Guidance on educational facilities and services in Vienna

School registration

If your child has come to Austria during a school year and is subject to compulsory schooling (in Austria compulsory schooling is up to the age of 15), please contact Bildungsberatung Wien (German) for help with finding a school place.

If your child is not yet subject to compulsory education, they are guaranteed a school place when they reach schooling age. If your child is above compulsory schooling age, Bildungsberatung Wien helps you to find a school place if your child wants to continue their education. In addition to public schools, there are also private schools and a number of bilingual schools available in Vienna.

Services for children with native languages other than German offered by general-education compulsory schools

There are special programmes for children whose native language is not German:

  • Pupils who have no or very little knowledge of German are taught together in remedial German classes (Deutschförderklassen).
  • Pupils who have an advanced knowledge of German attend a remedial German course (Deutschförderkurs) in addition to regular classes.

Native-language classes are also part of the activities to improve children’s German skills. More detailed information about this issue is available from the Vienna Board of Education.

Inclusion and special-needs education in Vienna

Bildungsberatung Wien

The Bildungsberatung Wien educational guidance network is the first contact point for all enquiries from parents, pupils and teachers related to school and education. You will receive information about the following issues:

  • School education:
    • What to do after primary school?
    • Higher secondary schools after Year 8
    • Admission requirements
    • Transition options
  • General issues:
    • School pilot projects
    • All-day school types
    • Language teaching
    • Adult education
    • Information materials and brochures
    • Dates, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses
  • School types and school sites:
    • Bilingual schools
    • Higher secondary schools
    • Schools with special focuses

Contact

Bildungsberatung Wien (German)
Phone: +43 1 525 25-77859/77863/77864/77861/77818
E-mail: bildungsberatung@bildung-wien.gv.at

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