The Austrian Education System ibw 2016
Higher education entrance exam Pre-Vocational School Berufsreifeprüfung (voluntarily) The Austrian education system [1/3] Age Year 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Special needs Kindergarten (one year obligatory) Primary New Academic (lower cycle) Apprenticeship (company and parttime vocational ) School for intermediate vocational education College for higher vocational education Academic (upper cycle) University University of applied sciences University college of teacher Professional tertiary education e.g. VET course, master craftsperson, industrial master
Austrian Education System [2/3] Obligatory ing: nine years Secondary level I: choice between academic (lower level) and new (some are still general s) Secondary level II: academic (upper level) and a broad variety of VET options High attractivity of VET (~ 70% of all learners in 10th grade are in VET) Full-time VET s and dual system Permeability Access to tertiary education (university, Fachhochschule courses, university college of education): HE entrance examination, Berufsreifeprüfung
VET vs. general education [3/3] 100% 90% (pre-) voc. education, sec. Level II general education, sec. Level II 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Source: EUROSTAT
Pre-Vocational School Austrian IVET system [1/8] Age Year 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Special needs Kindergarten (one year obligatory) Primary New Academic (lower cycle) Apprenticeship (company and parttime vocational ) Academic (upper cycle)
Austrian IVET system [2/8] Prevocational (Polytechnische Schule, PTS) - Age: 15 years - Access requirement(s): completion of level I - Duration: one year - Focus: pre-vet, general education Apprenticeship / dual system (Lehre / duales System) - Age: 15 to 19 - Access requirement(s): completion of obligatory ing - Duration: two to four years - Focus: practical company-based, obligatory attendance of part-time for apprentices
Pre-Vocational School Austrian IVET system [3/8] Age Year 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Special needs Kindergarten (one year obligatory) Primary New Academic (lower cycle) Apprenticeship (company and parttime vocational ) School for intermediate vocational education College for higher vocational education Academic (upper cycle)
Austrian IVET system [4/8] School for intermediate vocational education (berufsbildende mittlere Schule, BMS) - Age: 15 to 18 - Access requirement(s): completion of year 8 of compulsory ing - Duration: one to four years - Focus: complete VET for certain occupations, general education College for higher vocational education (berufsbildende höhere Schule, BHS) - Age: 15 to 19 - Access requirement(s): completion of year 8 of compulsory ing; sometimes pupil s record of achievement, entrance examination - Duration: five years - Focus: high-quality specialised, thorough general education;
Higher education entrance exam Pre-Vocational School Berufsreifeprüfung (voluntarily) Austrian IVET system [5/8] Age Year 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Special needs Kindergarten (one year obligatory) Primary New Academic (lower cycle) Apprenticeship (company and parttime vocational ) School for intermediate vocational education College for higher vocational education Academic (upper cycle) University University of applied sciences University college of teacher Professional tertiary education e.g. VET course, master craftsperson, industrial master
Austrian IVET system [6/8] Reifepruefung and VET Diploma (Reife- und Diplomprüfung) - Students: graduates of colleges for higher vocational education - Type: double qualification unrestricted access to higher education and VET for high-level jobs - Age: 19 Berufsreifepruefung (BRP) - Students: graduates of s for intermediate vocational education and apprenticeship - Type: unrestricted access to higher education - Age: 19+
Austrian IVET system [7/8] Post- VET courses (Kolleg) - Age: 18+ - Duration: two years - Access requirement(s): Higher education entrance examination - Focus: VET, targeted at graduates of academic s (upper level) University college of teacher (Pädagogische Hochschule) - Age: 18+ - Duration: four to six years (Bachelor, Master) - Focus: of teaching staff for primary and I level
Austrian IVET system [8/8] University - Age: 18+ - Duration: four to eight years (Bachelor, Master, PhD) - Focus: research-oriented education University of applied sciencenes - Age: 18+ - Duration: four to six years (Bachelor, Master) - Focus: research-oriented education, vocational education and