Record budget for universities: 16 billion euros for research and education!

Record budget for universities: 16 billion euros for research and education!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The Austrian universities can look forward to a record budget of around 16 billion euros from 2025 to 2027. This corresponds to an increase of 3.9 billion euros or about 30 % compared to the previous trio from 2022 to 2024. At the final event of the performance agreement negotiations, Science Minister Martin Polaschek announced that the budget offers a significant basis for the future -oriented development of the universities. "Every euro is an investment in our common future," said Polaschek, who interpreted this means as a sign of the commitment of the federal government for a competitive location in Austria. The president of the university conference (Uniko), Brigitte Hütter, felt strengthened by the performance agreements that offer planning security in these tense economic times. According to the ministry, a significant part of the budget, namely 14.5 billion euros, is awarded through the performance agreements, whereby the focus is particularly on the MINT subjects as well as the life sciences and medicine.

strategic priorities and funding

A central element of performance agreements is the further expansion of the medical study places as part of the "Med Impulse 2030" program. The aim is to increase the number of study places in human medicine by one hundred in three years. In addition, the career promotion of young scientists is highlighted as a significant aspect. Particular attention is paid to the third -party postdocs that play important roles in the academic landscape. These measures are crucial to keep talented researchers in Austria and to strengthen the educational location, as clarified by the detailed explanation on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Minister Polask also emphasized the need for spin-off foundations and the promotion of innovations at universities to significantly increase the number of successful outputs by 2030.

In addition, science communication is first focused on the focus in the performance agreements, hoping to strengthen the trust of the population in science and democracy. Each of the 23 public universities has undertaken to take measures to raise awareness of the importance of science in our society and to intensify this commitment in the coming years, such as bmbwf.gv.at reported.