Department for foreign students

We are happy to offer advice to anyone who is already studying at an Austrian university or planning to do so.

We will help you with visa problems, admission to studies, acquiring German knowledge, questions regarding tuition fees and with other difficulties.

Legal counseling for foreign students: Telephone counseling and counseling by email during counseling hours at +43/1/310 88 80 -67 and ar@oeh.ac.at

General advice for foreign students in German, English and other languages: Counseling by email. See the individual email addresses below. During the consulting hours you can also call +43/1/310 88 80-65 (exception: consulting in Russian takes place via email and additionally only via Skype).

The International Students Office is especially advocates the following:

the encouragement of an open and multicultural society
the equalisation of all students, irrespective of their nationality
the retraction of discriminatory measures against foreign students
the access to the employment market
the provision of the possibility to stay in Austria after the completion of studies
measures against racism and xenophobia

We are available to answer your queries and concerns during our counselling hours. You can reach us via e-mail or telephone.

We offer advice in english, turkish and spanish at fix times, if you need assistance in one of the following languages, feel free to arrange an appointement and we will provide an interpreter.