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Welcome Days September 2017

Michaela Derntl | michaela.derntl@univie.ac.atCenter for Doctoral Studies

Living in Vienna

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Austria and Vienna

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Registration

• Registration at the Magistratische Bezirksamthttps://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/resources/documents/meldez.pdf

http://doktorat.univie.ac.at/en/prospective-doctoral-candidates/international-doctoral-candidates/arriving-in-vienna/registration-at-the-meldeamt/

• ADDITIONAL for EU/EEA-citizenshttp://doktorat.univie.ac.at/en/international-phd-candidates/welcome-center/arriving-in-vienna/visa-eu

Upon Arrival

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How to find Housing• www.jobwohnen.at• https://schwarzesbrett.oeh.ac.at/wohnen• www.wg-gesucht.de• www.willhaben.at• http://derstandard.at/Immobilien• http://www.easywg.at

Housing

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What if you have problems• http://www.gbstern.at/service-und-

beratung/wohnrecht/fragen-antworten• http://www.mieterschutzwien.at• https://www.mietervereinigung.at/

Housing

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https://oead.at/en/to-austria/entry-residence-and-employment/working/

Am I eligible to work?

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Employment and Social Security

• Compulsory• Financed by contributions• Covers health-, accident-, pension- and unemployment

insurance• Different carriers, depending on employer or status

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Insurance/Health care

• Health insurance!https://oead.at/en/to-austria/entry-residence-and-employment/insurance/

• Doctorshttp://www.praxisplan.at

• Hospitalshttp://www.wienkav.at/kav/spital.asp

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Taxation

• On goods – 20%

• On income• Progressive tax system• Deducted by employer• Or deducted by tax declaration• Scholarship/Stipend

For more information: http://www.euraxess.at/fileadmin/oead_zentrale/euraxess/TaxationGUIDEAustria.pdf

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Taxation

Workshop on taxation:4th October 2017, 12:00 – 13:00

https://news.deloitte.at/u/register.php?CID=122066146&f=19517

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Public Transport

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• Wienerlinien.at

• Qando

• Vor.at

Time tables for public transport

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• Cycling

• Citybikes

• www.Anachb.at

Cycling

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ÖBB

• General• One year travel reduction cards (Vorteilskarte)

Westbahn

• Private railway company• connections between Vienna and Salzburg

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Libraries

• Austrian National Library (ÖNB)

• Public Library (Stadtbibliothek)

• Libraries at other universities

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German Courses

• Sprachenzentrum (Language Center)

• ÖH

• Volkshochschule

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Sport

• USI – Universitäts-Sportinstitut/University Sports Centrewww.usi.at

• Unisport Wien www.unisport.at/wp

• VHS - Volkshochschule

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Things you should know

• Opening hours of shops

• Public holidays in Vienna

• U:book 20.2. – 19.3.2017 https://ubook.at