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Students

Students during the 2024/25 academic year:
5,470* (including pre-entry course for university)
5,295* (excluding pre-entry course for university)

Students during the 2024/2025 academic year by school:
Hagenberg Campus: 1,585
Linz Campus: 654
Steyr Campus: 1,283
Wels Campus: 1,773

Students during the 2024/2025 academic year according to FHR (UAS Council) classification:
Engineering: 3,472
Social Sciences: 457
Business: 1,366
 

Total percentage female 2024/2025: 40.4 %
of which in engineering degree programs: 29 %

* including pre-entry course for university - as per Feb. 2025

Degree programs

Degree programs for the 2024/2025 academic year:
Total: 75
Bachelor degree programs (6 semesters): 34
Master degree programs (4 semesters): 41

Degree programs: PT - part-time and FT - full-time
Some degree programs are available both FT+PT – thus, they cannot be compared with the absolute numbers for the degree programs.

2018/19 PT | FT 2019/20 PT | FT 2020/21 PT | FT 2021/22 PT | FT 2022/23 PT | FT 2023/24 PT | FT 2024/25 PT | FT
Bachelor 10 | 28 12 | 28 12 | 29 13 | 30 13 | 31 13 | 33 11 | 31
Master 15 | 26 17 | 27 17 | 27 16 | 26 17 | 26 19 | 26 19 | 27
Total 25 | 54 29 | 55 29 | 56 29 | 56 30 | 57 32 | 59 30 | 58

International

International degree programs in the 2024/25 academic year: 16

  • Bachelor's degree programs (6 semesters): 8
  • Master's degree programs (4 semesters): 8

Degree-seeking students international

Campus 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
Hagenberg 146 140 149 140 172 159 193
Linz 51 56 52 42 42 61 64
Steyr 156 151 179 202 202 203 205
Wels 420 446 482 466 439 459 482
Total 773 793 862 850 855 882 944

Exchange students

All schools in the academic year Incomings Outgoings
2018/19 545 743
2019/20 541 743
2020/21 509 507
2021/22 340 524
2022/23 497 583
2023/24 445 515
2024/25 461 536

Graduates

Graduates 1997-2025 Male Female Total
Engineering 15,369 4,451 19,820
Social Sciences 551 1,772 2,323
Business 3,375 4,518 7,893
Total 19,820 10,741 30,036
Graduates 1997-2025 by school Male Female Total
Hagenberg Campus 6,781 2,320 9,101
Linz Campus 1,344 2,526 3,870
Steyr Campus 3,952 3,824 7,776
Wels Campus 7,218 2,071 9,289
Total 19,295 10,741 30,036

Graduate figures - as per April 2025

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria: Leading in Teaching and Research

The FH Upper Austria is among the leading Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences. At four locations, we offer academically founded, practice-oriented studies which are internationally recognised. Our second area of competence enables us to serve business with innovative results from our research and development.

  • Turnover (incl. Shareholdings) from R&D 2024: 34.2 million €
  • Turnover R&D 2024: 28 million €
  • Number of current R&D projects 2024: 547
  • Number of academic publications 2024: 553
  • Number of research associates (fulltime-equivalent) 2024: 230

as per 2025

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