Statutory reasons for an Academic Leave:

• Completion of military service, training or civilian service.
  Proof: Confirmation from the military command or the civilian service agency.
• Completion of a voluntary social year
  Proof: Confirmation of the respective organisation of the voluntary social year
• Pregnancy
  Proof: confirmation from a medical specialist
• Childcare duties or other similar care duties (e.g. relatives in need of care)
  Proof: Birth certificate of the child, own and the child's registration certificate; notification of the care level or confirmation by the specialist of the need for care including its duration, own registration certificate and registration certificate of the relative to be cared for, proof of the degree of relationship.
• Illness that demonstrably hinders progress in studies (this is the case if the illness hinders studies for more than two months)
  Proof: Confirmation from a medical specialist
• Temporary impairment in connection with a disability
  Proof: Confirmation from a medical specialist

Reason for an Academic Leave according to the statutes of TU Wien:

• Other reason impeding studies
  Proof: statement of the reason and corresponding proof

The application, opens in new window must be submitted

• by 30.9. for the winter semester
• by 28.2. for the summer semester

for the summer semester for which the academic leave is to apply, completed in full (with signature), together with the required proof and a copy of the student ID, via Jira, opens an external URL in a new window to the Admissions Office.

NOTE: The academic leave is only possible if no exams have been taken and no academic papers have been submitted in the semester for which the academic leave is requested!

You do not have to pay tuition fees during an academic leave. The ÖH-fee has to be paid. Otherwise, the academic leave is not valid and your admission expires.

Since an academic leave has an effect on the future, approval cannot be granted retroactively. Rather, it can only apply to semesters that begin after the approval.

• Pregnancy
  Proof: confirmation from a medical specialist
• Childcare duties or other similar care duties
  Proof: Birth certificate of the child, own and the child's registration certificate; notification of the care level or confirmation by the specialist of the need for care including its duration, own registration certificate and registration certificate of the relative to be cared for, proof of the degree of relationship.
• Illness that demonstrably impedes progress in studies
  Proof: Confirmation from a medical specialist
• Temporary impairment in connection with a disability
  Proof: Confirmation from a medical specialist

The application after the semester has started, opens in new window must be submitted duly filled out and signed, together with the required proof and a copy of the student ID, via Jira, opens an external URL in a new window to the Admissions Office.

After the semester has ended academic leave cannot be granted for the previous semester retroactively. 

If you are already obliged to pay tuition fees, you can apply for a refund of the tuition fees, opens in new window if you apply for an academic leave for the winter semester by 30.11. / for the summer semester by 30.4. Students applying for an academic leave after this deadline are no longer entitled to a refund.

From the time of the Academic Leave, examinations cannot be taken, courses cannot be attended and academic papers cannot be submitted. All examinations taken before the Academic Leave remain valid.