Education system
The Austrian education system is quite diverse with quite a lot of different school types.
Most commonly Austrian children start with kindergarten at the age of three and continue with primary school at the age of six. After four years of primary schooling they have to decide whether to continue with a lower secondary school or with a secondary academic school (mostly grammar school). This choice depends not only on academic success but also on availability, family background and future career choice. Recently there’s (once again) a discussion about the implementation to a continued common education till the age of 15 (comprehensive schooling). Compulsory education ends with 15 or the completion of 9 years of school attendance respectively.
At the secondary upper level there’s a broad choice of different secondary academic, technical and vocational schools. Precondition to attending college or university afterwards is a positive result on the A-levels examination (the “Matura”, in Germany it is called “Abitur”).
The chart below gives a good overview on the whole system. You can find an even more elaborate version of the chart as well as helpful additional information on the Austrian education system on: www.edusystem.at
Many thanks to Euroguidance Austria / National Agency for Lifelong Learning for the permission to use the chart on this Infomobil site. All rights reserved.
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http://www.edusystem.at |
http://www.bmukk.gv.at/schulen/bw/bwege_bks/index.xml |
http://www.bmukk.gv.at/schulen/bw/bwege_tuerk/index.xml |
http://www.bmukk.gv.at/schulen/bw/bwege_russ/index.xml |
http://www.bmukk.gv.at |
http://www.bmwf.gv.at |
| Related Documents |
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 Education_System_final.pdf (608.44 KB) |