Please visit our website for all information about the admission procedures. 

You can find information on the language of instruction on the webpage of studies or in the curriculum. 

Changing your degree programme may have consequences regarding the receipt of child benefits or study grants (e.g. in Austria: "Familienbeihilfe" and "Studienbeihilfe"). Therefore, please consult with the Study Grant Department or the finance authority prior to a change!

Bachelor programmes:

Please contact us via Jira, opens an external URL in a new window during the admission period with the following information: 

• full name
• student ID number
• name of the programme you would like to enrol in
• if applicable: name of the programme you would like to abort
• Proof that you have completed the programme-PRe-phase or the entrance exam
• Scan of your TUCard

Master or doctoral programmes:

You will have to submit a new application for admission. All necessary information are available on our website. 
Following the receipt of your admission letter, please contact us during the admission period with the following information:

• full name
• student ID number
• name of the programme you would like to enrol in
• if applicable: name of the programme you would like to abort
• Scan of your admission letter and TUCard

Examinations/courses, positively assessed and completed as part of a regular degree programme at TU Wien, are recognised for all other regular degree programmes in the case of admission, provided they: 

• are listed in the curriculum of the programme and are assigned to the respective curricula in TISS with title, type, and ECTS credits,
• are intended to be used as "Free Electives and Transferable Skills" or
• are intended to be used for the curricular part of the doctoral programme.

If not all of these mentioned requirements are met, and the examinations/courses do not fall under the scope of transitional provisions, the student must submit an application for recognition.
Please note that in TISS, these examinations/courses will always be shown under the degree programme’s number under which they were completed.

For further questions about the curriculum, please contact the respective dean's office.

Various reasons may require you to interrupt your studies. There are three options available:

• Academic Leave
• De-registration from your studies
• Remaining enrolled despite the interruption in your studies

Which of these options is best depends entirely on your individual situation.

Failure to pay the prescribed amount within the continuation period will result in automatic de-registration from your studies.

You have the option of resuming your studies in the next semester or at a later date. To continue your studies, either visit the Admission Office in person with your TUCard during front office hours during the admission period or contact us via Jira, opens an external URL in a new window (please provide your name, student ID number, degree programme and a scan of your ID card).

Previously completed examinations will be retained.

Please note that in case of a change of curriculum in the meantime, you can only start in the new curriculum! The recognition of examinations will then be done on the basis of the equivalence list in the dean's office.

Failure to pay the prescribed amount within the continuation period will result in automatic de-registration from your studies.

However, you also have the option of reporting your de-registration to the Admission Office either in person or via Jira, opens an external URL in a new window, providing your name, student ID number, degree programme and a scan of your TUCard.

If you require a Leaving Certificate, please contact the Admission Office.

There are two reasons why you may be excluded from your studies:

• Failure to achieve the minimum number of credits:

  If you have not achieved the minimum academic performance (16 ECTS within the first 4 semesters of the bachelor programme), your admission will expire. Re-admission to the same programme is only possible after four semesters.

• Negative assessment of the last examination attempt:

  If the last possible examination attempt (StEOP examinations 4 attempts in total, other examinations 5, very last examination of the degree programme 6) is also negative, your admission will expire on the examination date. Re-admission to this programme at TU Wien will then no longer be possible. In addition, you will also be excluded from all programmes in whose curriculum these courses are required.

The payment of the ÖH/tuition fee can take anywhere from a few minutes to seven working days. As soon as the amount has been received in full and on time, your status in your TISS account will change to "reported continued" and the confirmation of enrolment can then be issued.

TU Wien cannot expedite the payment process. You will need to be patient.

If your studies are not reported continued after one week, there has been an error in the transaction and the fee you paid cannot be allocated to your account at TU Wien by the bank. As a result, your studies are not registered (as continued). If the deposit cannot be allocated or if it has been made after the deadline, the amount will be automatically refunded to the account from which the transaction was made.

If you forgot to include the payment reference/customer details when making your payment, or if you entered them incorrectly, please wait one week. In many cases, the bank can manually allocate the transfer.

TU Wien is unable to make any subsequent corrections (incorrect payment reference/customer details)!

If your studies are still not reported continued after one week, a mispayment has been made and the bank cannot assign the amount you paid to your account at TU Wien. As a result, your studies are not registered (as continued).

If the transaction cannot be assigned or the payment is made after the deadline, the amount will be automatically refunded to the account from which the payment was made.
If the amount is not automatically reimbursed, please contact the Admission Office.

No.
Due to administrative reasons, it is not possible to use excess contributions from a previous semester for the current semester.

You can request reimbursement for the overpaid amount.

In order to be reported continued as a non-degree student to attend the Preparatory Programme ("Vorstudienlehrgang"), you have to pay the ÖH fee prescribed in TISS as well as the course fee prescribed by the VWU. 

The payment to the VWU is not automatically acknowledged by TU Wien. It may therefore take a few working days before your enrolment is updated.

If your enrolment has not been updated after a week, there may have been an error with the payment. Please contact the Admission Office and the office of the VWU.

There is no such thing as an additional tolerance semester. 

If you exceed the programme duration stipulated in the curriculum plus two tolerance semesters your will have to pay the tuition fee.
However, you may apply for a waiver if there is a valid reason to do so. Further information on this can be found on our webpage on tuition fee.

You can find any and all information regarding admission on our website.

If you have the “Allgemeine Hochschulreife” you can enrol without prior application as it is equal to the Austrian secondary school leaving certificate. 

If you have the “Fachgebundene Hochschulreife” you will first have to submit an application for admission. 

Please visit the relevant webpage, which lists all equivalent secondary school leaving certificates. 

Within the application period for non-EU/EEA-citizens:

• winter semester: January 16^th to July 15^th
• summer semester: July 16^th to January 15^th

For EU/EEA-citizens we recommend the following period:

• winter semester: beginning of February to end of July
• summer semester: beginning of August to end of January

Personal enrolment with a letter of admission is possible until October 31^st (winter semester) or March 31^st (summer semester). 
Please note that the average processing time for applications for admission is 10-12 weeks. If additional documents are requested, this will delay processing.

Therefore, please send your documents in good time!

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

The Admission Office does not send automatic confirmations of receipt.

For information on the receipt of your application, please contact us via the contact form with a scan of your passport or national ID card in PDF format.

The Admission Office does not send automatic updates on the status of an application.

The processing of an application for admission takes approximately 10 to 12 weeks. Due to the high number of submissions the Admission Office is not able to provide you with information about the current status of your application until the full processing time has expired.

The processing of an application for admission takes an average of 10 to 12 weeks. However, as the processing time depends on various factors (time of application, number of applications submitted, evaluation by the Dean of Studies, etc.), it is not possible to give an exact time frame.

Applications for admission are processed chronologically without exception in order to guarantee fair and non-discriminatory treatment.

The Admission Office is not responsible for organising your studies. Please take the processing time into account when planning the start of your studies.

Information on the processing time for applications for admission and on the registration deadlines at the VWU is readily available on the respective websites.

Preferential treatment of your application is not possible. Therefore, please keep the individual deadlines in mind when planning the start of your studies.

Due to the high number of submissions, processing time of an application for admission takes approximately 10 to 12 weeks. Please note that the Admission Office is not able to provide you with information about the current status of your application until the full processing time has expired. 

There may be several reasons for this:

• Additional documents were submitted, resulting in a longer processing time
• As part of the processing of the application for admission to a master or doctoral programme, the documents are forwarded to the relevant Dean of Studies for evaluation of the academic background, which may extend the duration of the review. Unfortunately, the Admission Office has no influence over the duration of the assessment by the relevant Dean of Studies.
• All correspondence from the Admission Office will be sent by post to the address provided on the application form. The Admission Office accepts no responsibility for loss or damage during shipping. It is therefore possible that a notification has already been sent but has been lost on its way. 

No.
The application for admission must be submitted either by post or in person at the Admission Office. 

Exceptions:
Students who have completed their studies at TU Wien can submit the application form online to the Admission Office, as all relevant information can be accessed in TISS.

Mail sent from non-EU/EEA-countries via express shipment companies (such as DHL, FedEx, etc.) will only be accepted if it is clearly indicated on the shipment that no additional costs will be incurred by TU Wien upon acceptance; e.g. by means of the note ‘No customs duty’ ("Kein Zoll") on the address label.

Mail from delivery companies that do not fall into this category will continue to be accepted. Please contact your local parcel service for further assistance.

No.
The application for admission to a master or doctoral programme can only be submitted once the bachelor, master or diploma studies have been completed, without exceptions. 

If you have already finished your degree and are only waiting for the diploma to be issued, a confirmation issued by the university that you have already obtained your degree along with your Transcrip of Records/Diploma Supplement is also accepted. However, a provisional confirmation of an expected graduation will not be accepted. 

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

According to information provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research regarding recommendations for admission qualifications, (academic) degrees are continuously re-evaluated.

Whether an educational background is recognised or gives the possibility of admission can only be determined during verification. Therefore, an application for admission is necessary.

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

Whether an educational background is recognised or gives the possibility of admission can only be determined during verification. Therefore, an application for admission is necessary.

If the completed studies largely corresponds to the relevant degree programme at TU Wien, admission will be granted. If differences in subject matter are identified, admission will be granted with conditions (= additional courses from the bachelor's/master's programme), which must be completed as supplementary examinations during the master's/doctoral programme. If the identified differences in subject matter amount to more than 30 ECTS credits, admission is unfortunately not possible.

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

If there are any formal irregularities in the documents or if documents are missing, the Admission Office will inform you by post to the address stated on your application form. If missing documents, translations etc. are not sent within the set deadlines, the application will be rejected and admission at TU Wien is not possible. Therefore, follow the instructions of the Admission Office carefully!

Applications for admission must be submitted in full within the application period. If missing documents or legalisations are not submitted within this date, the application can only be assessed for the following semester, without exception.

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

All correspondence from the Admission Office will be sent by post to the address provided on the application form. It is therefore important that you provide your full and correct address to ensure delivery of the mail.

Documents issued in countries other than Austria are subject to legalisation regulations, opens an external URL in a new window. Furthermore, all documents whose originals were not issued in German or English shall be officially translated. Please have documents translated only after legalisation. The official translation must be inseparably attached to the original document!

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

No.
TU Wien does not issue provisional or conditional letters of admission.

No.
All documents need to be submitted at least as certified copies. Documents issued outside the EU are subject to legalisation regulations, opens an external URL in a new window. Documents without diplomatic certification have no validity and therefore cannot be processed.

No.
Documents whose originals were not issued in German or English have to be translated by a certified interpreter. The official translation must be inseparably attached to the original document!

The translation alone is not sufficient. 

With electronically issued certificates there must be means for verification provided, which is then checked on a case-by-case basis. Therefore, we cannot provide any information in advance as to whether a printout of this certificate will be sufficient.

Diploma Supplement, Transcript of Records, Index with ECTS all mean the same: a document issued by your university showing all the courses you took during your studies including grades and credits. 

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

Applicants with selected foreign secondary school leaving certificates have only then proven their general university entrance qualification if they also provide proof of successful completion of the central university entrance examination (e.g. YKS (Turkey), Konkur (Iran)).

Further information on admission can be found on the relevant webpage.

It is not possible or necessary to submit a separate application for admission to the University Preparation Programme.

If your admission letter for a degree programme at TU Wien requires you to take supplementary examinations, these can be completed as part of the preparatory programme at VWU.

All information about the preparatory course (registration, costs, deadlines, etc.) can be found on the VWU website, opens an external URL in a new window.

For a German-taught programme German language skills at level C1 CEFR are required.

For an English-taught studies, English language skills at level B2 CEFR are required.

No.
For a German-taught degree programme only German language certificates are required. 

No.
For an English-taught degree programme only English language certificates are required. 

All bachelor programmes offered at TU Wien are taught in German. 

No.
Without an accepted language certificate processing an application for admission will not be possible. 

No.
The nationality is not sufficient proof of language competence.  An overview of accepted language certificates can be found on the relevant webpage. 

No.
The nationality is not sufficient proof of language competence.  An overview of accepted language certificates can be found on the relevant webpage. 

No.
There are no language courses offered at TU Wien.

The decision, along the submitted documents, will be sent to the address provided on your application form.

You should be able to gather all necessary information from your notification. 

Please submit the required documents within the deadline, otherwise your application for admission will be rejected. When submitting additional documents, please also provide your reference number ("GZ") or include some form of identification so that the documents can be added to your application.

Please also note that applications for admission from non-EU/EEA-citizens must be received in full by the Admission Office in full by July 15^th or January 15^th. Applications for admission from EU/EEA-citizens should be received in full by the end of July or the end of January at the latest in order to guarantee admission for the desired semester.

If missing documents or certifications are submitted after this period, the application can only be considered for the following semester.

As part of the “Parteiengehör” you have been informed via e-mail which supplementary examinations you must take additionally in order to compensate subject-specific differences. 

Please reply to this e-mail to indicate whether you agree to the conditions. You also have the opportunity to submit any additional certificates if you have already completed the required courses.

Supplementary examinations that must be taken as part of the Preparatory Programme at the VWU must be completed before enrolling in the regular programme.

The additional examination Descriptive Geometry must be taken during the bachelor's programme.

Supplementary examinations that have been prescribed to compensate subject-specific differences to the bachelor's or master's programme at TU Wien must be taken within the first two semesters.

As part of the “Parteiengehör” you have been informed via e-mail which supplementary examinations you must take additionally in order to establish equivalence. Here you had the opportunity to submit any certificates. After receiving the letter of admission you had a period of 4 weeks to appeal.

Enrolment by admission letter is an official act which, once the admission letter has become legally binding, cannot be changed.

Exams that you were required to take as part of the admission procedure cannot be recognised retrospectively. Refer to the relevant Dean of Studies directly and clarify with them whether you need to take this exam.

A new decision will not be issued.

Attending the course is not compulsory from TU Wien's point of view; only passing the exam is required.

It is left to your own judgement whether you would like to attend the course offered at the VWU or study for the exam autonomously.

However, please confirm this with the VWU, opens an external URL in a new window. 

Letters of admission of TU Wien are always valid for three semesters. This means you can enrol either in the semester the letter was issued for or within the following two semesters. 

Exempted from this are admission letters for the master's programmes Building Science and Environment and Green Chemistry, as these are linked to the outcome of the selection procedure and are therefore only valid for the academic year.

If you are unable to enrol within this period, you will have to submit a new application for admission and, if applicable, complete the assessment/selection procedure again. 

Please note, however, that admission requirements may change at any time due to new recommendations by the Federal Ministry or changes to the curriculum and that re-admission cannot be guaranteed.

All documents will be returned together with the decision by post to the address provided on the application form.

The Admission Office takes no responsibility for loss or damage during shipping. Thus, we recommend that you submit certified copies.

According to § 60 para. 6 Universities Act 2002 - UG the representation of (foreign) applicants by persons who are not admitted to represent parties professionally in Austria or who are not entitled to represent parties by law is not permitted.

According to § 60 para. 6 Universities Act 2002 - UG the representation of (foreign) applicants by persons who are not admitted to represent parties professionally in Austria or who are not entitled to represent parties by law is not permitted.

Within the validity of the letter of admission (3 semester) a new decision will not be issued. 

If the letter of admission is no longer valid (after 3 semesters) a new decision can be issued on the basis of a new application for admission. 
Please note, however, that admission requirements may change at any time due to new recommendations by the Federal Ministry or changes to the curriculum and that re-admission cannot be guaranteed.

Yes. 
You will have to submit your letter of admission upon graduation, so keep it safe!

Initial enrolment for a degree programme can only be done by yourself in person at the Admission Office.

Exempted from this are bachelor's students who have successfully completed the admission procedure for Computer Science, Architecture or Spatial Planning.

Please keep the registration deadlines of the VWU in mind!

Personal enrolment is to be done at the Admission Office. You will first be enrolled as a non-degree student to attend the preparatory programme ("Vorstudienlehrgang").
Please ensure to bring the following documents with you:

• Admission letter
• Payment confirmation of the VWU
• Admission code (from the online application),
• Valid passport
• Valid residence permit (non-EU-citizens only!) if available

To avoid long waiting times when enrolling for the winter semester, we kindly ask you to book an appointment as part of your online registration.

No prior appointment is necessary for the summer semester.

There are two possible reasons:

• The desired date is already fully booked:

  If there are no more slots available, we ask you to make an appointment for another day. If this is not possible for you, you can also come to the Admission Office to enrol without a prior appointment – however, you will have to accept longer waiting times.

• The desired date is more than two weeks in the future:

  Appointments are always published every two weeks. If the date you want is not yet available, you can only make a booking at a later date.

No.
Personal enrolment is only possible during front office hourse, which are as follows:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30 - 12:00
• Wednesday: 13:30 - 16:00

The Admission Office can issue you a confirmation of attendance if required.

No.
Personal enrolment can only be done by yourself at the Admission Office.