library on the Nanjing Campus ....................................................................................................................... 44 5. ACADEMIC CO-OPERATIONS WITH UNIVERSITIES ...................................................................................................... 45 5.1. Co-operations with Networks and Associations .................................................................................... 45 5.2. Collaboration with Professional Environment and Relevant Social Players .......................................... 46 6. QUALITY MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 47 6.1. Organization and Instruments of Quality Management ....................................................................... 47 6.2. Evaluations ............................................................................................................................................ 47 6.2.1. Course Evaluations at the Vienna Campus ...................................................................................................... 47 6.2.2. Course Evaluations at the Nanjing Campus ..................................................................................................... 47 6.3. Collaboration of Student Representatives ............................................................................................ 48 6.3.1. On the Vienna Campus .................................................................................................................................... 48 6.3.2. On the Nanjing Campus ................................................................................................................................... 48 ANNEX I – COURSE EVALUATION TABLES ....................................................................................................... 49 COURSE EVALUATIONS IN VIENNA ............................................................................................................................. 49 COURSE EVALUATIONS IN NANJING ........................................................................................................................... 60 ANNEX II – CHANGES OF STUDY AND EXAM REGULATIONS ........................................................................... 61 CHANGES IN THE EXAMINATION REGULATIONS AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ............................................................. 61 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN TOURISM, HOTEL MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 75 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 89 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT .......................... 102 Annual Report 2018-2019 Modul University Vienna 3 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMS AT MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA (ITM 123, SDMP 224, MGMT 323) .................................................................................................................................. 114 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA (422 AND 423) ....................................................................................................................................... 127 CHANGES IN THE STUDY REGULATIONS FOR THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BUSINESS AND SOCIOECONOMIC SCIENCES ......... 135 4 Annual Report 2018-2019 Modul University Vienna 1. The University’s and study programs’ development 1.1. 2018-2019 in a nutshell 2018/2019 was a challenging year because of the issues with the Dubai campus of Modul University. On the Vienna campus, the preparatory work for a new Bachelor of Science in Data Science started. During the summer 2018, the situation in Dubai worsened. Though requested multiple times, neither the contact details nor the admission documents of the students were sent to the UB. Hence, the President of Modul University Vienna did not sign the KHDA Guarantee Letter required