MedAT: Expensive training, still too few requirements

Studying medicine is naturally important and one Austria quota essential because doctors are part of the critical infrastructure. It is also particularly expensive. A graduate from MedUni Vienna costs the state, and therefore the taxpayer, exactly 896,919.8 euros. Of the 1,950 study places, 487 do not go to Austrians – that’s 436.8 million euros, assuming everyone completes their studies at Vienna University.

Medical care and the high cost of training are factors that actually require many more requirements. Anyone who studies medicine in Austria should also be available to the country’s job market and pay taxes here at some point – and not take a course of study for 363 euros per semester to another country while passing through the university. Similar to pilot training in the Federal Army: Those who complete this commit themselves to serving in the Army for at least twelve years. In terms of content and economics, this makes a lot of sense.