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About us
Welcome to the KPH WIEN/KREMS – Europe’s only ecumenically governed University College for Teacher Education of Christian Churches!
- Mission Statement
- General Information
Studying

Start your career at the KPH to become a primary or secondary school teacher!
Lifelong learning
Enhance your knowledge in areas you always wanted to learn about, increase your career opportunities with excellent in-service teacher training leading to greater job satisfaction by choosing from our lifelong learning courses on offer!
Go International
You want to study abroad, cross borders, broaden your horizon? Around 100 European partner universities invite you to do so!
Research & development
Join us in the research and development division to design, assess and evaluate concepts for best teaching and learning practices!
- Contact
- Researching Interreligiosity
School Development
Contact the advisory centres of the KPH to support and help you!
- Department for Scientific Research on School Development and Leadership

The University College of Christian Churches for Teacher Education Vienna/Krems is Austria’s largest private college of teacher education with seven locations in Vienna and Lower Austria.

The College pursues a policy based on Christian values in pre-service teacher education as well as teacher professional development and advanced training. The overall objective is to qualify and professionalise teachers in their subject-specific pedagogical fields and Religious Education.

The College Foundation of the Archdiocese of Vienna, which operates the University College, provides and administers its premises and infrastructure. The college‘s teaching staff are employees under public law.