Agricultural and forestry school

Agricultural and Forestry School (LFLA) area of responsibility
Country	Austria
Type of school (general)	Schools for agricultural professions reporting directly to the Ministry
ISCED level	4A
Classification (national)	Central School  (ZLA)
School board	Federation
Areas	Higher Agricultural and Forestry School  (HLFS), Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institutes  (HBLFA), Forestry School  (FFS), Rural School and Education Center  (BSBZ)
number	14 (2018/19)

The agricultural and forestry training institutes ( LFLA ) are schools for agricultural professions in the education system in Austria . They are directly subordinate to the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF for short) and the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism (BMLRT for short) as specialist ministries.

History and position in the education system

The distinction between these schools is historical, they are not administered by the state or city school council , but are directly subordinate to the two responsible ministries. Due to this special status, the schools are run under the group of central teaching institutions  (ZLA). They are regulated in the Federal Schools Act for Agriculture and Forestry , Federal Law Gazette No. 175/1966 .

The training in the agricultural professions is also laid down in the agricultural and forestry vocational training law.

The following schools belong to the agricultural and forestry schools:

• Higher agricultural and forestry schools (HLFS):
  • Higher Federal Institute for Forestry Bruck an der Mur
  • Higher Federal College for Agriculture and Food Management Elmberg
  • Higher Federal College for Agriculture and Food Industry Kematen
  • Higher federal college for agriculture and food industry Pitzelstätten
  • Higher Federal College for Agriculture and Food Management Sitzenberg
  • Higher Federal Agricultural College St. Florian
  • Higher federal school for agriculture, Ursprung / Elixhausen
  • Higher federal college for viticulture and fruit growing Klosterneuburg

• Higher federal teaching and research institutions (HBLFA):
  • Higher federal teaching and research institute for agriculture Raumberg-Gumpenstein
  • Higher federal teaching and research institute for horticulture Schönbrunn
  • Higher federal teaching and research institute for agriculture, agricultural engineering and food technology Francisco Josephinum Wieselburg

• Forestry School (FFS):
  • Forestry College Traunkirchen
• Rural School and Education Center (BSBZ):
  • Rural school and education center for Vorarlberg Hohenems
• HLA of the Graz School Sisters
  • Private higher education institution for agriculture and nutrition Eggenberg

Representation of the interests of the students

The students of the LFLA are also represented in the Central School Student  Representation (ZSV).

See also

• List of school types in Austria - an overview

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Educational institutions that fall under the responsibility of the BMUKK as of May 2, 2011 on the website of the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture .
   See also schools of the Ministry of Life ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. as of November 24, 2011 on the website of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management . 
2. ↑ Federal Act of May 17, 1990 on the Principles for Vocational Training for Workers in Agriculture and Forestry (Agricultural and Forests Vocational Training Act - LFBAG) and on amendments to the Agricultural Labor Act 1984 , Federal Law Gazette No. 298/1990 ; especially § 8 paragraph 3 on the higher agricultural and forestry schools.
3. ↑ RIS - Student Representation Act - Consolidated Federal Law, version dated June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .