Upper Academic Secondary Curricula Proposed for Revision (Austria, July 2026)
A draft ordinance proposed revisions to upper academic secondary curricula. It aimed to connect upper-secondary content with lower-secondary learning and integrate updated subject and cross-subject competences.
A draft ordinance proposed revisions to upper academic secondary curricula. It aimed to connect upper-secondary content with lower-secondary learning and integrate updated subject and cross-subject competences.
What Changed?
The proposal updates introductory curriculum provisions, adds cross-subject competence descriptions, revises individual subjects, removes semester-based curriculum structuring and adds new subjects.
Old System vs New System
Upper academic secondary schools used curricula with the existing subject structure and semester-based elements.
The proposed curricula would use revised competence descriptions, updated subjects and a non-semester-based structure.
Who Is Affected?
Student Impact
Students may encounter new subjects, revised content and changed progression of upper-secondary learning.
Parent / Family Impact
Families should review final programme and subject information before course-selection decisions.
School / Institution Impact
Schools would need to revise programmes, timetables, assessment planning and local curriculum documents.
Teacher / Staff Impact
Teachers would adapt teaching sequences and assessments to updated subject and cross-subject competences.
Key Dates
- 2026-07-14: draft published
- 2026-08-11: consultation deadline.
What To Do
- Schools
- teachers and interested parties should submit consultation comments and monitor the final transition plan.
What To Watch Next
Watch for the final ordinance, implementation year and subject-level guidance.
Global Context
The proposal is relevant to comparison of competence-based upper-secondary curriculum revision.
Source Record
Source type: Consultation document
Source name: Austrian Federal Ministry of Education