After Decline: More Registrations for MedAT Again This Year
After three years of declining registration numbers, interest in the places has increased again. A total of 1,900 places are available, as in the previous year.
The record number of registrations was recorded in 2021: At that time, around 17,800 applied for a study place. The following year it was 15,800, in 2023 then 15,400, and in the previous year 15,200.
MedAT: More Applications in Vienna and Linz
The increase in applications was registered in Vienna and Linz - in the federal capital, 7,729 people (2024: 7,384) registered for the entrance test this year, and in the capital of Upper Austria around 2,084 (2024: 1,975). In Innsbruck (3,238) and Graz (2,617), the numbers remained practically constant. In Vienna, a total of 772 places are available, in Innsbruck 420, in Graz 388, and in Linz 320.
At least 95 percent of the study places in human medicine are reserved for EU citizens and 75 percent of the places for applicants with an Austrian high school diploma. For dentistry, however, there is no such quota.
Again 85 Study Places Dedicated
This year, up to 85 of the 1,900 study places are reserved for tasks in the public interest for federal states, the Austrian Health Insurance Fund, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Defense. Those who want to apply for this had to participate in the regular registration and commit to a certain period of service with the respective institution, such as working as a health insurance, hospital, military, or official doctor.
For this, a lower score is sufficient in the test. Applicants do not necessarily have to be among the best candidates at the respective university, but "only" achieve a performance of 75 percent of the result of all applicants who took the test (and be among the best applicants within the respective quota of dedicated study places).
(APA/Red)
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