Barbara Boettger graduated from the English and German Studies departments of the University of Graz, specialized in language acquisition and worked on a long term study investigating language development in children from migration backgrounds at the University of Graz.
Barbara Boettger started her professional career as advisor for student mobility, incoming and outgoing, outside of Europe at the University of Graz. This was when she started to design intercultural workshops for students coming on exchange to study at the University of Graz with a colleague. Over the last 10 years, Barbara Boettger has designed and held many intercultural trainings for students and university staff at various institutions. In 2015 she became a certified trainer for intercultural trainings. In addition, Barbara Boettger is responsible for the strategic partnerships the TU Graz holds with different international partners. She serves as the contact person for the Liaison Office in Shanghai and helped establishing this newly opened office of TU Graz.