{"id":32554,"date":"2026-10-16T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/?p=32554"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:40:40","slug":"vertrauen-als-guetesiegel-oesterreichs-fh-haw-gehoeren-zu-den-angesehensten-institutionen-des-landes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/vertrauen-als-guetesiegel-oesterreichs-fh-haw-gehoeren-zu-den-angesehensten-institutionen-des-landes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust as a mark of quality: Austria\u2019s universities of applied sciences (FH\/HAW) are among the country\u2019s most prestigious institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The outstanding performance in the APA-OGM Trust Index confirms the university\u2019s high standards of quality and its strong roots in academia, business and society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economic uncertainties, technological upheavals and social changes are calling many certainties into question. This makes the trust that people place in Austrian universities of applied sciences (FH) and universities of applied sciences (HAW) all the more significant. Their leading position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogm.at\/2026\/10\/16\/apa-ogm-vertrauensindex-institutionen-2026\/\">APA-OGM Confidence Index<\/a> is therefore far more than just a good ranking: it is a sign of high credibility and social relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eOur top ranking demonstrates the high level of trust the public places in our universities. Climate crises, demographics, digitalisation, AI and many other current issues are on people\u2019s minds; they expect our universities to provide immediately actionable, practice-based expertise rather than further \u201ewhy\u201c analyses. Our universities are living up to precisely this social responsibility,\u201c said FHK President Ulrike Prommer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who wishes to strengthen Austria must ensure that applied science is given equal standing within the system and is financially secure. This is the key to the country\u2019s future prosperity. The encouraging results of the confidence index come at just the right time, as the government is also set to negotiate the budgetary framework for universities of applied sciences (FH\/HAW) for the coming years in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eOur universities are under enormous pressure due to rising staff, energy and infrastructure costs. For our part, we place our trust in the Federal Government. All efforts to ensure that funding for university places is reliably safeguarded, as well as sustainable and structural research funding, are investments that directly benefit society and the economy. Furthermore, independent doctoral programmes at universities of applied sciences (FH\/HAW) are an important structural measure for retaining highly qualified academic staff in Austria. These must be implemented swiftly,\u201c emphasises FHK Secretary-General Kurt Koleznik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investing in our universities is investing in Austria\u2019s future. Strengthening universities of applied sciences (FH\/HAW) helps to train urgently needed skilled workers and promotes innovation and value creation in the regions. Our higher education institutions open up opportunities, nurture talent regardless of background and, in doing so, strengthen social mobility in our society.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das herausragende Abschneiden im APA-OGM-Vertrauensindex best\u00e4tigt den hohen Qualit\u00e4tsanspruch und die starke Verankerung der FH\/HAW in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Wirtschaftliche Unsicherheiten, technologische Umbr\u00fcche und gesellschaftliche Ver\u00e4nderungen stellen viele Gewissheiten infrage. Umso bedeutender ist das Vertrauen, das die Menschen den \u00f6sterreichischen Fachhochschulen (FH) und Hochschulen f\u00fcr Angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW) entgegenbringen. Der Spitzenplatz im APA-OGM-Vertrauensindex ist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"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-32554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nachrichten"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32554","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32555,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32554\/revisions\/32555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhk.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}