Situated in the heart of Europe, Austria offers great variety concentrated in a small area. Here you can find peace and a unique quality of life, big city flair and a rich culture. Austria combines a long tradition of higher education with state-of-the-art research – its higher education institutions have accomplished outstanding achievements on an international level and gained a high reputation.

Austrian higher education institutions offer an ever-growing number of degree programmes: you can choose between first-class research-based courses, a world-famous education at any of the universities of the arts, high-quality practice-oriented degree courses at the universities of applied sciences, and sound, up-to-date teacher education and innovative courses at private universities.

All in all, Austria offers you a broad spectrum of educational opportunities – not to mention great social security, economic stability and the great hospitality of the Austrians. This is why Austria is an ideal place for studying and living!

As an educational destination, Austria offers you

• accredited, internationally oriented universities, colleges and educational institutions
• various programmes taught in English
• practice-oriented programmes as well as international research networks
• excellence in teaching and research
• social peace and a unique quality of life
• rich culture and intercultural openness
• generous hospitality and an overwhelming landscape