Vienna Uni ranks near bottom in global top 100

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The debate over whether the government spends enough on higher education is set to intensify after just one Austrian university made the top 100 in a global ranking.Vienna University was listed in the group of institutions placed between 91st and 100th in the 2011 Times Higher Education Ranking. The study provides detailed data for the […]

Austria drops in EU innovation ranking

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Business

Austria has been left behind by Belgium in the European Commission’s (EC) latest Innovation Union Scoreboard.Austria comes seventh in the EC’s 2010 edition of the study which examines the conditions for innovations in the European Union’s (EU) 27 member countries. The country came sixth in 2009 but has been overtaken by Belgium in the most […]

Vienna University flops in global ranking amid study fee debate

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Politics

Vienna University has been knocked down 11 places on a British research firm’s World University Ranking.QS said today (Fri) that Vienna University, the only Austrian higher education institution on the company’s top 200 list this year and in 2009, dropped from 132 to 142. The university was given just 55.27 overall points.Cambridge University in Great […]

Minister wants university admission tests

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Politics

People’s Party (ÖVP) Science Minister Beatrix Karl may have to brace for harsh opposition by student protesters after revealing plans to set up admission tests for popular university courses today (Thurs).Thousands of students have joined occupations of auditoriums at several Austria universities and street marches over the past few months to make the public aware […]

Majority back study fees, survey shows

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General News

More than two thirds of Austrians back so-called study fees and admission tests at the country’s universities and other higher educational institutions, a new poll has shown.Public opinion research agency Market said today (Weds) 68 per cent of the 704 Austrians aged 15 and older who had been polled had said they were in favour […]