Widespread protest against university budget cuts
(May 28, 2026) Salzburg higher education institutions and the Student Union mobilize thousands of participants – concerns regarding the quality and future of the location. The planned budget cuts for universities are meeting with massive resistance across Austria....
ÖH Uni Salzburg criticizes the Porsche Tunnel: “While students can’t pay their rent, the super-rich are tunneling through the city.”
(Press release, June 26, 2025) The Austrian Students' Union (ÖH) at the University of Salzburg clearly opposes the construction of the so-called Porsche Tunnel. This prestige project by Wolfgang Porsche, intended to run through the Kapuzinerberg, is meeting with...
“Unikämpft” rally organized by the ÖH University of Salzburg
(Press release, December 5, 2023) – On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, members of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg are taking to the streets to demonstrate for full funding of Austria’s higher education institutions. Cedric Keller, Chair of the University of...
