Upskill & Advance

Upskill & Advance Stacks are short, credit-bearing university courses — 6 credits, built from accredited courses at the University for Continuing Education Krems — that deepen existing professional expertise at academic level without requiring a full degree. Credits earned here are the most likely to carry forward into Certificate Programs and Master's degrees.

Cultural managers, curators and festival organisers; museum and heritage professionals; communications and science communication staff; researchers with dissemination obligations; independent practitioners across the arts sector.

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Media Convergence & Neurodiversity
Upskill & Advance · 6 credits · Hybrid · Summer Semester 2027· German / English
Explore how digital and physical media converge in contemporary cultural and scientific communication. This microcredential develops analytical and practical skills to design hybrid exhibition formats and create engaging, crossmedia experiences across platforms.
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Knowledge Transfer and Storytelling
Upskill & Advance · 6 credits · Hybrid · English or German
How do you make research matter to people outside it? This Stack centers on storytelling for people working in culture and science. Learn from practioners in the field and develop real-world skills to bring important content to your chosen audience. Relevant professionals working in museums, research communication, or creative sectors who want to develop stronger narrative and communication strategies.
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Cultural Economics
Upskill & Advance · 6 credits  · German / English
 

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Each Stack is built from two accredited 3-credit courses — typically a content course and a practice-based Arts & Culture Lab — giving 6 credits in total. Some Stacks add an optional self-directed praxis component (project, independent study, research paper, or internship), bringing the total to 9.

Participation is available at three levels: Observer, Participant, and Crediting. Credits earned at Crediting tier are documented under the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) on a formal UWK certificate, and are portable to other institutions.

• Academic-level content in a concentrated, professionally relevant format
• Co-developed with practitioners and field specialists — not designed in isolation from the sector
• Participants typically hold a degree and several years of professional experience — the group dynamic reflects that
• Flexible participation: Observer, Participant, or Crediting tier — full details on each individual Stack page
• Credits earned at Crediting tier carry strong transfer potential toward UWK Certificate Programs and Master's degrees in related fields

Krems Culture Stacks are available at three levels. The tier you choose determines your access, what you receive at the end and the price - but not the quality of the experience.

Observer — €280 for a 6-credit Stack.
Attend the content sessions and receive an attendance statement.

Participant — €580.
Full engagement including lab and workshop sessions, with a statement of active participation.

Crediting — €980.
Assessed work, individual feedback from faculty, and a certificate recording your learning outcomes and grade.

For 3-credit Stacks the fees are €140, €280 and €480. For 9-credit Stacks they are €440, €880 and €1,440. Full details are on each Stack page.

Many Master’s and Certificate Programs require electives worth 9 ECTS. A 6-credit Stack combined with a 3-credit Praxis course meets that requirement exactly. Praxis courses come from the module Praxis in Arts & Cultural Studies: Conception & Planning, together with a project, an independent study, research work, an internship, or an Arts & Culture Lab. You work independently, supervised and graded by a faculty member. Praxis is available at the Crediting tier only. If you are studying at UWK or elsewhere and need an elective, ask us which combination fits your programme.

Each Upskill & Advance Stack is developed around a knowledge area that is evolving — where the gap between current practice and current research is wide enough that closing it matters professionally. The content is drawn from accredited UWK courses, co-developed with practitioners and field specialists, and delivered in formats that fit around a working schedule. Credits earned at Crediting tier are the most likely of any Krems Culture Stacks category to transfer directly toward existing Certificate Programs and Master's degrees at UWK.

About Krems Culture Stacks

Upskill & Advance is one of four categories within Krems Culture Stacks, the microcredential system of the Department for Arts & Cultural Studies at the Universität für Weiterbildung Krems. Credits earned at Crediting tier are stackable toward future Certificate Programs and Master's programmes at UWK, and portable to other institutions via standard academic transcript.

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