About 5,500 students at Austrian universities were polled on their university experiences and career preferences and expectations.
In addition to traditional Master's degrees, Austrian universities also offer the Master of Advanced Studies which is a non-consecutive continuing education degree the degree.
Nominations for these awards were made by the vice-chancellors of Austrian universities.
The jury was composed of German and Austrian universities.
It was also possible to make a nomination for a one-year Herder scholarship (900-1000 € monthly) at an Austrian university.
The growing number of students at Austrian universities reflects the liberalization of educational policy at secondary and higher levels.
In the German and Austrian universities the freshman was called beanus.
In his later years, he was honoured by officials from various Austrian universities and the city of Graz (the capital of Styria).
Dr. techn.: Doctor of technology, awarded by Austrian technical universities.
It is currently the only Austrian university that doesn't have the word "university" in its name.
