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Equal opportunities 

Applicant fulfils one of the following criteria:

1. Persons with privileges and immunities in Austria based on national treaties or legal provisions and persons who reside overseas as representatives of the Republic of Austria when they receive their secondary school leaving certificate, and have privileges based on national treaties or privileges and immunities due to legal provisions, and their spouses and children

Verification: Identity card of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2. Overseas journalists, accredited in Austria who work there full-time, their spouses and children

Verification: Accreditation certificate

3. Persons who have either had their center of vital interests in Austria for at least five consecutive years immediately before applying for admission, or who have at least one legally dependent person for whom this is true

Verification: Confirmation of working time or confirmation of insurance periods in the last five consecutive years directly before application and confirmation or registration; for dependent persons, also: Birth or marriage certificate

4. Holders of secondary school leaving certificates from German or Ladin-speaking South Tyrolean upper secondary schools

Verification: Diploma

5. Persons who receive a scholarship for the desired course either based on the provisions of national treaties or to the same amount from the funds of an Austrian regional authority, which are to be used exclusively for scholarships in accordance with budgetary regulations of this regional authority.

Verification: Scholarship confirmation

6. Holders of secondary school leaving certificates from Austrian overseas schools: St. Georgs-Kolleg in Istanbul, Instituto Austriaco Guatemalteco, Austrian schools in Budapest, Österreichisches Gymnasium Prag, Österreichische Schule "Peter Mahringer", formatio Bilingual private schools in Liechtenstein, Gymnazium Dr. Karla Polsnehe in Znojmo, Obchodná akadémia Hrobákova in Bratislava

Verification: Secondary school leaving certificate

7. Persons entitled to reside in the Territory of Austria based on Art. 7 Par. 1 of the Austrian Federal Law dated 7 March 1968, BGBI. No. 126, on the residence entitlement for fugitives in accordance with the Convention on the Legal Status of Refugees, BGBI. No. 55/1955.

Verification: Notification/certificate of refugee status in accordance with the Geneva Convention

8. Persons entitled to reside in the Territory of Austria based on Arts. 7, 9, 15 and 19 of the Austrian Federal Law on Asylum (Asylum Act 1997), BGBI. I No. 76/1997, in the respective valid version

Verification: Notification/certificate as per the residence permit for the Territory of Austria based on the Asylum Act