Alumni Portraits

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For our channels, we are looking for stories that can help us promote studying in Austria in the most authentic way possible – and who is better suited to do that than you as an OeAD Alumni?

We would love to hear what made studying in Austria not only meaningful for your academic journey but also fun, inspiring, and unforgettable!

By sharing your experience, you can help us encourage future students to explore what Austria has to offer. Our editorial team may edit, shorten, or adapt your contributions before publishing social media posts and/or articles on our website.

Alumni Portrait

First name*

Last name*

E-Mail address*

Nationality*

Current employment and position (if available)

Host institution in Austria*

Home institution (if available)

Scholarship programme*

Duration of your stay (from)*

Duration of your stay (to)*

Social media handle (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)

Please enter the link to your profile on the oead.map (you can copy it from the address bar of your browser). If you have not already published your profile on the oead.map, please visit: https://oead.at/de/how-to-activate-your-profile-the-oead-map

Please select your highest level of education at the time of your scholarship.*

What are some of your favourite memories?

What did you particularly like about your studies, research and/or university?

How did you connect with other students or researchers?

How did you benefit from being an OeAD scholar during and after your stay?

How do you think your scholarship stay will influence your future career/study prospects?

What advice or useful tips would you give others?

How would you describe your experience in Austria in just three words?

If relevant: Are there any publications as result of your scholarship stay? If yes, feel free to share them (please include a link and/or reference).

Did you teach during your scholarship stay? If yes, how do you think your experience in Austria will influence or change your teaching at your home institution?

For social media: Please upload a photo of yourself here (72 DPI + portrait format).*

For our website: Please upload a photo of yourself here (300 DPI + landscape format).

If you want to share any other pictures, feel free to upload them here.

Photo-Credit*

Photos & Videos*

I acknowledge that photos and maybe also videos will be published in print and online media as well as in social media of the OeAD GmbH. Further information is available in the OeAD Privacy Policy below.

Data protection declaration*

I take note that by submitting my Alumni Portrait, my personal data (name, social-media contact data, link to portrait on the oead.map , Email-address, institution/company) will be recorded, processed and stored by OeAD-GmbH as data controller as set out in the Privacy Statement of OeAD-GmbH, in particular relevant Sections 4 and 10 (please follow the link below). Especially, I am informed that photos and videos will be processed and stored for documentation and might be published in publications of the OeAD-GmbH or on the internet (please consider Section 10.3 of the Privacy Statement). Further information can be found in the OeAD privacy policy.

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