Abstract (eng)
Under the wave of globalization, the internationalization of higher education has become a development trend. The number of international students in a university is a direct reflection of the degree of internationalization of higher education in a country. Postgraduate education plays a pivotal role in tertiary education. As the starting point, this paper selects the entrance preconditions of the Austrian public universities for their master programs and analyses the existing disparities in requirements for European Union and non-European Union citizenship. Through comparison with other countries, the advantages and disadvantages of the entrance policies for higher education in Austria can be understood in many aspects. Limited cooperations between Austria and non-European countries have created barriers to the influx of third world students’ mobility. Furthermore, the unnecessary entrance admission policy for the master program has complicated the application procedure as well. As a consequence, most of the international students enrolled in Austrian universities are from European regions. The selection process or policy for international students should, therefore, focus on the quality of applicants instead of their origins. Redundant admission prerequisites could hinder students’ global mobility on the one hand and intensify the pressure of the admission department on the other side.