Speech and Language Therapy | UAS Burgenland

The bachelor's degree programme in Speech and Language Therapy is the right choice for you if you are interested in communication, speech, language, voice, breathing, swallowing and hearing. Speech therapists help with speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders as well as communication, breathing and hearing problems in various settings, including hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, outpatient clinics, kindergartens or independently in their own practice.

Online application - University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (hochschule-burgenland.at)

Highlights of this degree programme

• Double degree: In addition to the academic degree, graduates also have a professional qualification as a speech and language therapist
• Opportunities to specialise through the elective modules Speech Therapy for Singers and Professional Voices and Manual Techniques in Speech Therapy
• High proportion of practical experience: students spend a quarter of their training in a total of 5 internships in various healthcare and social institutions in different specialist areas
• The speech therapy teaching practice enables a lively transfer between theory and practice. Under the supervision of experienced speech therapists, students treat patients following a referral from a doctor
• Experience interprofessional collaboration through interprofessional courses with other degree programmes in the Department of Health
• Optimal group size, which enables students to develop their individual competences

Career opportunities

Speech therapists work as employees in health and social care facilities, in the education system and as freelancers in private practice.

Speech therapy

in public and private hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, outpatient clinics, retirement and nursing homes, kindergartens, schools, aid organisations or speech therapy practices.

Health promotion and health counselling

in schools, kindergartens, communities, various companies and institutions.

Teaching and research

Appointment

Application mode:
online at https://www.hochschule-burgenland.at/

Application time:
31. March

Admission procedure:
Written ranking test, speech therapy aptitude test, medical aptitude test

Start of studies:
annually in the winter semester (September)

Tuition fee:
No tuition fees

Internship:
Five compulsory internships