Applied Ethics

The Continuing Education Course "Applied Ethics" is offered by the University of Innsbruck and the PTH Brixen in collaboration with the Free University of Bozen. The next course will start in October 2023 and last 2 semesters. Registration is via the website of the University of Innsbruck (except unibz students, see info box below).

The Sientific director is Prof. Josef Quitterer, University of Innsbruck, the Project manager at the PTH Brixen Prof. Martin M. Lintner.

The Lecturers come from the Universities of Innsbruck and Bolzano, the PTH Brixen, but also from the Eurac, the Claudiana and others.

Goals and structure

The Course offers a basic training in ethics as well as an application-oriented teaching of ethical knowledge and competences in one of two advanced modules.

It includes 30 ECTS-AP and contains the basic module (1st semester) and one advanced module (2nd semester) which can be selected from two offerings.

The successful completion of the USG is credited by the German and Ladin Education Directorate for teachers already in service as an additional qualification for the teaching subject ethics.