Internationalisation Award

The Internationalisation Award highlights examples of good practice implementing the National Mobility and Internationalisation Strategy for Higher Education (HMIS2030). The Internationalisation Award will be presented in four categories in autumn 2025.

• Category 1: Measures for "Internationalisation of the Curriculum" - Internationalisation of study and teaching

• Category 2: Measures to promote mobility and effective skills improvement for higher education teachers and general university staff

• Category 3: Measures to promote mobility for underrepresented groups of students

• Category 4: Measures for internationalised university culture in practice

All Austrian higher education institutions are eligible to apply for the Internationalisation Award. The application deadline is Monday, 14 July 2025 (11:59 p.m.). Examples of good practice can be submitted here on the HMIS2030 platform. Please note that submitting examples of good practice is currently only possible in German.

The prize money per category is 2.500,00€. The award ceremony will take place on 26 November 2025 in Kufstein, as part of the OeAD's "Hochschultagung" event.

Should you have any questions about the Internationalisation Award, do not hesitate to contact us (in English or German) at hmis2030@oead.at.