Before departure
Please note: The information on this page applies exclusively to OeAD scholars.
If you do not receive a scholarship by the OeAD you will find useful information here.
Please allow enough time to prepare your return trip and to do the following things before your departure:
Some time before the end of your scholarship stay you will receive an e-mail by your Regional Office with a detailed explanation about all necessary steps at the end of your stay.
Please note that the scientific report or the necessary final documents have to be uploaded in the online portal of the OeAD.
You received the registration link to the online portal along with your scholarship award documents (Letter of Award). If not yet done, please select a username and password. A detailed manual to our online portal and all steps to be completed can be found here.
For questions concerning the necessary steps please contact your Regional Office oralumni@oead.at.
The final scholarship instalment will be paid from the 16th of the last scholarship month (duration of the scholarship until end of the month) or from the 5th of the last scholarship month (duration of the scholarship until the middle of the month) upon submission of your scientific report. We can only accept reports signed and stamped by your academic supervisor.
If you leave before the 16th of the last month, you will only receive half of the last scholarship instalment. If you leave before the 5th of the last month, no scholarship can be paid out.
The OeAD recommends that you translate your degree certificate into your national language and have it certified.
You can find information on the requirements for document authentications (exemption from authentication, apostille, authentication) in Austria and abroad here. Please also note the regulations of your home country. Further information can be found on the website of your embassy in Austria.
Attention: The authentications of documents can be quite expensive! You can find out whether certification is required for your home country from your embassy in Austria or from the relevant ministry in your home country.
Before departure please de-register your place of residence at the registration office.
Deadline Cancellation deadlines:
Cancellation of the registration: between 3 days before and 3 days after moving out.
For de-registration you need
• your valid ID card or passport,
• a completed residence de-registration form (Meldezettel/Guide for filling in the Meldezettel) and
• your birth certificate.
You will find the address of the competent registration office on the website of your Regional Office.
Insurance for OeAD scholars
If you are insured with a partner of the OeAD-GmbH the insurance contract will end with the last day of your scholarship automatically. If you leave Austria earlier or if you cancel your scholarship the cancellation of the insurance will be carried out of the Regional Office. Please inform your Regional Office immediately.
National health insurance
If you are insured of the public health insurance you have to cancel it with this form and send it with the confirmation of your de-registration of your place of residence to the National health insurance office.
Please do not forget to close your Austrian bank account.
