In focus

Knowledge is the best way of managing the challenges of the future. The Ministry coordinates, supports and promotes education in its areas of responsibility. The secondary agriculture and forestry schools as well as the University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy are centres of excellence for healthy and vivid regions.

Digitisation penetrates most different areas of life and therefore concerns all topics of the Ministry. This page provides an overview of the importance of digitisation for the different areas and of the digitisation-relevant actions and projects carried out by the Ministry.

The Ministry with its Research strategy and its agencies engaged in Research is an important element of the Austrian research landscape. The ministry conducts its own research and contributes to national as well as international projects and programs.