University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria

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The University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria offers university study programmes specifically aimed at health professions at five different regional locations in Upper Austria – with internationally recognised degrees and excellent job opportunities.

At the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions students can complete different bachelor's and master's programmes and higher education courses in Linz, Ried, Steyr, Vöcklabruck and Wels. The long-standing experience of the teaching team and the hospitals, speakers from the working field and internships in health care facilities ensure that education and training have a strong basis of expert and scientific know-how and intensive cooperation between research and teaching.

Faculties and programmes

Bachelor’s programmes. Biomedical Science | Dietetics | Occupational Therapy | Healthcare and Nursing | Midwifery | Speech and Language Therapy | Physiotherapy | Radiological Technology
Master’s programmes. Management for Health Professionals – main focus on hospital management | University Didactics for Health Professional Education | Applied Technologies for Medical Diagnostics
Higher Education Courses. Anaesthesia Care | Intensive Care | Care Management | Paediatric and Adolescent Care | Paediatric Intensive Care | Perioperative Nursing Care | Care in Kidney Replacement Therapy | Psychiatric Healthcare and Mental Health Nursing | Upgrade for Qualified Health and Nursing Care

Specials

  • very good career opportunities
  • close cooperation with the regional hospitals and other health care facilities
  • therefore, lots of adequate traineeships
  • highly practice-orientated programmes to train health professionals
  • bachelor's programmes, master's programmes and higher education courses in health professions at regional locations in Upper Austria
  • ideal alliance of theoretical expert knowledge, science and practical experience
  • strong collaboration between research and education