Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture

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AustriaAustria  Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Former Austrian authority
Logo from the BMBWK
State level Federation
Position of the authority Supreme federal authority
founding 4.2.2000 (from BMUK and BMWV )
Dissolved 1.3.2007 (in BMUKK and BMWF )
Headquarters Vienna 14 , Minoritenplatz  5
Authority management Elisabeth Gehrer
Website www.bmbwk.gv.at

The Austrian federal administrative institution, known as the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture ( BMBWK for short , Ministry of Education or the Ministry of the Future at the time ) was primarily responsible for the school system , scientific research and teaching (universities, university clinics, technical colleges; libraries), museums and the Monument protection .

The Ministry was created in 2000, in the first two months after the start of the Schüssel I government , through the restructuring of the Federal Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs  (BMUK) and the Federal Ministry for Science and Transport  (BMWV).
In 2007, under the Gusenbauer government , it was divided into the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (BMUKK, Ministry of Education ) and the Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF,
Ministry of Science ).

It was a classic overall ministry of culture , as it had existed in Austria until 1970.

Federal Minister

At the time of the existence of this ministry, the Federal Minister was:

Elisabeth Gehrer ( ÖVP )

She had been Minister of Education (for school education) since 1995, and then headed the combined Ministry of Education (for school and higher education).

After the National Council election in 2006 , in the run-up to the inauguration of the Federal Government Gusenbauer , Claudia Schmied (SPÖ) as Federal Minister-designate for Education, Art and Culture and Johannes Hahn as Federal Minister-designate for Science and Research were responsible for the again separate departments.

Competencies

The BMBWK was responsible for:

  • School system
    • School maintenance, school establishment and school leaving with the exception of school maintenance
    • Education and training as well as service examination for teachers
    • Participation of the federal government in matters of service law and the preparation of the position plans for state teachers (insofar as it does not fall within the scope of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management )
    • Kindergarten and after-school care
    • u. a. also: educational record
  • Science affairs (scientific research and teaching)
    • Universities (including business management matters as well as matters relating to the cost sharing of the federal government in the construction, design and operation of university hospitals)
    • Affairs of student advocacy and student grants and grants
    • Universities of applied sciences
    • scientific
  • Life sciences and the promotion of alternative methods to animal experiments
  • Museums (insofar as these matters do not fall within the sphere of action of the Federal Ministry of the Interior or the Federal Ministry of Defense ); Monument protection; Austrian National Library, Austrian Phonotheque, Hofmusikkapelle
  • Cult
  • Popular education
  • school, scientific, cultural and church foundations and funds
  • Promotion of school and cultural films

organization

The BMBWK was divided into sections , departments and units :

  • Federal Minister
    • Central section: Personnel and organizational matters of the central office; Budget, space. Public relation; Grants
    • Section I: General Education; Educational planning; international affairs
    • Section II: Vocational school system
    • Section III: Personnel and School Management; Legistics
    • Section IV: Culture
    • Section V: Statistics; General educational and IT matters; Adult education
    • Section VI: Scientific Research; International Affairs - Science Area
    • Section VII: Universities, technical colleges
    • Central Committees
    • Institutions for advising the Federal Minister (e.g. school reform commission, parents' council, accreditation council for recognition as private universities)

Historical development

Period Ministry of Education Ministry of Science
1848 Ministry of Public Education  
1849 Ministry of Cult and Education
1861-1867 suspended
1867-1918 Ministry of Cult and Education
1918-1920 State Office for Home Affairs and Education
1919-1923 Federal Ministry of the Interior and Education
1923-1938
1945-1970
Federal Ministry for Internal Policy Education incorporated into
the Federal Chancellery
1970-1984 Federal Ministry for Education and Art emphasizes art affairs in contrast to the new Ministry of
Science
Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Newly established
1985-1991 Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Sport emphasized
sports department by Sinowatz
1991-1994 Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts
Sports department incorporated into the new Federal Ministry for Health, Sport and Consumer Protection
1994-2000 Federal Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs
1995-1996 Federal Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts
Art Affairs from the Ministry of Education
1996-1997 Federal Ministry for Science, Transport and Art
Transport Policy from the disbanded Federal Ministry for Public Economy and Transport
1997-2000 Federal Ministry of Science and Transport
The art agendas were handed over to the Federal Chancellery in 1997 .
2000-2007 BM BWK Federal Ministry for Education Science and Culture small.svg
Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture
In the Schüssel I government , the science agendas were incorporated into the previous Federal Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs ; the transport agendas were assigned to the newly created Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology .
2007 Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture logo small.svg
Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
Federal Ministry of Science and Research logo small.svg
Federal Ministry for Science and Research

Later exercise of responsibilities

In 2007, when the Gusenbauer government took office , the entire Ministry of Education was separated again, and two special ministries for the two sectors were set up again with the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture and the Federal Ministry for Science and Research . After the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy was responsible for science and research from 2014 to 2018 , in 2018, with the accession of the Kurz I government , a new overall education ministry was created , albeit without culture, under the name of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research .

Others

  • The BMUKK was the first Austrian ministry to set up an official fan page on the social network Facebook .

Web links

Commons : Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Facebook: Claudia Schmied has 2000 fans. Die Presse , April 15, 2011, accessed October 27, 2019 .