Admission

You are an international student if you have completed your previous education outside Austria. Since non-Austrian degrees must be checked to see whether they are equivalent to a degree in Austria, an application must be submitted. Without an application, it is not possible for us to say whether admission will be possible or not.

Applications can only be submitted within the application periods. There is an application period for the winter semester (semester starts in October) and a period for the summer semester (semester starts in March).

Detailed information on the deadlines can be found here.

Applications can only be processed for the semester for which the application period is currently active.

Applications submitted outside of these periods cannot be taken into consideration. Documents will be returned unprocessed.

The admission process for international students consists of the following steps

Step One: Application

When applying, you are responsible to undertake all required steps to provide us with a complete and correct application on time. Based on the application we will evaluate whether or not the admission requirements are fulfilled.

Please keep in mind that the processing of applications can take several weeks to months. You will be informed by email as soon as the review is complete.

Step Two: Enrollment

If your application is successful, the “Application for enrollment” will be activated in the application portal. Send the signed “Application for enrollment” to the Academic Affairs Office.

Only then can we send you your matriculation number and payment details. Only if we receive the payment on time (a few days after the payment) the enrollment is completed and you are a student of the University of Graz.

Step 2 for VGUH participants:

If you enroll as participant of the Vorstudienlehrgang (VGUH) as irregular student, you will be registered by the VGUH. This means you have to register at the VGUH. We will then receive all the necessary data from the VGUH. Once we have the data, we will send you your matriculation number and payment information by email. Please check your emails regularly (including the spam and junk folders). You do not have to send an “application for enrollment”. Therefore, the application is not activated in the application portal.

Doctorate programs and Joint Degree Programs are not processed by the Student Affairs Office. We are therefore unable to provide you with information about the application procedures for these programs.

For information on applications for joint degree programs, please contact the International Relations Office.

For information on applications for doctoral programs, please contact the Doctoral Academy.

Your application is complete if:

1. you have a basic account
2. you have uploaded an application for the degree program you wish to study via the basic account
3. you have submitted the necessary, correct  documents to the Academic Affairs Office

Your application is complete and correct if you have completed all the necessary steps and the documents meet the requirements.

Your documents meet the requirements:

• If you have submitted the original educational documents
• If the educational documents meet the legaöization requirements (according to the Code of Civil Procedure)
• If the educational documents have been translated by a court-certified interpreter and the translation has been submitted together with the originals (only required for educational documents that are not in German or English)
• If you have submitted an original language certificate in accordance with the Rectorate Ordinance of the University of Graz
• If you have submitted the application form completely and correctly filled out and signed
• If you have submitted a copy of a passport or identity card
• If you have submitted the required additional forms (only required for certain fields of study)

Please send an email to studienabteilung@uni-graz.at within the admission deadlines

with the following details: 

- Your full name

- Your matriculation number

- Name of the degree program you wish to start

- That you would like to start your studies in this semester

 If applicable, send additional documents relevant to your studies (e.g. confirmation that you have passed the admission procedure for restricted programs) as a PDF file

As long as you are at VGUH, you must submit an application. You can enter the application data via your student account under “My application” and must then submit the complete and correct documents to the Academic Affairs Office.

The processing of an application can take several weeks to months. Unfortunately, it is not possible to give an exact time frame. Please note that it may not be possible to be admitted in the semester you have applied for. The University therefore recommends that you submit your application with all the necessary documents as early as possible. The University of Graz assumes no responsibility for the organization of your studies, e.g. visa appointments, relocation planning, etc.

No! Applications that are not submitted completely and correctly will not be processed. Therefore, do not apply until you have all documents, certifications and language certificates. Only complete applications will be processed!

No, this is actually prohibited by law! When applying via an agency, the applicant is excluded from applying for two semesters.