Incoming Exchange Students

Exchange agreements

Student exchange agreements are usually signed at the faculty level, therefore please check which of our four schools maintains a cooperation with your home university. Exchange students can generally only take courses at one campus.

Housing

Housing is available close to the campus in all four cities.
Please note: City of residence influences which public authority in Austria will be responsible for your residence permit. Some cities may have longer processing times.

Students arrange their own accommodation. Several housing options in proximity such as dorms or shared apartments. Average rent in dorms starts at € 300 per month excl. meals etc.

• Living in Hagenberg
• Living in Linz
• Living in Steyr
• Living in Wels

Course Catalogue

The University of Applied Sciences offers quite a variety of courses in English for exchange students. There are currently more than 300 individual courses delivered in English. Exchange students can only select courses from one campus, not from all four Schools of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. This should be the campus your home university is cooperating with and has nominated you for exchange.

The course catalogues can be found in the download section.

Freemover

Please note that the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria usually only accepts students from partner universities for a semester or two on exchange basis. Freemover exchange students can only be accepted in special cases and this needs to be clarified with the International Office of the according campus in advance.

If your home university is not among our partner universities, you may still apply as an degree-seeking student and join our university for an entire Bachelor's or Master's degree program. You are then, however, not considered an exchange student and your application needs to follow the general application procedure for degree-seeking students.

Summer/Winter Schools

Short-term programs for students from partner institutions are organized at all our four schools. Please visit Events for Internationals for an overview of upcoming events.

Contacts

Please note that University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria has four schools in four different cities, each school has an own international office responsible for incoming exchange students. Incoming exchange students have to select one school for their semester abroad in Upper Austria and contact the according international office:

• Hagenberg Campus, School of Informatics, Communications and Media: international@fh-hagenberg.at
• Linz Campus, School of Medical Engineering and Applied Social Sciences: international@fh-linz.at
• Steyr Campus, School of Business and Management: international@fh-steyr.at
• Wels Campus, School of Engineering: international@fh-wels.at

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