Support for families
Further information is available from the
Family Service of the University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck is certified as a family-friendly employer and was recognised as a "Top Employer" by the business magazine "trend" for the eighth time in a row in 2024. We were also named "Most family-friendly company in Tyrol" by the state of Tyrol for the third time in a row.
COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION
- on individually suitable forms of childcare (childminders, crèches, kindergartens, self-organised children's groups, after-school care, day care centres, etc.) and their services (costs, location, focus, etc.) in Innsbruck and the surrounding area
- to Austrian education system and schools in Tyrol
- bilingual and international schools
- on financial subsidies and support options
- on family benefits and legal regulations in Austria
- Austrian family benefits in a cross-border context (a summary can be found at here)
- university programmes for employees on leave
- on caring for close relatives
- how to better reconcile work/studies and family life
- about services for children and young people at the University of Innsbruck
Further offers and services of the Family Service of the University of Innsbruck:
- SpielRäume: flexible childcare by the hour
- Holiday childcare during the semester and summer holidays
- Childcare during events
- Babysitter:innenbörse
- Arrangement of crèche and kindergarten places (Luftabon crèche and Leopold kindergarten)
- University programmes for children and young people
- Changing tables on the university campus
Special bilingual programmes (English, Italian....) in Innsbruck and Tyrol:
- Kindergartens and primary schools - please contact Family service for up-to-date information!
- Accredited European School Tyrol - Innsbruck
- International School Innsbruck (grammar school) - Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck
- International School Kufstein
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The University sports Institute offers numerous children's and youth courses during the academic semesters (swimming, children's parent gymnastics, climbing, children's gymnastics, judo, water jumping and much more). There are various weekly holiday programmes during the summer holidays: Children's sports Weeks in July and August 7-13 and USI Summer Camps from July to September 7-12.
USEFUL LINKS AND DOWNLOADS
- Welcome Service Tirol - Info and Service
- Austrian Business Agency ABA - Work in Austria - Info and Service
- Living and working in Austriapublished by EURES and ams 2022
- Residence and employment of international researchers in Austria: Pages of Austrian Federal Government and the OeAD
- Researcher's Guide to Austria - Welcome to Austria, published by EURAXESS 2022
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Taxation guide for Researchers in Austria, published by EURAXESS 2022
- Tyrol for beginners, published by the Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Department of Society and Labour 2020
- The 2023 tax book, published by the BMF (Federal Ministry of Finance) 2022
