Alumni Stories

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Our graduates are clearly our ambassadors and our network in the business world and in various institutions. Some of them have told us what special things they bring together.

We look forward to hearing your story too! Please contact us via our alumni story sheet.

Congratulations daddy

Christiane Staab

PhD graduate Adolf Selinger is married and father to six girls. They had to be quite cooperative during the last few years.

Nevertheless, they thought it was cool that dad was studying. All seven ladies took time out for the photo shoot on campus.

After completing his A-levels at HTL Eisenstadt, Adolf Selinger studied civil engineering at TU Wien and taught computer science at Pannoneum Neusiedl am See. He teaches media and IT administration at the Private University College of Teacher Education Burgenland. In 2018, he completed his degree in "Applied Knowledge Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland with a Master of Arts in Business. In his subsequent doctoral studies in "Educational & Communication Sciences", which is organised as an "International Cooperative Cross-Border Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme" by the FH Burgenland, he graduated in 2023.

We asked our graduate a few more questions:

How were you able to balance your career, studies and family life?

By using the weekends intensively for my dissertation. My family usually went on outings and visited friends without me.

What were the biggest challenges for you?

Finding time to work for several hours at a time.

And for your daughters?

That dad was very often not there for outings and visits.

For your wife?

That she often had to explain why I wasn't there ?

What did the children think of dad going to (high) school?

They thought it was cool.

Where does your thirst for knowledge come from?

As an originally trained technician, I've always wanted to know how things work. I've always been interested in the details, the subtleties. If I stumble across a term somewhere that I don't know or don't know exactly what it means, I immediately look it up on Wikipedia. Very often I also read through the sources cited. I am also particularly interested in the natural sciences, especially physics and astronomy. Maybe I'll go on to study astronomy! ?

What was the highlight of your degree programme at FH Burgenland?

The graduation ceremony at Esterhazy Palace was a highlight. Many rectors and professors from all the partner universities were there and the setting was very fitting. But the regular and uncomplicated exchange with my doctoral supervisor was also very enriching and took place on a very friendly level.


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