Projects
In 2025, USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten's 168 research projects generated revenue of around EUR 6 million. Interdisciplinary projects have grown in importance in recent years as a means to identify suitable answers to modern-day issues and devise appropriate solutions.
Reference budgets for social inclusion
Reference budgets are exemplary household budgets that define the structure of the outgoings of people with low incomes, taking into account the goal of social inclusion.
"Wie tickt die Jugend?"
Study on the political information and communication behaviour of young people in Lower Austria
SOS Health
The care provided to children and young people in the youth centre “SOS Kinderdorf” (in Hinterbrühl) is addressed at helping them learn an independent and healthy lifestyle.
GAIT Score
GAIT Score: educational software for observational gait analysis
Cultural Broadcast Archive (CBA)
Development of audio classification software for the radio programmes of the Cultural Broadcasting Archive.
Multi-touch Rocks: Playing with Tangible Virtual Heritage
There are over 50,000 petroglyphs engraved in rock panels at the Val Camonica valley UNESCO world heritage site in northern Italy. The engravings are not always visible and are often on steep slopes w...
Petroglyph Detection and Classification
Development of automated methods of segmenting rock images featuring petroglyphs.
store&go
An innovative and accessible baggage storage system for railway stations and other transport hubs.
WAVE: Working with adults who are vulnerable – a comparison of curricula, policies and constructions
The project will examine curriculum documents detailing educational activities that deal with responses to vulnerability and adults. There will be an attendant consideration of social policy, legislat...
Young viewers' expectations of publicly-funded television services
Analysing ORF programmes and comparing them to international products.
“Rookie panel”
Analysing media usage behaviour of young people by means of a "Youth Panel”