Admission to a bachelor's programme is conditional on possession of the general university entrance qualification. This qualification shall be certified by an Austrian secondary school-leaving certificate or a international certificate which is equivalent to an Austrian secondary-school leaving certificate.

In any case, you need to submit an application for admission, opens in new window and send it via post to the Admission Office. 

Please note that for all Bachelor's Programmes at TU Wien there is either an entrance exam procedure with a limited number of places (Computer Science, Architecture and Spatial Planning), or a study preparation and reflection phase (Programme-PRe-Phase) for self-orientation (non-limiting) to be completed along with the application for admission and prior to personal enrolment at the Admission Office. 

Information on the admission procedures and the Programme-PRe-phase can be found in the description of the study programme and at entrance exam and aptitute procedures.

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The online registration including the Programme-PRe-phase must be completed at the lastest by September 5th for the winter semester and February 5th for the summer semester! Otherwise admission is not possible (see admission deadlines).

Admission in three steps

Application for Admission

Please initially check wether an application for admission may be omitted due to equivalence to the Austrian secondary-school leaving certificate.

If an application for admission is required, please submit the following documents:

  • duly signed application form
  • provide a valid email-address in the respective field of the application form
  • secondary school-leaving certificate (officially legalised copy with official translation)
  • proof of German language level A2 or/and C1 (officially legalised copy)
  • passport copy
  • for third-country nationals with Austrian home adresses: confirmation of registration ("Meldebestätigung")

 

Applications sent in electronically will not be considered. 

Please note that because of repeated customs payment demands, mail sent via express shipment companies from a non-EU/EEA country may not be accepted by the admission office! Please also refrain from giving our e-mail address to the courier services as we have no use for shipment updates. 

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Documents issued in countries other than Austria are subject to legalisation regulations. 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!

For administrative reasons a maximum of 2 applications for admission per person are allowed!

Personal enrolment with a letter of admission is possible until October 31st (winter semester) or until March 31st (summer semester). 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 completed applications can be submitted within the following periods:

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

If missing documents are not submitted within this date, the application can only be assessed for the following semester, without exception.

Processing the application

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 Reifezeugnisse).

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 and 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.

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Applicants, who have to pass supplementary examinations (German, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics), have to watch additionally 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

This proof is required for the bachelor's programmes Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering, Surveying and Geoinformation and Mechanical Engineering-Economics.

If the required proof was not provided, the supplementary examination in Descriptive Geometry must be taken during studying in the bachelor's programme, at the latest before completion of the bachelor's final examination. TU Wien offers special courses in Descriptive Geometry.

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.

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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!

Admission letter received, what now?

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.

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The Admission Office cannot provide you with any information or help in visa requirements. It is not the responsibility of the Admission Office. If you have any questions please ask the Austrian diplomatic authority in your country or the Magistratsabteilung 35 in Vienna for help.

Online Application

Independent of the application for admission you will also have to complete either the selection procedure or the programme-PRe-phase, which can be done via the online application. 

The online application must be completed before the personal enrolment at the university. At the end of the process, an appointment for the first-time admission must be booked (this only applies to the winter semester).

Personal Enrolment

After completion of the online application you have to come to the Admission Office in person.
Please ensure to bring the following documents with you:

  • your admission letter,
  • your admission code (from the online registration),
  • your valid passport and
  • your valid residence permit if available.

If you have an admission letter for the winter semester, you can register in person at the Admissions Office until October 31st. If you have an admission letter for the summer semester, you can register in person at the Admissions Office until March 31st. 

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If supplementary examinations have been prescribed, you have to register for the University Preparation Programme latest by September 5th (winter semester) or February 5th (summer semester). Otherwise, attendance of the University Preparation Programme is not possible.