right, however the austrian/german way introduces less social filters (although it still does, if you have a look at the statistics)
It seems to be a common trend among some european countries to have stricter admission requirements and more competition as a tradeoff for the government supported schools (except for countries like Denmark and Poland, that I know of; everyone is a student there, it seems). For instance, in Finland, it's known that only 10% of people go to the university (pretty selective), and those who go recieve around 400 Euros/month to go there.
I also would like to mention a music psychology program at the University of Jyvaskyla (place the dots over the a's)...it's a lovely little city, if you can stand the darkness and cold in the winter.
Chuck