Faculty Member Onboarding & Dual Career Services at the JKU

Dear New Faculty Members!

Welcome to the JKU! It's nice to have you on board! We look forwarding to providing any assistance you need to relocate to Linz.

We want to help you and your family get off to a good start in Linz! Our team is responsible for the available onboarding & dual career services.

The JKU provides support services to new faculty members and their families in regard to any questions regarding housing, childcare services, attending school, the Austrian social system, as well as career development opportunities for spouses or partners.

Target Group: Newly appointed university professors (in accordance with § 98 and §99 of the 2002 Austrian Universities Act), including spouses/partners and their families.

Procedure: If interested, please contact the Office of Human Resource Development's department for Onboarding & Dual Career Services.

Please note: We can offer our services after a maximum of 12 months after starting at the JKU. We can begin providing support services at the start of negotiations at the earliest.

The Office of Dual Career Services can assist spouses/partners looking for a job in Linz as well as assist in settling into life in Linz.

We cannot serve as real estate agents or provide job recruiting services!

Department of Human Resource Development, Gender & Diversity Management

Office of Human Resource Development

Address

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz, Austria

Location

Science Park 5
2nd floor, S5 0216

Contact

Mag. Susanne Kaufmann

Phone

+43 732 2468 3404

Our Services and Main Focus

Support services when arriving in Linz and getting off to a good start:
 

  • Individual and personal support services
  • Living in Linz & Upper Austria
  • Housing
  • Social systems
  • Schools/availability at schools
  • Fees
  • Childcare services: Vormerkung und Anmeldung, Kindergartenpflicht
  • Building a Home & Accommodations, Information about housing
  • Application materials for spouses/partners
  • German language courses
  • Career planning / career re-entry for spouses/partners
  • Continuing education programs

The International Welcome Center

If you live outside of Austria and/or are not an Austrian citizen and you have any questions about registration, work visas, insurance, car registration, etc. please contact the International Welcome Center. This applies to both EU and non-EU citizens.

 

The Office of Gender & Diversity Management

Information about living in Austria, accommodations, living & working in Austria, moving to Austria, open positions, and job application tips.

Linz: the 2009 Capital of Culture, UNESCO Creative City, the opera house, Ars Electronica, theater and concerts ... Linz has long shed its "industrial" image and boasts over 51 parks and 700 hectares of forest and woodlands. Although Linz is even often referred to as one of Austria's greenest cities, Linz also continues to be one of the country's most important economic regions with direct exports in the billions, more job openings than residents, and a constant stream of new ideas. If that's not enough, in just an hour you can get to the beautiful mountain regions, lakes, to Vienna, or to Salzburg, and even neighboring countries such as Germany and the Czech Republic. The saying that almost anything is possible here rings true!

 

Click on the links below for additional information about the state of Upper Austria:

 

Linz Office of Tourism, opens an external URL in a new window Welcome 2Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window

Schools are educational institutions providing opportunities to learn and acquire skills to ultimately attain an educational objective. Schools are dependent institutions, governed by a legal body. In this regard, there is a distinction between public schools (school operator: federal government, state, or city) and private schools.

See the links below to learn more about individual types of schools and various educational programs:

 

State of Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window State Education Authority of Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window

General information about childcare services:

 

The Pre-Registration and Registration Procedure

Contact the childcare facility or the facility's provider (city council, municipality, parish, association, JKU Linz, etc.) for information about the registration procedure. Please note the information provided regarding the registration deadline and the registration procedure.


Detailed information is available heren:

Kindernet of Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window Municipal Authorities of Linz, opens an external URL in a new window
The JKU Linz Créche Childcare in Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window
Kidsversity

'Aktion' Association of Childminders in Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window

 

Fees/Payment by Parents

Parents are subject to paying fees for child(ren) age 30 months or younger; once the child starts school (or the child does not have a primary residency in Upper Austria).

 

Regulations for Payment by Parents in Upper Austria, opens an external URL in a new window Payment by Parents, opens an external URL in a new window

 

Mandatory Kindergarten Attendance

Kindergarten attendance is mandatory in Upper Austria and applies to all children who have main residency in Upper Austria, who have turned 5 before September 1 of that respective year, and are expected to begin school during the following year up until they begin school.

 

Mandatory Kindergarten Attendance, opens an external URL in a new window  

 

Are you interested in moving permanently to Upper Austria?

Initially, the Office of Onboarding & Dual Career Services will try to arrange accommodations for professors and their families in a so-called "Professor House via the Upper Austrian University Fund. If nothing is available, these are some alternatives:

Living on Campus Real Estate Guide, opens an external URL in a new window
   


The following links provide information about building your own house:

General Information on Building Your Own Home, opens an external URL in a new window Housing Guide
Overview of Potential Subsidies, opens an external URL in a new window Subsidies to Purchase a Home

 

 

The following links provide information about accommodations and housing:

Living in Linz, opens an external URL in a new window Authorities & Information Offices, opens an external URL in a new window
Overview of Potential Subsidies, opens an external URL in a new window Subsidies to Purchase an Apartment, opens an external URL in a new window