GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR LEAVERS OF THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING AND VET SCHOOLS (BRP )

• For successful leavers with initial vocational education (e.g. Apprenticeship Qualification, Medium Level (BMS) Secondary Technical and Vocational qualification, School for Healthcare and Nursing (Schule für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege)
• External completion of specific examinations
• Leads to any type of higher education
• Examination consists of four parts

If successfully completed, the General Higher Education Entrance Examination for leavers of the apprenticeship training and VET schools (Berufsreifeprüfung, BRP)  provides successful leavers with an initial vocational education (e.g. Apprenticeship Qualification, Medium Level (BMS ) Secondary Technical and Vocational qualification, School for Healthcare and Nursing) with access to any type of higher education following the completion of specific examinations taken as an external student. This examination consists of four parts (German, Mathematics, a Modern Foreign Language and a specialist area). The examination in the specialist area always relates to the initial vocational education. Prior to examinations being passed, an application for admission to a public upper secondary school must be submitted. Preparation for the examination can be carried out by means of independent study, via distance learning or in the context of preparatory courses (Adult Education institutions, VET Schools for Adults, schools in the context of partial legal responsibility). If preparatory courses are carried out at recognised Adult Education institutions, up to three examinations can be taken there. One examination, however, must be taken at a public upper secondary school.

Since April 2017 the format of the standardised final examination and diploma examination is also used for the higher education entrance examination.

The next step

A successfully completed General Higher Education Entrance Examination for leavers of the apprenticeship training and VET schools (Berufsreifeprüfung) enables unrestricted access to universities, University Colleges, Universities of Applied Sciences, Academies and Post-secondary VET Courses. A change of study programme is possible at any time and enables ranking in the upper level of the civil service.

Source (in German)

Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research – General Higher Education Entrance Examination for leavers of the apprenticeship training and VET schools (BRP)
https://www.bmbwf.gv.at/Themen/eb/zb/berufsreifepruefung.html

Further information can be found on the internet (in German)

Adult Education – General Higher Education Entrance Examination for leavers of the apprenticeship training and VET schools (BRP)
www.erwachsenenbildung.at/bildungsinfo/zweiter_bildungsweg/berufsreifepruefung.php