{"id":31665,"date":"2026-05-11T12:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/?p=31665"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:45:56","slug":"fhk-begruesst-gemeinsame-erklaerung-der-bundeslaender-zur-zukunft-der-fachhochschulen-hochschulen-fuer-angewandte-wissenschaften","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/fhk-begruesst-gemeinsame-erklaerung-der-bundeslaender-zur-zukunft-der-fachhochschulen-hochschulen-fuer-angewandte-wissenschaften\/","title":{"rendered":"FHK welcomes joint declaration by the federal states on the future of universities of applied sciences\/universities of applied sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Federal states send a strong signal in favour of funding, research and the right to award doctorates at Austria's UASs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Austrian Conference of Universities of Applied Sciences (FHK) expressly welcomes the joint declaration on the future of universities of applied sciences (FH\/HAW) by all members of the provincial governments responsible for the FH system. The declaration, which was presented to Federal Minister Eva-Maria Holzleitner, emphasises the central importance of universities of applied sciences for innovation, regional development and the training of urgently needed skilled workers in Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FHK is particularly positive about the joint demand of the federal states for a statutory safeguarding of the value of student place funding, sustainable research funding, the abolition of unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles in programme accreditation and an independent right to award doctorates for UASs with strong research capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eThe fact that all federal states are united here is a strong and important signal for our universities. The federal states know from practical experience how crucial they are for regional innovative strength, securing skilled labour and social advancement,\u201c explains FHK President Ulrike Prommer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FH\/HAW see the joint declaration as an important step towards a modern and efficient higher education policy. Especially in economically challenging times, Austria needs strong, application-orientated universities with reliable framework conditions and genuine development prospects. \u201eOur universities make a key contribution to Austria's competitiveness. Now we need the political will to actually implement the reforms that have been discussed for years,\u201c concluded FHK Secretary General Kurt Koleznik.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e4nder senden starkes Signal f\u00fcr Finanzierung, Forschung und Promotionsrecht an \u00d6sterreichs FH\/HAW Die \u00d6sterreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz (FHK) begr\u00fc\u00dft die gemeinsame Erkl\u00e4rung aller f\u00fcr das Fachhochschulwesen zust\u00e4ndigen Landesregierungsmitglieder zur Zukunft der Fachhochschulen\/Hochschulen f\u00fcr Angewandte Wissenschaften (FH\/HAW) ausdr\u00fccklich. Die an Bundesministerin Eva-Maria Holzleitner \u00fcberreichte Erkl\u00e4rung unterstreicht die zentrale Bedeutung der FH\/HAW f\u00fcr Innovation, regionale Entwicklung und die Ausbildung [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nachrichten"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31666,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31665\/revisions\/31666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}