University students, studies

Statistics Austria provides data each semester about students and courses of studies taken at Austrian higher education institutions (public and private universities, theological schools, universities of applied sciences and university colleges of teacher education) as well as data about the origin of students and their parents educational attainment. The legal basis is provided by the Federal Act on Documentation in Education (Bildungsdokumentationsgesetz 2020) and the Regulation on the Statistics of Universities and Higher Education Institutions and on Education Documentation (UHSBV).

The main sources of data are the registers of the higher education institutions and data from the primary statistical survey at the beginning of studies (UHStat1). The key figures are the number of students and courses of studies taken at Austrian higher education institutions.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, University Statistics. Compiled on 24th September. Excluding students at foreign locations of Austrian higher education institutions.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, University Statistics. Compiled on 24th September. Excluding studies at foreign locations of Austrian higher education institutions. "Incomings" are students who undertake a stay at an Austrian higher education institution as part of a funded mobility program. From the winter semester 2016/17 onwards, the statistical classification of studies at public universities and university colleges of teacher education is based on the distribution method defined in §§ 22 and 24 of the UHSBV. Consequently, rounding differences may arise.

Date		Title	PDF download
2026-09-24	file	Number of students in Austria at an all-time high	167.6 KB

Date		Title	result	SDDS+ Special Data Dissemination Standards	PR PR press release
2027-05-05	calendar-alt	Students enrolled - private universities and university colleges 2026/27 Population and society / Education / University students, studies	final
2027-02-11	calendar-alt	Students enrolled - Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences) 2026/27 Population and society / Education / University students, studies	final

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