Continuing education at Danube University Krems (Austria)

the paper analyzes the unique organization of continuing education at Danube University Krems, the multidisciplinary university of postgraduate studies. The following positive trends of the Bologna process are shown through the example of Danube University: integration into the international education network, adaptation to market economy, alternative financing models, elaborate social partnership, practice-oriented training, modern educational management system, gender policy implementation. The structure and distinctive features of the university organization in terms of effective continuing education (both professional and general cultural training) are revealed. The practices of Danube University show that the prospects of modern postgraduate education are in alternating education. E.g. in alternation of periods of classroom training with hands-on experience and with different forms of non-formal and informal education (instead of long-term and continuous studying at the same university).