Michael Stabentheiner
Carinthia offers a wide range of further education options that are geared towards the strengths of the region.
Technical schools, vocational colleges and further education institutions provide practical preparation for the job market.
Exceptional teaching and learning faculties, such as those at the Educational Lab at Lakeside Science & Technology Park,
demonstrate that the region also conducts successful research in the field of education, designs new educational concepts and promotes innovation – from kindergarten onwards.
Tine Steinthaler
In addition to universities and colleges, Carinthia offers numerous specialised educational paths that are geared towards the needs of the job market. Lifelong learning is actively encouraged – an ideal basis for personal and professional development.
Carinthia has several technical colleges such as HTL Villach, HTL Mössingerstraße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and HTL Ferlach. They offer specialised education, for example in electrical engineering, IT, robotics and smart engineering, or plastics and recycling technology. The close cooperation with regional high-tech companies ensures a strong link to practice, making graduates ideally prepared for direct career entry and career opportunities.
Johannes Puch
As a tourism and business hub, Carinthia relies on specialised schools such as the Business and Tourism College in Hermagor, where pupils learn practical skills for careers in the hotel, catering and business sectors. The Carinthian School of Tourism in Villach sees itself as a modern campus for living, eating and drinking in the Alps-Adriatic region and offers a wide range of training courses in the tourism sector as a technical college and college for tourism.
Monte Nero
Innovative learning facilities such as the Educational Lab at Lakeside Science & Technology Park show how future-oriented education is conceived and implemented in Carinthia. In this interdisciplinary experimental space, educational stakeholders develop and test new didactic concepts. Schools, research institutions and companies cooperate directly on site. As the lead partner of the STEM region of central Carinthia, the Educational Lab also provides impetus for securing the specialists of tomorrow.
Johannes Puch
The Carinthia Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI) and the Carinthia Professional Promotion Institute (BFI) offer practice-oriented further training in technology, business, health and digitalisation. The courses and choices are aimed at trainees, professionals, people returning to work, as well as companies. With forward-looking teaching formats, they contribute to securing specialists and strengthening Carinthia as a hub for education with initiatives such as the Carinthian educational hub, “Bildungshub Kärnten”.
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Michael Stabentheiner
Interested readers can find more information about Carinthia as an education hub in the linked whitepaper. We also welcome your inquiries and are happy to support you with advice and assistance.
