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In an online survey, commissioned by the weekly magazine "Format", more than a hundred personnel managers from Austrian enterprises and professional personnel consultants have named the University of Leoben the best university in Austria. The distinction "outstanding" was given to the University of Leoben by 56% of the interviewees, followed by the University of Technology of Graz with 51% and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) with 43%.


General Assessment

The personnel managers primarily assessed the different degree programmes available at all Austrian universities and universities of applied sciences in terms of the graduates’ job prospects upon entering the labor market. Furthermore, they were also asked to give an overall assessment for the individual universities. By far, the University of Leoben received the highest ratings, followed by the University of Technology of Graz and WU.


Engineering

From all categories questioned, the engineering programs at Austria’s technical universities benefit from an excellent reputation and are held in high esteem with the personnel experts, according to "Format", and consequently also received the best assessment with regard to career opportunities. This year, the top degree programmes are "Biomedical Engineering" and "Electrical Engineering" at the University of Technology of Graz, closely followed by the programmes "Polymer Engineering and Science" and "Materials Science" at the University of Leoben.

Continuing Education

According to "Format", the personnel managers all agree on one point: Regardless of the choice of study and the enterprises in which graduates start their careers – for the generation of the today's university academics, a successful and long-lasting career is unachievable without continuing education.


Further Information
Erhard Skupa
Tel.: +43 3842 402 7220, +43 676 351 38 81
E-Mail: erhard.skupa@unileoben.ac.at