All students of the participating departments who are willing to take part in the ECTS pilot scheme may do so, within the limit of available places. Most students participating in the ECTS pilot scheme will go to one single host institution in one single EU Member State, study there for a limited period, then return to their home institution. Some may also decide to proceed to a third institution to continue their studies. In each of these three cases they will be required to comply with the legal and institutional requirements of the country and institution where they take their degree. When the student has successfully completed the study programme previously agreed between the home and the host institutions, credit transfer will take place, and the student will continue the study course at the home institution without any loss of time or credit.
All Austrian universities are public.
The university itself is situated in the centre of town on the banks of the river Inn. The University of Innsbruck is, like all other Austrian universities, a state university and therefore public. Academic Requirements Students must, on request, provide evidence of appropriate background knowledge in order to take courses for which there are specific pre-requisites. However, the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Innsbruck accepts only students who are at least in their 3rd year of studies. Linguistic Requirements Students must provide evidence of suffficient knowledge of the German language by means of test scores or other appropriate evidence, to ensure that they are enabled to follow the courses they intend to take.