University of Applied Sciences bfi Vienna

COURSE-PROVIDING BODY

The non-profit Fachhochschule des bfi Wien Gesellschaft m.b.H. (roughly the equivalent of a private limited company) acts as the course-providing body. In April 2002 our institution was accredited as aFachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences).

The advantages of being organised as an FH are as follows:

• the authorisation to award academic degrees
• students are allowed to take part in the FH Supervisory Council's decision-making

The bfi Vienna (Berufsförderungsinstitut Wien / Vocational Training Institute Vienna) is the sole shareholder of the FH bfi Vienna. For more than forty years, the bfi Vienna has been actively promoting education and further education programmes which help turn employees into highly qualified skilled employees who can rest sure of their positions in business.

As one of the first Austrian adult education institutions, the bfi Vienna has been certified according to ISO 9001 for its quality management system.

FH Supervisory Council (FH-Kollegium)*

The FH Supervisory Council is in charge of the execution and the organisation of teaching and exams. It consists of its head – Andreas Breinbauer, the programme directors, representatives of teaching and research faculty and student representatives. The collegium convenes at least twice a year.

* pursuant to § 10 Fachhochschul-Studiengesetz (Universities of Applied Sciences Act)

The FH bfi Vienna is also a member of the Austrian Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (Österreichische Fachhochschulkonferenz).

Mission

The fundamental strategic positions and the mission of the FH bfi Vienna are laid down in the mission statement. Based on this, the degree programmes can specialise in relation to their professional fields. Medium-term aims are established in the FH's strategic concepts according to the mission statement.

With our degree programmes we offer academically well-founded professional education - also to working people and to people without school-leaving exams who can then develop into internationally competent specialists and managers. It is a major concern for the FH bfi Vienna to encourage both male and female students and students from various cultural backgrounds according to their needs. Through our courses and further education programmes for our graduates (but not only for those!), we facilitate encounters in the "scientific community“.