February 24, 2006

Austria Moves to Cap Foreign Enrollment in Its Medical Schools

By AISHA LABI

Austria has introduced legislation to cap the number of foreign medical students at its universities. The move comes in response to a European court ruling last year that has led to a flood of foreigners, chiefly Germans who have been unable to enroll in their own country.

Austria's education minister, Elisabeth Gehrer, announced last week that 75 percent of the places at Austrian medical schools would be reserved for students who finished their secondary education in Austria. (As

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