Mödling is all about the MINT future: Association founded!

Mödling is all about the MINT future: Association founded!

On July 16, 2025, the time had finally come: the “Mint Region Mödling” association was solemnly founded in Mödling. At this event, representatives from education, business, politics and civil society gathered to pursue an ambitious goal: to increase enthusiasm and promotion for MINT - i.e. mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. The region not only wants to arouse interest in MINT professions, but also actively act against the growing demand for qualified specialists in these areas, which has increased continuously in recent years, such as meinbezirk.at reported.

Especially at a time when the shortage of skilled workers in the MINT areas becomes increasingly clear, interest in technical professions, especially in young people and in the group of girls, urgently needs to be promoted. Studies show that many girls assess their mathematical skills less than boys, which leads to a significantly lower proportion of female students in MINT subjects. The new association would like to actively meet this challenge by planning targeted projects such as teachers: plans to provide internal training and girls technology days

cooperation and networking in focus

A central concern of the "MINT region Mödling" is the networking of regional actors. Margot Baier, the association's chairwoman, emphasizes that the association will help long -term planning and financing to better coordinate existing projects. This includes STEM school cooperations and extra-curricular learning offers in order to convey MINT as an experience and important future competence area. In the Mödling region, which is equipped with several scientific institutions and innovative companies, there is an excellent basis for such initiatives.

The present challenges in MINT formation are not only locally, but partly internationally. A look at Germany shows that the MINT formation there has to struggle with considerable hurdles. The education system is characterized by deficits, and the educational path depends heavily on the social background of the students: inside. According to the [Kinder-mint-bildung.de] (https://kinder-mint-bildung.de/mint-bildung-in-deutschland-her challenges-and-future perspectives/), improving the MINT competencies requires close cooperation between educational institutions, companies and society.

long-term strategies for promoting MINT formation

The new establishment of the association in Mödling is part of a broader strategy that emphasizes the importance of MINT formation across all educational institutions. Since 2012, over 30 institutions have been involved in the National MINT forum to strengthen the MINT skills in society. A coordinated procedure in the MINT formation can help to improve the services at international comparison tests such as PISA and TIMSS and also increase the visibility of MINT activities, as is carried out on nationalesmintforum.de.

In this sense, the newly founded association invites everyone interested to actively participate as members, project partners or supporters. With combined forces, the MINT formation can not only be developed in the Mödling region, but also to an exciting and sustainable environment.