The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research is the federal government agency responsible for higher education in Austria. This website serves as a good starting point if you are looking for in-depth information (e.g. full texts of federal laws establishing university programs).

The Austrian Exchange Service - Österreichischer Austauschdienst (OeAD) is the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research and a major clearinghouse for study-abroad information in Austria, both for incoming and outgoing students.

"Uni-Wegweiser" (Study Guide) another guide to Austrian universities, again in English; links to fields of study and respective curricula.

Austrian institutions of post-secondary education: A list of post-secondary institutions compiled by Margit Geyer (National Agency Lifelong Learning Austria, OeAD) and Heinz Kasparovsky (Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, ENIC NARIC Austria). The brochure (66 pp.), published in May 2010, is also available for download at the OeAD website.

The Bologna Process is an instrument for the implementation of the European Higher Education Area.

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research describes the development of the Bologna process in detail: http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/bmwfw/studium/studieren-im-europaeischen-hochschulraum/bologna-prozess/ 

Another useful link about the Bologna process by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs: http://www.kmk.org/wissenschaft-hochschule/internationale-hochschulangelegenheiten/bologna-prozess.html

The website of the European Commission offers detailed material on Higher Education in Europe including in depth information on the Bologna Process and other related topics: http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/higher-education/bologna-process_en.htm

The Bologna Declaration on the European space of higher education – An Explanation 
Document (10 pp.) prepared by the Confederation of EU Rectors’ Conferences and the Association of European Universities (CRE).

Important Offices in Austria and the United States

• Austrian Offices in the US

• Austria is famous for its bureaucracy, which is hard to understand even for Austrians. But: if you are nice and polite, you can get almost anything you need. If you need help (especially on matters related to your legal stay in Austria) go to the Austrian goverment website.

• US Embassy in Austria

• The Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, is a strategic interface for science, research and science policy between Austria and North America. bridges is the free online magazine published by the OST. bridges features a wide range of articles relating to science, technology and education policy in the US, Canada and Europe. Audio versions of selected articles are also available on the OST's website or by subscription to the bridges podcast.

 Official Information Sites about Austria

• Austrian Press and Information Service

• Austrian National Tourist Office

• General Info about Austria

• Austrian Tourist Office

• Tourist Information, Vienna

• Tourist Info Salzburg

• Tourist Info Innsbruck

• Tourist Info Graz

• Tourist Info Klagenfurt

• Tourist Info Linz

• Tourist Info Leoben