Mrs. Beate Salchinger graduated from the Academy for Physiotherapy in Graz and complemented her professional and scientific knowledge through the Master's program in Physiotherapy at QMUC Edinburgh. Subsequently, she completed the university course "Management for Health Care Facilities" at Donau Uni Krems.
In addition to her extensive further education, she worked for three years as a physiotherapist in collaboration with the ÖED in Zimbabwe. She served as head physiotherapist at the Institut für physikalische Behandlungen Herz, as well as working as a freelance physiotherapist. Before taking on the role of program director for Physiotherapy, she worked as deputy head of the Academy for Physiotherapy at the bfi in Graz.