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.

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.