The „außerordentliche Studienstatus“ (extraordinary study status) is currently granted at Austrian universities if one of the following three conditions is met: (1) Students only attend individual courses (e.g. as part of a course at the ‘host university’ or out of interest) without being enrolled on a ‘regular’ course at the host university, (2) students are in the transition phase to regular status, e.g. due to nostrification, the university entrance qualification examination or a preliminary study programme, or (3) students are enrolled on a university course. This is a specific Austrian phenomenon for which no equivalent can be found internationally. The article shows the genesis and dynamics on the one hand and the far-reaching consequences associated with this study status on the other.

https://doi.org/10.37942/nhz202501000701