International Awards
For the high-quality and consistent implementation of mobility activities, the International Office of FHV-Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences has already been awarded the E-Quality label three times in a row.
In 2008, 2009 and 2011, FHV also received the Life Long Learning Award. In spring 2005, FHV was awarded the ECTS Label and the Diploma Supplement Label. In 2010 and 2013, FHV was again awarded the Diploma Supplement Label, and in 2012, the ECTS Label. In 2016 and 2017, FHV received the Erasmus+ Award.
In 2013 the European Commission awarded the Diploma Supplement Label to universities throughout Europe. Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FH Vorarlberg) received the award for the third time.
The fact that the European Commission awarded the Label to FH Vorarlberg again for its exemplary application of the Diploma Supplement is proof of the fact that FH Vorarlberg places great importance on the implementation of the Bologna process.
At a special ceremony in Copenhagen on 8 May 2012 Prof. (FH) Dr.-Ing. Lars Frormann, Rector of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences and Karin Wüstner-Dobler, MSc, received the ECTS Label from EU-commissary Androulla Vassiliaou. This label was awarded to Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FH Vorarlberg) for its outstanding performance in practising the transfer of learning experiences and for transparency.
Being awarded the ECTS-Label indicates the proper practice of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) to students, partners and other institutions.
FH Vorarlberg is one of only 41 European higher education institutions that have been awarded the ECTS-Label to date, and in Austria itself the FH Vorarlberg is the third institution allowed to hold this award of excellence.
On December 2, 2011, Federal Minister Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle presented the Life Long Learning Award 2011 to the Rector of Vorarlberg UAS, Dr. Lars Frormann.
An international jury had previously selected the "Erasmus Student Mobility" project submitted by Vorarlberg UAS from a large number of applications and nominated it for the award.
The European Commission once again awarded the Diploma Supplement Label in 2010 to Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.
The Diploma Supplement (DS) accompanies a higher education diploma, providing a standardised description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies completed by its holder.
The fact that Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences now has been awarded the Diploma Supplement Label for the second time shows the importance of the Bologna Processs for the university.
In 2009, Federal Minister Dr. Claudia Schmied awarded the Lifelong Learning Award to Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.
On 23 November 2009, Federal Minister Dr. Claudia Schmied awarded the Lifelong Learning Award to representatives of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences for the second consecutive time. Beforehand, an international jury had decided that the organization of the student mobility at the university was one of the three best activities in the sectoral programme Erasmus in 2009 in Austria.
Federal Ministers Dr. Johannes Hahn and Dr. Claudia Schmied awarded the Lifelong Learning Award 2008 to representatives of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences on 10 December 2008.
The Life Long Learning Award was granted this year for the first time for the best and most innovative project and mobility activities.
From a wide range of applications the international jury nominated the best three projects and mobility activities in each sectoral programme. Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences was praised for its qualitative and high-class implementation of student mobility in the field of Erasmus.
Also the freshly elected Erasmus Ambassador 2008 René Kremser comes from Vorarlberg. René Kremser is a graduate of the Social Work degree programme and fulfilles a life-long dream by spending one semester of his studies in Finland despite his physical disabilities. In Finland, he acquired valuable international experience and intercultural know-how for his profession as a social worker.
The E-Quality label was awarded to Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in 2006 for the excellent implementation of the Erasmus mobility programme.
This is already the third time in a row that Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences has received the E-Quality Label for the outstanding implementation of the Erasmus programme in the field of student and staff mobility. Besides the E-Quality Label, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences also holds the ECTS and the Diploma Supplement Label.
In spring 2005, the European Commission awarded the ECTS and the Diploma Supplement Label to Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.
These labels are given to universities which have shown excellence in applying the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and the Diploma Supplement (DS), two European instruments that make teaching and learning more transparent and facilitate the recognition of studies and qualifications.