Teaching across national borders: the Virtual Wood University

Translate to English: 3 Jahre, 4 Länder und mehr als 800 Studierende: die 'Virtual Wood University' verband Holzstudierende quer durch Europa. Der Abschluss fand vergangene Woche am Campus Kuchl der FH Salzburg statt. An extremely successful project is coming to an end: The Virtual Wood University linked four European universities and brought a total of 800 students new knowledge and international perspectives on the wood industry in 12 cooperative courses. Now the final event took place at the Kuchl campus and after the great interest and positive feedback from the students, it is clear to those responsible: the Virtual Wood University is to be continued. In a globally networked industry, education must also be internationally oriented, according to the founding idea of the Virtual Wood University, which was conceived at the "Wood Day" in Helsinki 2019. Almost four years later, this idea has manifested itself impressively: The Erasmus+ funded project connected students from Finland (LAB University of Applied Sciences), Germany (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mosbach), Estonia (Tallinn University of Technology) and Austria (Salzburg University of Applied Sciences) and convinced with joint courses in the three core areas of wood technology, wood business & management, and sustainability. Günter Berger.