First Steps at the Faculty
During your first few days at the faculty, you’ll familiarise yourself with our procedures and gradually settle into your day-to-day work.
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You can also find further information on the Welcome Compass page on Living in Austria.
Die wichtigsten Punkte
Pay particular attention to the Welcome Compass' topics residence registration, e-card and bank account!
Please come to office 10.140 on your first day at work to collect your key and/or your key card. If your office requires a key, a deposit of € 50,- is required.
You will also be given your math:account, which gives you access to the faculty’s printing services and Linux computers.
You gain access to the University’s libraries through the u:card. This card can also replace your Faculty keycard if you update it in office 10.140.
You will receive your contract via e-mail from DocuSign and it will usually be sent to the address you indicated on your Personnel Record Card. There, you'll also find further details and instructions.
Please note that this e-mail might go to your spam folder!
When starting to work with us, your employee e-mail address with the pattern firstname.surname@univie.ac.at will be activated. You can access it with your u:account at the webmail interface.
Please note that all official communication from the university will be handled via this e-mail address.
You can check your e-mail address in the u:find directory.
In case your official first name differs from your gender identity, the Personnel department will change your e-mail address to your lived gender identity.
