Introduction:
ISEP Central and our colleagues in Austria welcome you to participate in the Austrian Regional Orientation Tour immediately following the ISEP 2012 Symposium (April 17-20, 2012).
We start the Regional Orientation Tour with a Welcome Dinner on Tuesday evening in Graz, and continue with information sessions at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz and Graz University of Technology on Wednesday before departing for Linz in the afternoon. We will visit the Johannes Kepler University of Linz on Thursday and take a walking tour of the town before boarding a train for Salzburg. On Friday, our Austrian Regional Orientation Tour concludes with a visit to the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg and a guided tour of this historic city. All long-distance transportation within Austria, most meals, all university programs and guided city tours are included in the program cost ($300). Participants will make their own hotel reservations and pay for accommodation themselves.
The four Austrian member universities within the ISEP Network provide a perfect opportunity for German- as well as English-speaking students to enjoy an academic stay in the heart of Europe. Chances for exchange placements in Austria are generally very good. The Regional Orientation Tour will give ISEP coordinators insight into the Austrian university system, its ISEP member institutions, university facilities, etc. You will be able to visit each campus and host city and get a feel for Austrian culture and Austrian people. Meet the local ISEP coordinators, university faculty members, administrators and students and learn about the academic programs available. Participating in the Regional Orientation Tour will make it easier for you to advise students about ISEP Exchange options at our four Austrian member universities.
General Information:Austria is a predominantly mountainous country located in Central Europe with a moderate continental climate. In spring, the weather is usually very pleasant.
As Austria borders eight other European countries (Italy, Switzerland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia), it is a convenient for participants to extend their stay in neighboring countries.
Participants of the Symposium and Regional Orientation Tour may want to fly into Munich International Airport and take the train to Graz. Train connections are very good. There are direct trains from Munich to Graz and from Salzburg to Munich every day.
Hotel AccommodationGraz: Tuesday, April 17 to Wednesday, April 18, 2012
We advise booking the hotel in Graz for the duration of the Symposium and the extra night April 17-18.
Linz: Wednesday, April 18 to Thursday, April 19, 2012
Austria Classic Hotel Wolfinger
http://www.austria-classic-hotels.at/de/hotels/hotel-wolfinger/
Hauptplatz 19, 4020 Linz
Please email office@hotelwolfinger.at to reserve your room and mention “ISEP” in order to obtain the group rate.
phone: +43 (0)732 77 32 910
Single Room Rate (approximate): €78 (incl. breakfast)
Double Room Rate (approximate): €58 per person, €116 total (incl. breakfast)
Please use the code word "ISEP" in order to get the room at this rate.
Salzburg: Thursday, April 19 to Friday, April 20 (or to Sat, April 21, 2012)
Hotel Elefant
http://www.elefant.at
Sigmund Haffner Gasse 4, 5020 Salzburg
Please email reception@elefant.at to reserve your room and mention “ISEP” in order to obtain the group rate.
phone: +43 (0)662 84 33 97
Single room: €70 (incl. breakfast)
Double room (small) used as a single room: €88 (incl. breakfast)
Double room (standard) used as a single room: €106 (incl. breakfast)
Double room for two: €60 per person, €120 total (incl. breakfast)
Please use the code word "ISEP" in order to get the room at this rate.
Hotel Weisse Taube
http://www.weissetaube.at
Kaigasse 9, 5020 Salzburg
phone: +43 (0)662 842404
Single room: €68 (incl. breakfast)
Please use the code word "ISEP" in order to get the room at this rate.
Transport from Graz to Linz will be in a chartered bus and participants will be taken directly to the hotel. In Salzburg they will be picked up at the train station, provided with public transport tickets and led to the hotel(s).
For further information, please contact the following:
Doris Knasar
Karl-Franzens University Graz
doris.knasar@uni-graz.at
Petra Lehner
Johannes Kepler University Linz
petra.lehner@jku.at
Markus Bayer
University Salzburg
Markus.Bayer@sbg.ac.at