Tag Archives: ACT

  • Baking the Original Linzer Cake

    On the 25th of March, the ACT group was invited to the confectionary Jindrak to bake their own Linzer Cake and learn a bit about the traditional pastry named after the city. First of all, the international students were welcomed warmly to the baking room by the master confectioner, who provided them with some interesting […]

  • Company Visits

    In the course of the ACT program, students do not only enjoy an outstanding theoretical management education, but do also get a first hand insight to the daily operations of many leading companies in Upper Austria. Already in their first week after arriving in Linz, the international group faced a tight schedule with interesting company […]

  • ACT kick-off at JKU

    After studying in Canada and Taiwan 32 Global Business students of the ACT program started their term at the JKU on February 11th. For the coming ten weeks they will mainly work on company projects together with companies like Rosenbauer, Pöttinger, Business Upper Austria, voestalpine, KPMG, Fronius and Rübig. The international students coming from Europe, […]

  • Kick-off ACT Programm 2018/19

    End of August in Victoria, Canada (BC) the international year of the Global Business Master program “ACT” started. The students from eleven different countries (Canada, Uruguay, Austria, Russia, Albania, China, Taiwan, Germany, France, Mexico and India) got to know the University of Victoria in a splendid autumn atmosphere. The programme of the so called “Orientation […]

  • Welcome (back) to Austria, ACT students!

    Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz officially welcomed the ACT students, comprising Austrian, Canadian, Taiwanese and other nationalities, such as Indian or French, on Monday, February 5th. The event was kick-started with a welcoming speech by the vice-rector Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Janko. Alumni of the Global Business ACT program also joined this event and the students […]

  • 14th Rank in Financial Times Ranking: GBS Master

    The Master of Global Business program (ACT) makes the grade for the global Financial Times ranking of the top 95 Master in Management programs. For the first time,  the Gustavson School of Business (UVic – University of Victoria, Canada), a longtime partner of the JKU, has been included in the ranking of the Financial Times […]