The most selective university degree programs in Austria

AT candidates wait for their exam results, others are preparing for further upcoming entrance tests. For example, law on July 7th, biology on July 10th or psychology on July 14th.

But it’s not just universities that are selective: admission to universities of applied sciences is also sometimes difficult, as the annual survey by the platform www.aufnahmepruefung.at shows. Which university degree programs are particularly selective is measured by the ratio of applications to available study places.

The FH ranking

Remain little surprising Physiotherapy courses particularly selective. The ranking here is led by the FH Salzburg with 21.4 applications per place. But 13.4 people also apply for each physiotherapy study place at the FH Gesundheit Tirol. There are 10.8 applications at the FH Kärnten and 9.1 at the FH Joanneum. How popular the health sector is is also reflected in the rush for midwifery study places at the Vienna University Campus: 16 applications per place.

For the first time, technical courses also landed in the “top 10” of the most selective programs. “We are seeing increasing demand for study places in the IT and automation sector due to the AI ​​hype,” reports Michael Ungerfounder of the platform. The “Smart Automation” course at the FH Campus 02 has 13.0 applications per place, “Artificial Intelligence Solutions” at the FH Oberösterreich has 12.3 and “Computer Science” at the FH Wiener Neustadt has 10.2.

Sales courses also fall into the top 10: The “Marketing & Sales” course at the FHWien der WKW has 10.4 applications per place, and “Technical Sales and Marketing” at the FH bfi Vienna has 9.1 applications.