Dear Incoming student,

welcome to the Homepage of the Office for International Affairs of the University College of Teacher Education Carinthia – Viktor Frankl Hochschule! Here you can find information about the first steps in Austria, what the UCTE offers to its Incoming Students and also about the Application Process.

The PHK/UCTE offers an International Study Programme in Education which includes the following five modules: 

• Intercultural Encounter
• Cultural Studies
• Educational Sciences
• Teacher Competencies
• Teaching Practice – primary and secondary School 

For more detailed information about the subjects please click here!

Apart from the Courses “German for Incomings” and “Conversation German” the rest of the subjects are hold in English. For German-speaking Incomings (at least Level B2) there is the possibility to attend also regular courses. 

Welcome Week

Right at the beginning of each semester the UCTE / PHK offers an Introduction Week which includes: 

• A German Course for Beginners and Advanced
• Getting to know the facilities of UCTE (access to library, PH Online, institutions, Moodle)
• Excursions in and around Klagenfurt (nature, culture and social activities)

DEADLINE for your nomination:

For winter semester: until May, 15th

For summer semester: until November, 15th

Visa Requirements

Citizens from non-EU countries (third countries) need a visa for Austria. They must obtain a visa from the Austrian representations in their country of residence. Visas are not issued at border gates.

Please note that incoming students are responsible for applying for the visa themselves. The International Office is not involved in the application process. Since visa applications can take several weeks or months to process, please take care of your visa as early as possible.

Insurance

EU nationals, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

Students coming from the countries mentioned are entitled to the same public healthcare services as the residents of the country they are visiting. They should apply for the European Health Insurance Card at the local social security or sickness insurance office in their home countries.

Third countries Non-EU citizens

Before coming to Austria, citizens from non-EU countries must get private medical insurance covering medical assistance and hospitalization, including repatriation cover that will cover expenses incurred abroad. It is the students’ responsibility to check with their Insurance Company at home that they have adequate insurance cover for their full period of study in Austria and to get familiar in advance with policy conditions.

Obligation to register residence - Meldezettel

Every citizen in Austria is obliged to register at the new address within three days after arriving to Austria or after a change of residence.

Required documents for the registration are:

• Fully completed registration form
• Passport
• Birth certificate

Address:

Kumpfgasse 20
9010 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
meldeamt@klagenfurt.at
Tel. +43 463 537-4030

Please make an appointment in advance (by phone, email)

Here you will find the registration form - Meldezettel

Example of how to fill in the registration form

Registration certificate – Anmeldebescheinigung

In order to reside legally more than three months in Austria, you need to apply for the so-called "Anmeldebescheinigung" at the Niederlassungsbehörde (Kumpfgasse 20, 9010 Klagenfurt). Please call the number +43 463 537 44 06 to ask for an appointment. 

This is the link where you can find the form that needs to be filled out. 
 

The following documents are necessary for your appointment:

• identification card or passport (Gültiger Personalausweis oder Reisepass)
• declaration/ statement of your parents that they provide you with sufficient financial support (means of subsistence) during your stay abroad in English or German 
• certification of health insurance coverage 
• confirmation of studies here (you get that in PH Online: Studienblatt​):
  1) Click on "Studienbestätigungen" >> 2) click on "Druckansicht" >> 3) print it!

In this example every line what is to be filled in is marked with a cross.