The Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, in German Fachhochschule Oberoesterreich, is a vocationally-oriented higher education institution which provides academic programmes at university level to over 4000 students.

We are a decentralized institution, comprising four schools in four different towns of the region of Upper Austria: Hagenberg, Linz, Steyr and Wels.

Each school focuses on different fields of study:

• Hagenberg -  School of Informatics, Communications and Media
• Linz - School of Applied Health and Social Sciences
• Steyr - School of Management
• Wels - School of Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Practice is an integral part of our philosophy. In all our programmes, students spend a designated period of their studies working on projects within a compulsory industrial placement in a company.

At the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, practice and research are complementary. Our research is carried out in close cooperation with our partners in Austria as well as abroad. Thus, we maintain a large network of industrial and academic cooperation partners. The majority of our lecturers also work in industry. Hence, our programmes directly reflect the requirements of industry, regionally as well as beyond.

As a result of the Bologna process, most of our programmes have been switched to the Bachelor/Master system in the last couple of years. We now offer more than 40 programmes in total at Bachelor and Master level.