Personal enrolment with a letter of admission is possible until October 31^st (winter semester) or until March 31^st (summer semester). 
A complete overview of the admission periods can be found in the Academic Calender. 

Therefore, please send the documents in good time!
Due to the high number of applications, processing may take 10-12 weeks. Please understand that the Admissions Office cannot provide any information (neither by phone nor by email) about the processing status of your application before this processing time has expired.

In order to obtain admission for the semester applied for we recommend submitting complete applications within the following periods:

• winter semester:
  • EU/EEA citizens: begin of February until end of July
  • non-EU/EEA citizens: January 16^th until July 15^th
• summer semester:
  • EU/EEA citizens: begin of August until end of January
  • non-EU/EEA citizens: July 16^th until January 15^th 

For incomplete applications or applications received by the Admissions Office after this time, admission for the desired semester cannot be guaranteed due to the above-mentioned processing time. In this case, admission is only possible for the following semester.

NOTE!
If you are required to take supplementary examinations, which you can take as part of the university preparation programme, please also mind the registration deadlines of the VWU, opens an external URL in a new window.

Once the Admission Office has received your documents, we verify whether they are complete, accurate and authentic. If there are any formal irregularities in the documents, the Admission Office will inform you by post or e-mail.

If missing documents, translations, etc. are not submitted on time, your application will be rejected and you will cannot be admitted to TU Wien. Please follow the instructions of the Admissions Office carefully!

If there are no significant differences to the Austrian Reifeprüfung, admission without supplementary examinations is possible (see also equivalent school-leaving certificates).

Admission with supplementary examinations

A substantial difference exists if

• the certificate is not used to gain access to all sectors of higher education institutions in the country of origin (in this case, admission is not possible under any circumstances, e.g. Fachhochschulreife from Germany)
• the duration of schooling is not at least 12 years (can be compensated by supplementary examinations) and
• the general education contents do not predominate: six general education subjects (two languages, mathematics, one science subject, one humanities subject and one further general education subject) must be proven in secondary level II (at most one missing subject can be compensated by supplementary examinations).

If there is a significant difference (duration of schooling and/or too inadequate general education content), supplementary examinations (mathematics, chemistry and/or physics) are prescribed in the admission letter. If proof of German language skills at level C1 is also missing, the supplementary examination German must be taken in addition.

Prescribed supplementary examinations like German, Mathematics, Chemistry or Physics must be completed at the University Preparation Programme ("Vorstudienlehrgang der Wiener Universitäten - VWU"), opens an external URL in a new window. For this you will be enrolled as non-degree-student.

NOTE!
Applicants, who have to pass supplementary examinations, have to additionally mind the deadlines for course-registration to the University Preparation Programme! Read the relevant information on the Homepage of the University Preparation Programme, opens an external URL in a new window very carefully!

Supplementary examination Descriptive Geometry

For the following bachelor programmes, at least 4 hours per week of Descriptive Geometry after the 8th school year must be proven in accordance with the University Entrance Qualification Decree ("Universitätsberechtigungsverordnung" – UBVO):

• Architecture
• Chemical and Process Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Geodesy and Geoinformation
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering - Management

Descriptive Geometry cannot be replaced by ‘Geometric Drawing’!

If sufficient proof of Descriptive Geometry cannot be provided, the additional examination must be taken during the bachelor programme, at the latest before the final bachelor's examination. TU Wien offers corresponding courses for this purpose.

After completing the evaluation of your application by the Admission Office (duration 10 to 12 weeks), you will receive by post mail an admission letter from TU Wien. You will be also notified by post mail if the admission is not possible.

NOTE!
Notify us of a change in address in a timely manner. Read all received documents from TU Wien very carefully as they contain all of the necessary information!

Should you be subject to visa requirements, you can apply for residence authorisation with the Austrian diplomatic authorities (embassy, consulate) in your country of origin, exhibiting your admission letter.

NOTE! 
The Admission Office cannot provide you with any information or or assistance in visa requirements. Newly-admitted international degree-seeking students should visit the website of the International Welcome and Engagement Center (IWEC) for information about the visa application process and advising services.

After you have completed the pre-registration for non-degree studies you have to come to the Admission Office in person during the general admission period.
Please ensure to bring the following documents with you:

• your admission letter,
• confirmation of registration and payment from the VWU,
• your admission code (from the pre-registration),
• your valid passport and
• your valid residence permit (non-EU-citizens only!) if available.
• if necessary, proof of name change

If you have never been admitted to a degree programme at another Austrian university, you will receive an eight-digit student ID number and your student ID card (TUcard) when you enrol in person at the Admissions Office.

NOTE!
Registration for the University Preparation Programme has to be completed latest by August 13^th (winter semester) or January 19^th (summer semester). Otherwise, attendance of the University Preparation Programme is not possible.

After you have taken part in the entrance exam procedure and have received a study place, the registration is to be completed online. Please ensure to upload the following documents:

• your admission letter,
  • where required: evidence of having passed the supplementary examination(s)
• your valid passport and
• your valid residence permit (non-EU-citizens only!) if available.
• certificate of leaving (if you have already been admitted to another Austrian university for the degree programme you intend to study)
• if necessary, proof of name change

You do NOT need to come into the Admission Office in person! Enrolment is carried out exclusively online. Then you will have to pay the ÖH fee/tuition fee to finalise your admission. You will receive the necessary information by email. The student ID card (TUcard) can be collected from the Admission Office during front office hours. Please bring an official photo ID with you when doing so.

After you have completed the pre-registration for the respective degree progamme you have to come to the Admission Office in person during the general admission period.
Please ensure to bring the following documents with you:

• your admission letter,
  • where required: evidence of having passed the supplementary examination(s)
• your valid passport and
• your valid residence permit (non-EU-citizens only!) if available.
• certificate of leaving (if you have already been admitted to another Austrian university for the degree programme you intend to study)
• if necessary, proof of name change

If you have never been admitted to a degree programme at another Austrian university, you will receive an eight-digit student ID number and your student ID card (TUcard) when you enrol in person at the Admissions Office.

For the bachelor programme Technical Chemistry there is no entrance exam procedure or programme-PRe-phase to be completed in the winter semester 2026/27.

After you have completed the pre-registration you have to come to the Admission Office in person during the general admission period.
Please ensure to bring the following documents with you:

• your admission letter,
  • where required: evidence of having passed the supplementary examination(s)
• your valid passport and
• your valid residence permit (non-EU-citizens only!) if available.
• certificate of leaving (if you have already been admitted to another Austrian university for the degree programme you intend to study)
• if necessary, proof of name change

If you have never been admitted to a degree programme at another Austrian university, you will receive an eight-digit student ID number and your student ID card (TUcard) when you enrol in person at the Admissions Office.