• EUROPEAN MIGRATION NETWORK
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Methodology
  • 1.2 Definitions and terms
  • 1.3 Acknowledgements
• 2. THE AUSTRIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
  • 2.1 The Austrian higher education system
    • 2.1.1 Structure of the Austrian higher education system
    • 2.1.2 Actors
    • 2.1.3 Access to higher education and tuition fees
    • 2.1.4 Qualifications awarded
  • 2.2 International students in Austria – a statistical overview
    • 2.2.1 International students
    • 2.2.2 Foreign students
    • 2.2.3 Graduations of international students
  • 2.3 National policy framework regarding international students from third countries
    • 2.3.1 General policy
    • 2.3.2 Strategies and priorities
• 3. LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES
  • 3.1 Admission
    • 3.1.1 Measures to attract third-country students
    • 3.1.2 Legal conditions for admission
  • 3.2 Stay
  • 3.3 Access to the labour market after completion of studies
• 4. TRANS-NATIONAL CO-OPERATION
  • 4.1 Bilateral/multilateral agreements
    • 4.1.1 Publicly (solely from Austria) funded grants
    • 4.1.2 Third-party (co-)funded scholarships and agreements
    • 4.1.3 Project co-operation
  • 4.2 Co-operation with EU mobility programmes
  • 4.2.1 Erasmus Mundus
    • 4.2.2 Further third-country programmes
  • 4.3 Other forms of (non-legislative) co-operation with third countries
• 5. SELECTED ASPECTS RELATED TO THE IMMIGRATION OF STUDENTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES TO AUSTRIA
  • 5.1 Competition for study places
  • 5.2 Academic success
  • 5.3 Barriers to the employment of third-country graduates
  • 5.4 Risk of ‘brain drain’
  • 5.5 Impact and potential of the immigration of international students from third countries
• ANNEX
  • 1. Bibliography
  • 2. The Austrian education system
  • 3. List of interviewed experts
  • 4. Interview guidelines (sample)

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