Austrian Exchange Service (OeAD)

The OeAD is the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science and research.

The OeAD advises, promotes and supports international cooperation in education, science and research. We support strategic development and guide implementation measures. We analyse international developments and work out appropriate recommendations and measures to be taken.

The basics: continuous benchmarking, knowledge management, knowledge processing and permanent dialogue with our partners.

Identity and areas of focus

The OeAD is the central service point for European and international mobility and cooperation programmes in education, science and research.

• As a full service provider we deal with the creation and implementation of the programmes.
• We coordinate international higher education marketing and represent Austria as a location for learning and research around the world.
• We are expert partners for strategic tasks in international cooperation.

Core business

Our core business is the exchange of people across the age and educational spectrum. In doing this we support institutional cooperation in Europe and worldwide.

We manage international cooperation programmes and coordinate and support their implementation.

For example, there is a special focus is on development cooperation and on exporting education.