The target group for the survey is all regular students (i.e. excl. non-degree university courses) at state and private universities, universities of applied sciences and state and private university colleges of teacher education, with the exception of:
- students who are on a semester abroad (or a full-semester internship abroad) in the summer semester 2023 and are not taking any courses at their Austrian higher education institution during that period (“outgoing students”)
- exchange students, who are only studying at an Austrian higher education institution for 1 or 2 semesters, i.e. who started their degree abroad and also plan to complete it abroad (“incoming students”)
- students who are on a leave of absence in the summer semester 2023
- students studying at a foreign location of an Austrian higher education institution
- students pursuing exclusively a doctorate/ PhD programme
- students studying the university of applied sciences degree programme in Military Leadership or Police Leadership
The survey will run from May to June 2023. All students will be sent the invitation to participate in the online survey by e-mail at the beginning of May 2023.