RQB stands for Austrian Reference Point for Quality Assurance in General and Vocational Education and Training – die Referenzstelle für Qualität in der Allgemein- und BerufsBildung
Join us on 15 October 2026 at 18:00 at the OeAD where Zipporah Gichana will share her personal and professional experiences as a doctoral student at BOKU University. Drawing on her involvement in international research projects, she will speak about aquatic resource management and sustainable aquaculture systems in East Africa, and international research collaboration, including her role as an Africa-UniNet representative.
The HEESeB project has been successfully completed, strengthening higher engineering education and institutional capacities in sustainable building and timber engineering in Bhutan.
This completed KoEF project strengthened research cooperation between Austria, Kenya, and Rwanda to advance climate-smart agriculture and water resources management for more resilient floodplain livelihoods in the face of climate change.
Around 50 OeAD scholarship holders joined a day excursion to the Wachau Valley in Niederösterreich on 17 July 2026 experiencing Austria's rich history, culture and natural heritage. The excursion also provided valuable opportunities for networking and intercultural exchange among scholars from diverse countries, disciplines and universities. Events like these strengthen the OeAD scholarship community and help international scholars feel welcome in Austria.
Ende Mai 2026 fand die 33. Jahrestagung des ENIC NARIC Netzwerks statt. Gastgeber war heuer das Hellenic ENIC NARIC, dass Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der internationalen Anerkennungsgemeinschaft in Athen willkommen hieß. Drei Kolleginnen von ENIC NARIC AUSTRIA nahmen gemeinsam mit rund 140 Teilnehmenden aus 43 Ländern teil.
Our former scholar Tadesse Fetahi is a Full Professor of Limnology at Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia, whose academic and professional journey exemplifies the transformative power of international collaboration, scientific leadership, and institutional reform.
