Austria has a long history of culture and developed technology among European countries, such as Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and so on. Chinese students are now attracted to study in this so called "Garden of Europe." Chinese students currently studying in Austria understood that many of the existing students diverted away from Germany. Austria and Germany have many in common in their education, but Austria has its own unique places which the Chinese students would find attractive.
First attraction: a long history of developed education
Austrian quality of life ranked No. 5 and the level of higher education and scientific research is developed. Investment in education is next after the United States, Germany and Japan, and several other developed countries.
Austria 's education is controlled by the federal government education system: pre-school, primary, junior secondary education, senior secondary education, higher education. 12 12 high school graduates can be employed or enter university.
Austrian university schools have 23 million students and foreign students account for 12%. Many of the Austrian universities have hundred years of history.
Leading disciplines: Vienna State Music and the Performing Arts Academy and the University of Roe, the highest in Europe and even regarded as world's most prestigious universities that offer the best courses such as such as machine building, chemical industry, electronics, diesel engine, metallurgy, paper, rail transport and tunneling, environmental, air cableway, forestry and timber processing, small-scale hydroelectric power generation, waste disposal and use of renewable resources, Medical automation control, economics and business management, etc., Austria leads the world in music and the art of painting is universally acclaimed. A ustria ’s unique vocational education especially in tourism and hotel management is comparable to Switzerland. Their graduates hold senior management position in the world’s famous five-star hotels.
Second Attraction: no threshold of public universities
Austrian public universities waive tuition but not much. The general length of u niversity education is four to five years for undergraduate and can go to master's degree directly. Austrian universities generally have the academic length of four to five years, based learning stage for 2002. Professional learning stage is two to three years. Students are expected to complete required course, elective courses of study, and pass a test to obtain the necessary credits. The final phase of the study is writing dissertation and will be passed after graduation. Austrian universities set up a high degree -- a doctorate. Doctoral undergraduate education is a natural extension of education. They will assess your YOU research capacity and professors will agree or not to accept you in the doctoral program. Doctoral study is open-age education and even without graduate degree can take up doctoral study. and even without graduate s D octoral education is not a special agency and instructors and students are responsible in organizing themselves for class instruction.
Entry requirements: 1. Chinese must participate in the college entrance examination before admission to university ( University of Vienna asked sophomore students above), 2. Before be officially admitted to the university, applicant must study in German language schools and pass the language schools proficiency test. This is Germany's University of low-threshold; Germany seeks overseas students to have the language proficiency to be eligible for enrollment; 3. Reading graduates from the same professional credits can be transferred for late enrollment study.
Cost: university language school fees: 2000~5000 Yuan / semester. The total costs of higher language schools do not provide accommodation.
Third Attraction : lower cost of a private university
Austria ’s private universities have lower cost of tuition fees to develop application-oriented, management talent to the education goals, student’s high employment rate. English is the medium of instruction and the academic length is four years -- college, and two years for master's degree. The The annual enrollment starts on October.
Entry requirements: 1. 2 high school graduation certificate. Chinese college graduates can have transfer credits. N otarized all copies of college grades. The university in Austria will make the assessment of the corresponding grade; 3. English TOEFL 500 and above.
Cost: private university tuition 40,000 yuan / year, paid every semester.
Fourth Attraction : high success rate of visa application
The cost of living: about 44,500 Yuan a year, including meals, lodging, books, transportation, and insurance.
Wage: Austrian law does not allow students to work; Private universities have two semesters of paid internships.
Visa: Austria offers non-immigrant visa. Applicants need to provide economic security requirements. Austrian embassy will require the applicant to have all materials notarized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry and submitted to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria for embassy certification before the delivery of materials to the school
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