Best Practices – Academic Integrity
Workshop for students: writing thesis successfully
In this workshop MedUni Vienna students learn how to write their thesis in accordance with the updated guidelines (Update January 2025). After the lectures, questions can be asked.
Dates:
Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 4:00–8:00 p.m. – hybrid, English
Seminarraum B1, Branch Library for Dentistry,
Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Wien
Thursday, 12 November 2026, 4:00–8:00 p.m. – in person, German
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Tuesday, 1 December 2026, 4:00–8:00 p.m. – in person, German
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Tuesday, 12 January 2027, 4:00–8:00 p.m. – in person, German
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Registration for one of the workshop dates via Moodle is required to participate.
Workshop für Studierende: Wissenschaftlich Schreiben mit KI
Date:
Tuesday, 15 December 2026 4:00–8:00 p.m– in person
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Workshop für Studierende: Literaturverwaltung mit Zotero
Date: November 18, 2026, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM – in person
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Registration is absolutely required to participate. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your registration so that others on the waiting list can take your place!
Proper citation can be time-consuming and prone to errors when done manually. The reference management program Zotero can save you a lot of effort if you know how to use it correctly.
In this workshop, we’ll demonstrate and practice how to:
- create and manage a collection of sources in Zotero
- import sources into Zotero (via Zotero Connector, RIS import, or the “Magic Wand”)
- edit sources in Zotero
- add attachments (e.g., full-text PDFs) to sources and make annotations within them
- cite sources in your own text in Word using the Zotero plugin
- automatically generate a bibliography in Word using the Zotero plugin in your preferred citation style and modify it
There are plenty of computers available in the multipurpose room of the University Library (5.E0.03) where you can try out Zotero without obligation; however, we recommend bringing your own laptop so you can install the program directly on your own device and practice using it in a setting as close to real-life as possible.
To participate in the course with your own laptop, you must have the latest version (currently Version 10) of Zotero installed on your device, along with the corresponding browser extension “Zotero Connector,” which can be downloaded for free at www.zotero.org by clicking the “Download” button. Please also check to see if you see an additional “Zotero” tab in the Word menu.
For the workshop, please use Zotero only on a laptop (Windows/Mac), and not on a tablet or iPad!
Workshop für Betreuer:innen: Hochschulschriften leitfadenkonform betreuen
Date: to be announced – in person, German
Mehrzweckraum (5.E0.03), University Library of the MedUni Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Level 5
Academic theses are an important stepping stone to the next stage of students’ professional and academic lives. At the same time, supervising such theses can present a number of challenges. As supervisors, you not only support students in conducting academic work, but also help them uphold the principles of integrity in academic and artistic study, teaching and research.
Practical presentations will provide guidance on supervising academic theses in accordance with the updated Guidelines for Supervisors of Academic Theses (January 2025). The changes introduced by the 2024 Higher Education Law Package, as well as the Austrian Agency for Research Integrity (OeAWI) guidelines on good research practice (2026), are taken into account.
Preliminary Programme
- What constitutes plagiarism and what does integrity mean in academic theses?
- Copyright and licences
- Practical examples and tips from the Plagiarism Checking Service
- Data protection and privacy aspects
- How do different types of AI tools work and what can they do?
- Responsible use of AI tools
- AI-supported academic research
- Q&A
PE Lehre Seminar: Diplomarbeiten in der Humanmedizin professionell betreuen
This seminar is offered by the Medical Education Unit and is part of the certificate programme “Medizindidaktik” (MLW).
Open to MedUni Vienna staff and external participants
Dates:
Thursday, 17 December 2026, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
4 hours | 0.2 ECTS
Online registration
Thursday, 18 February 2027, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
4 hours | 0.2 ECTS
Online registration
PE Lehre Seminar: Diplomarbeiten in der Zahnmedizin professionell betreuen
Dates:
Mon, Jan. 18, 2027, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Tue, Jan. 19, 2027, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Theses in the dentistry program may be supervised not only by dentists, but in principle by all research staff and physicians at the Medical University of Vienna, provided that the topic can be assigned to a scientific discipline at the Medical University of Vienna or to a discipline included in the curriculum.