Facts & Figures
Schools/Campuses
- Informatics, Communication and Media - Hagenberg Campus
- Medical Engineering and Applied Social Sciences - Linz Campus
- Economy and Management - Steyr Campus
- Engineering - Wels Campus
Students
Students during the 2020/21 academic year:
5,988* (including pre-entry course for university)
5,804* (excluding pre-entry course for university)
Students during the 2020/2021 academic year by school:
- Hagenberg Campus: 1,542
- Linz Campus: 743
- Steyr Campus: 1,385
- Wels Campus: 2,134
Students during the 2020/2021 academic year according to FHR (UAS Council) classification:
- Engineering: 3,848
- Social Sciences: 421
- Business: 1,535
Total percentage female 2020/2021: 36.9 %
of which in engineering degree programmes: 25.4 %
*including pre-entry course for university - as per 15th November 2020
Degree programmes
Degree programmes for the 2019/2020 academic year:
Total: 69
Bachelor degree programmes (6 semesters): 32
Master degree programmes (4 semesters): 37
Degree programmes: PT - part-time and FT - full-time
Some degree programmes are available both FT+PT – thus, they cannot be compared with the absolute numbers for the degree programmes.
| 2014/15 PT | FT | 2015/16 PT | FT | 2016/17 PT | FT | 2017/18 PT | FT | 2018/19 PT | FT | 2019/20 PT | FT | 2020/21 PT | FT | |
| Bachelor | 10 | 24 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 29 |
| Master | 12 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 27 |
| Diploma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 22 | 45 | 22 | 47 | 22 | 50 | 22 | 51 | 25 | 54 | 29 | 55 | 29 | 56 |
Graduates
| Graduates 1997-2020 | Male | Female | Total |
| Engineering | 12,006 | 3,298 | 15,304 |
| Social Sciences | 417 | 1,368 | 1,785 |
| Business | 2,519 | 3,396 | 5,915 |
| Total | 14,942 | 8,062 | 23,004 |
| Graduates 1997-2020 by school | Male | Female | Total |
| Hagenberg Campus | 5,392 | 1,782 | 7,174 |
| Linz Campus | 1,038 | 1,984 | 2,986 |
| Steyr Campus | 3,057 | 2,880 | 5,937 |
| Wels Campus | 5,455 | 1,452 | 6,907 |
| Total | 14,942 | 8,062 | 23,004 |
Graduate figures - as of 15th of November 2020
International
International Students during the 2019/2020 academic year by school: 793
- Hagenberg Campus: 140
- Linz Campus: 56
- Steyr Campus: 151
- Wels Campus: 446
Growth International Students
- 2011/12: 351
- 2012/13: 389
- 2013/14: 468
- 2014/15: 558
- 2015/16: 662
- 2016/17: 706
- 2017/18: 753
- 2018/19: 773
- 2019/20: 793
| Incomings|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019 | ||||||
| Total|377|438|536|547|545|541 | ||||||
| Hagenberg|55|115|82|63|61|70 | ||||||
| Linz|16|20|16|26|14|14 | ||||||
| Steyr|229|238|279|240|259|270 | ||||||
| Wels|77|65|159|218|211|187 |
| Outgoings|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019 | ||||||
| Total|611|508|829|802|743|743 | ||||||
| Hagenberg|169|129|210|186|202|173 | ||||||
| Linz|62|48|70|53|55|61 | ||||||
| Steyr|252|165|332|338|284|302 | ||||||
| Wels|128|166|217|225|202|207 |
Number of international degree programmes
- Bachelor degree programmes: 2
- Master degree programmes: 9
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Outgoings:
- Germany
- Sweden
- USA
- China (Taiwan)
- Norway
Incomings:
- Korea (South)
- China (Taiwan)
- Mexico
- USA
- Germany
Number of partner universities
- Total: 259
- Africa: 2
- America: 36
- Asia: 58
- Europe: 151
- Oceania: 3
excluding pre-entry course for university - as per 15th of November 2019
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria: Leading in Teaching and Research
The FH Upper Austria is among the leading Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences. At four locations, we offer academically founded, practice-oriented studies which are internationally recognised. Our second area of competence enables us to serve business with innovative results from our research and development.
- Turnover from R&D 2020: 20.27m euros
- Number of current projects 2020: 457
- Number of academic publications 2020: 502
- Number of research associates (fulltime-equivalent) 2020: 255
as per april 2019