Other useful information about Austria

General information on Austria (climate, social life, transport, medical services, political system, …) can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria

Most institutions providing tertiary education also display information about the university environment of interest for students (accommodation and housing, clubs, sport,…).

A good overview of all public and private universities and universities of applied science including contact information can be found at: http://www.portal.ac.at/owa/portal.overview_en?otp_id_in=6.

Disability support groups and organisations for people with disabilities in Austria (this link list is not exhaustive):

• Federal Disability Ombudsman (German only)
• BIZEPS – Centre for Self – Determined Living (German only)
• Lebenshilfe (German only)
• Hilfsgemeinschaft der Blinden und Sehschwachen Österreichs
• „Jugend am Werk“
• Organisations for the Blind and Partially Sighted (German only)
• Austrian National Council of Disabled People (ÖAR)
• Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (German only)
• Austrian Association of the Deaf (German only)
• Austrian Association for the Integration of People Challenged by Spasticity (German only)
• The Austrian Association for Civil Disabled People (ÖZIV – Download of English folder)
• The Austrian Relief Organization for People Who Are Deafblind and People with Significant Vision and Hearing Impairments (ÖHTB)
• Austrian Association for the Integration of (Non-)Disabled People (German only)
• Vox – Austrian Association of the Hard of Hearing (German only)
  

Please get in touch with the Incoming-/Outgoing service (“Auslandsbüro”) of your (intended) university / institution for additional, more specific information (visa, working / residence permit, interpreters, …), that may also support you in planning your stay.