University entrance examination (Austria)

University entrance examination (SBP) ; School type
Country	Austria
Type of school (general)	Study preparation at a university
ISCED level	4A
Classification (national)	General education school / Other general education school (statute) / Pre-study course (19.9 / 1000)
School board	University
requirement	professional training, at least 22./20. Years
Duration	after previous education;
Graduation	subject-restricted admission to study

The university entrance exam (SBP) is in Austria the professional limited approval to a study .

Function of the university entrance examination

In contrast to the general higher education entrance qualification , which is obtained with the school leaving examination (Matura) , and which is assigned to the school sector, there is the possibility of completing a course with which one can study very specific subjects. This gives you a restricted right to study at universities , colleges , technical colleges (university SBP) , or universities of teacher education (school SBP) .

Requirements and procedure

These courses are completed directly at the university, and since October 1, 2010 autonomy has also been with the universities. They decide freely on the form of the university entrance qualification examination and handle it differently (examinations and examination requirements by ordinance of the rectorate, recognition of master craftsman examination , qualification examination ) Therefore, with such an examination, a change of study is only possible to a very limited extent.

The conditions must be discussed individually in advance in a conversation with the responsible persons at the university (institute director, rectorate). General requirements are:

Decision for one of the 16 specified study groups
Proof of professional or non-professional training for the desired course
Austrian citizenship (or equality under study law: citizenship of an EEA member state, only for the university SBP)
Minimum age 22 years or 20 years with at least four years of professional training

The exam consists of five individual exams , similar to the Matura , with compulsory and elective examinations; the subject matter is based on the 12th / 13th School level (connection class of a BHMS). The examination is taken before a committee at the university.

The material can be worked out:

in self-study
in distance learning at the university, if the institution offers it
in special preparatory courses / courses at the university, especially at technical colleges and academies
at various community colleges , the Vocational Training Institute , in some Matura schools

or by crediting other courses of study, then under certain circumstances no examination preparation is necessary

With the exam you will receive a university entrance qualification certificate . In general, there is no direct professional qualification , i.e. the SBP does not provide any direct career advancement opportunities.

literature

Barbara Birke, Helmut Hafner, Johanna Wagner: The future development of the university entrance examination. Study by the Institute for Industrial Science on behalf of the bm: bwk, Vienna, October 2001.

Web links

Second educational path: university entrance qualification test, bmukk.gv.at
University entrance qualification test , adult education.at

Individual evidence

↑ Austrian school systematics , status 2011/12

↑ This is specifically regulated in the federal law on obtaining university entrance qualifications for studies at universities of teacher education (University Entrance Qualification Act - HStudBerG) Federal Law Gazette I No. 71/2008 of June 4, 2008

↑ University Amendment Act 2009, Section 64a

↑ Is it possible to study without a Matura? , bmwf.gv.at

↑ List see web link bmukk.at

[Systematik-1] Austrian school systematics , status 2011/12