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.
Last modified May 14, 2010