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HBM Polaschek should take this as an opportunity to improve the financial situation of the universities of applied sciences.

Vienna (OTS) – The federal states have understood why the universities of applied sciences in Austria need to be strengthened! The Landesreferet:innen-Konferenz (LFTK) reacted last Friday to the difficult financial situation of the universities of applied sciences with a clear resolution. You passed a ball to HBM Polaschek, but he now has to pick it up. In their decision, the state finance officers demanded compensation from the federal government for the inflation caused by the current crises with the associated rising personnel and energy costs. An increase in the funding rates for FH study places by 20 percent from January 2024 is required. In addition, to ensure the quality of teaching and to expand applied research at universities of applied sciences, sustainable, competitive research funding of around 25 million euros per year is required. The state finance officers are thus following the long-standing demands of the FHK, the umbrella organization of Austrian universities of applied sciences, which in recent months has repeatedly pointed out to HBM Polaschek the threatening situation of the universities of applied sciences.

“It makes me positive that we can count on the support of the federal states compared to the federal government. The federal states know and appreciate that the universities of applied sciences play a key role in the regional added value of our state. HBM Polaschek would be well advised to comply with these demands from the federal states and to financially and structurally secure the universities of applied sciences in teaching and research,” says FHK President Ulrike Prommer.

Questions & contact:

Austrian University of Applied Sciences Conference (FHK)
Mag. Kurt Koleznik
general secretary
Tel. No.: 0664/42 44 294
E-Mail: kurt.koleznik@fhk.ac.at
www.fhk.ac.at