• ÖVK members are the first ones to receive information on ÖVK lectures and symposia as well as all other automotive engineering events.
  
  
• ÖVK members can access the membership domain on the homepage www.oevk.at where they will find the latest scientific and research reports and can download the texts of all ÖVK reports of the lecture series "ÖVK lectures followed by discussion" that have been made available by the lecturers.
  ÖVK members who have no access to the internet, can obtain theses texts in paper form from ÖVK.
  
  
  
• ÖVK members will receive the magazines published by ARBÖ and/or ÖAMTC as well as the magazines “Automotive Engineer” (The leading Magazine for all Auto_Motive Engineers) and “Auto Technology” (The international Magazine for Engineering, Production and Management).
  

• ÖVK members will receive invitations, calls for papers and the programmes of national and international lectures, seminars and conferences.
  
  
  
• ÖVK members will receive documents and brochures made available to ÖVK for its members by other companies and organisations.
  
  
• ÖVK members will benefit from reduced participation fees for ÖVK events.
  
  

• Corresponding members
  
• Regular members
  
• Student members

The amount varies with the type of membership.

The annual dues for regular members are as follows:

• € 260,- for legal entities (companies)
  
• € 55,- for natural persons
  
• € 20,- for students
  

Students pay a reduced annual membership fee of € 20,-.
Students have to furnish proof of their enrolment (confirmation of registration at a university or institution of higher learning)

The application for membership the Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers has to be made in writing; as an annex, evidence must be furnished that the candidate meets all admission criteria.
The Board of the Austrian Association of Automotive Engineers will decide whether the candidate is admitted or not.
The application form in pdf format can be downloaded here; upon request, we can also send you the application form in paper form by mail.

All members of the ÖVK have the following obligations:

• Promoting the objectives of the association
  
• Preserving the reputation of the engineering profession
  
• Punctual payment of the membership dues

Everyone who joins the Austrian Association of Automotive Engineers as a member receives a membership card containing all the relevant information. The access data and the membership card are valid until termination of membership.

Termination of membership and thus of all rights and duties associated with it, except for membership fees that have fallen due by that date, takes effect

• upon withdrawal
• upon exclusion
• upon the death of a member
• upon dissolution of a legal entity