With more than 1,500 employees, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria's largest research and technology organisation with strong links to European partners. The institute is an essential network node in the Austrian and European research and innovation system.
The AIT focuses on two main areas of research: resilient and sustainable infrastructures, particularly in the fields of energy, transport and health, and the digital transformation of industry and society. In doing so, it works closely with universities, industry and public institutions in Austria, Europe and beyond. This creates significant added value through innovation and new technologies.
As an ingenious partner, AIT supports industry and the public sector in technological developments, infrastructure issues and strategic decisions.
AIT is active along the entire value chain – from concepts, evaluations, roadmaps and strategic plans to the development of innovative solutions, prototypes, demonstrators and the founding of spin-offs.
The AIT acts as a bridge between basic research and industrial application - the AIT turns scientific ideas into innovations. Through comprehensive know-how along the entire innovation chain, key industries and the public sector are supported in medium to long-term challenges.
The AIT occupies a leading position in innovation in Austria and also plays a key role at European level as the research and technology institution that deals with the central infrastructure issues of the future.
AIT's research and development activities are organized in seven centers: Digital Safety & Security, Energy, Health & Bioresources, Innovation Systems & Policy, Technology Experience, Transport Technologies and Vision, Automation and Control. The centers also contribute their expertise to numerous interdisciplinary research projects.
As a national and international hub at the interface between science and industry, the AIT makes innovations possible thanks to its scientific and technological expertise, its comprehensive understanding of systems, its experience in the markets, its close customer ties and its outstanding research infrastructure.
v.l.n.r.: Mag. Alexander Svejkovsky, DIin Dr.in Brigitte Bach, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Kugi / Fotocredit: Christian Husar/AIT
“The major challenges of our time are climate change and digitalization. As Austria's largest research and technology organization, it is our goal to make substantial contributions to solving these challenges for the economy and society based on our research, development and technology expertise.”
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kugi, DIin Dr.in Brigitte Bach, Mag. Alexander Svejkovsky, Managing Directors of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Seven specialized centers bundle selected strategic research topics in order to achieve a clear international positioning and play a leading role in these areas.
Chairman
DI Dr. Peter Schwab
Deputy Chairwoman
Mag. Isabella Meran-Waldstein (Federation of Austrian Industries IV)
DI Katja Schechtner (MIT Senseable City Lab)
Supervisory Board
Mag. Hannah Glatz (Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology BMK)
DI Harald Loos (Siemens AG Austria)
DI Mag. Wolfgang Pell
Dr. Beate El-Chichakli (Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology BMK)
Mag.a Karin Tausz (Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG)
Dr. Dipl. Ing Brigitte Ratzer (Vienna University of Technology)
Mag. Anton Schantl (Magna Energy Storage Systems GesmbH)
Henriette Spyra, B.A., M.A. (Head of Section III “Innovation and Technology”, Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology BMK)
delegated by the employee representatives:
Dr. Ursula Sauer, Chairwoman of the Works Council
Christian Gärtner MSc
Mag. Andrew Lindley
DI Hubert Umschaden
Bernhard Kubicek
Beatrix Wepner
The Strategic Research Advisory Board (SRAB) consists of six internationally recognized personalities from the fields of science and research. The term of office corresponds to that of the Supervisory Board (maximum of two periods). The main tasks of the SRAB include making statements and recommendations on the strategic direction of the AIT and the three-year research program. The committee also advises the Supervisory Board on current strategic research issues.
Members of the Strategic Research Advisory Board
Kirsten Dunlop, Chief Executive Officer, Climate-KIC
Lynn F. Gladden, Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, GBR
Detlef Günther, Vice President for Research and Corporate Relations, ETH Zurich, CHE
Thomas F. Hofmann, President of the Technical University of Munich
Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chairwoman of the Board, German Aerospace Center
Andrew Wee, Vice President University and Global Relations, National University of Singapore, SGP
Headquarters: Giefinggasse, Giefinggasse 2, 4 and 6, 1210 Vienna
- Argentinierstraße, 2/4, 1040 Vienna
- Dornbirn, CAMPUS V, Hochschulstraße 1, 6850 Dornbirn
- Graz, Reininghausstraße 13/1, 8020 Graz
- Hall in Tirol, Eduard Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060 Hall in Tirol
- Klagenfurt, Lakeside Science & Technology Park GmbH, Lakeside B10A, 9020 Klagenfurt
- Ranshofen, Lamprechtshausenerstr. 61, 5282 Braunau am Inn – Ranshofen
- Seibersdorf, 2444 Seibersdorf
- Steyr, Im Stadtgut D1 4407 Steyr-Gleink
- Tulln, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln
AIT has three wholly owned operating subsidiaries:
- LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH (Center for Transport Technologies, Competence Unit "Light Metals Technologies Ranshofen")
- Seibersdorf Labor GmbH
- Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf GmbH
In addition, AIT holds a 51% stake in the research company PROFACTOR, headquartered in Steyr.
The AIT is accredited and certified according to international standards to ensure the highest quality and excellence in all research and service areas. As an accredited testing laboratory according to ISO/IEC 17025 and with a quality management system certified according to ISO 9001:2015, AIT underlines its commitment to excellence and quality.