Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Etablierung von grenzüberschreitenden postsekundären Bildungsangeboten im EU-Bereich

摘要

The "free Euopean educational realm" recommends the establishment of frontier-crossing educational choices; and institutes have, among others, been put into operation with co-operation of German and Austrian educational establishments. Hereby, there were models of cooperation to be seen, that after examination according to relevant standards turned out to be poor in individual cases. In Germany as in Austria, it is possible to acquire an academic degree in the course of short "post graduate studies" (studying time: two years). The requirement for admission is, as a rule, the completion of university education. Therefore Austrian nationals who have not completed their university education are not eligible to start a shortened degree course in Germany. The relevant EU law also sees no obligation to compare graduates of Austrian BHS or colleges to those graduates who have completed a university education. In the field of professional acknowledgement EU law is only to be put into practice if it has a bearing upon Community law. A national who has lawfully obtained a professional qualification in the EU must have this acknowledged in his home country. However, the European Court of Justice adheres to the principle that mutual acknowledgement of diplomas must not be misused in order to evade national regulations.%Das geltende österreichische Studienrecht sieht vor, dass zur Erlangung der einschlägigen akademischen Grade entweder ein vier- bis fünfjähriges Diplomstudium oder ein dreijähriges Bachelorstudium und ein darauf aufbauendes ein- bis zweijähriges Masterstudium zu absolvieren ist (§ 3 Abs. 2 Z 2 FHStG). Lediglich für den Fall, dass der Zugang zu einem Fachhochschul-Studiengang „auf eine entsprechende Zielgruppe" beschränkt ist, kann die Studiendauer um bis zu zwei Semester reduziert werden, sofern derartige Fachhochschul-Studiengänge unter Verwendung von Fernstudienelementen eingerichtet sind (§ 3 Abs. 2 Z 2 i.V.m. § 4 Abs. 2 FHStG). Die Erlangung einschlägiger akademischer Grade im Rahmen der Absolvierung eines (kürzeren) „postgradualen Studiums" ist in Österreich nicht vorgesehen.