Interdisciplinary Master's Programme in Human-Animal Interactions

About this programme

This Master’s Programme is research-oriented and combines the fields of animal behaviour, cognition, animal welfare, comparative medicine, animal ethics and philosophy. Why study Master's Programme Interdisciplinary Master in Human-Animal Interactions ? Podcast "Radio Radieschen": IMHAI Coordinator Ludwig Huber and IMHAI student Kimberly Brosche talking about the programme (in German) → Listen now! Since 2021, students are able to enrol in a research-oriented master’s programme in Human-Animal Interactions for an introduction to and in-depth examination of current research questions in the relevant natural science and humanities disciplines. These include ethical questions as well as topics in behavioural and cognitive biology, comparative medicine and neuroscience as well as research questions from the fields of animal welfare, animal husbandry, psychology and philosophy of science. The programme is being offered by the Messerli Research Institute in cooperation with the Institute for Animal Welfare Science , the Domestication Lab as well as the clinics and other institutes of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna. Recording of a live-session about the Master's Programme Interdisciplinary Master in Human-Animal Interactions (IMHAI) at Vetmeduni. Raoul Schwing, who is part of the IMHAI organisational and teaching team and head of the "Kea Lab". Christine Schwab-Schusser (Vice-Rectorate for Study Affairs and Clinical Veterinary Medicine) and IMHAI-student Isabel Martins give an overview of the Master's