The initiative aims to provide refugees and displaced persons with educational qualifications and support to pursue an academic degree.

Together with UNIKO, opens an external URL in a new window (Austrian University Conference), Univ. Prof. Dr. Johann Bacher initiated the MORE program at the JKU Linz during Winter Semester 2015/2016 to give refugees an opportunity to have an academic future. As Dean at the time, Prof. Bacher actively led the MORE team and managed the MORE program. Under the management of Sonja Falkner-Matzinger, BA MSc., the International Welcome Center and Student Ombuds Office has been managing the MORE-Initiative since September 2020 on behalf of the JKU Linz and anchoring the program at the JKU Linz

When the MORE-Initiative began, the program focused more on helping refugees learn German. Over time, however, the program has expanded to give refugees and displaced persons an opportunity to earn the required educational qualifications needed in order to enroll at the JKU Linz and pursue an academic degree. Refugees and displaced persons may actively take part in the MORE-Initiative regardless of whether or not they are seeking asylum or if the procedure is already complete.

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Make an appointment in advance to learn more about MOREclassic by sending an e-mail to: more(at)jku.at
Make an appointment in advance to learn more about Borealis-MORE-Scholarship by sending an e-mail to: borealis-more-stipendium(at)jku.at