Austria | The Festival University 2022

Ars Electronica and Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) invite students from around the world to apply for the Festival University 2022, held in Linz, Austria, from 18 August to 14 September 2022.

Up to 200 young people from different cultural and educational backgrounds will be invited and gather to explore and define new pathways towards transformational change. The Ars Electronica Festival (bringing together art, technology and society) will be the public stage to present their ideas and the outcomes of the Festival University.

With “Welcome to Planet B” as the title for this year’s festival, the focus of the programme is not just on climate change and its effects, but extends to the even more important questions of how we as a society, as nations, as a global community can respond to the challenges it poses.

Students will come from a range of disciplines, including art and design. There will also be 40 experts (from science, technology, art and humanitarian work to business and politics), as well as guidance and support from a group of facilitators.