Students from Southeastern Europe

Reimbursement of costs for students from Southeastern Europe can only be granted to those students who have paid a tuition fee of €726.72 due to the corresponding notification and who meet the conditions specified in points 1 to 4.

The application can be submitted

  • for the summer semester, no earlier than May 15 and no later than September 30, and
  • for the winter semester, no earlier than December 15 and no later than March 31.

Applications must be submitted using the online form available through the Uni Graz Online Account (under Online Applications, Office of Student Affairs).

There is no legal entitlement to the granting of the reimbursement.

Extract from Newsletter No. 33c dated May 29th, 2024

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The Rectorate of the University of Graz has decided to grant full-time students from: 

  • Albania,
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina,
  • Kosovo,
  • North Macedonia,
  • Moldova,
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia,
  • Turkey,
  • Ukraine and
  • Belarus 

to grant a refund1 by reimbursing the tuition fee of € 726.72 already paid, provided the following conditions are met:

  1. Proof of academic achievement: (proof of at least 8 credit points from course examinations or 12 ECTS credits within a semester, or confirmation of good progress in the preparation of an academic thesis (diploma or master’s thesis: max. 2 semesters; doctoral thesis: max. 8 semesters) and
  2. Examination period: within the semester specified in accordance with the academic calendar, for example: for a winter semester: October 1st to February 28th; for a summer semester: March 1st to September 30th and
  3. the intended duration of study + tolerance semesters for first-time entrants and the registered standard courses of study must not be exceeded:
    for diploma programmes: intended duration of study + two tolerance semesters in the current stage of study
    ; for Bachelor’s/Master’s/Doctoral programmes: intended duration of study + two tolerance semesters and
  4. regular studies exclusively at the University of Graz or concurrent enrolment in a programme as part of a cooperative study programme with the University of Graz.

 

Reimbursement of costs may only be paid to students who, on the basis of a corresponding notification, have paid a tuition fee of € 726.72 and who meet the conditions set out in points 1 to 4.

The application must be submitted by the deadline, even if not all requirements (e.g. not all examination results have been received) have yet been met.

Applications for the summer semester may be submitted from May 15th at the earliest and by September 30th at the latest. For the winter semester, applications may be submitted from December 15th at the earliest and by March 31st at the latest. Applications must be submitted via the online form (available via the University of Graz Online Account – under ‘Online Applications, Academic Affairs’).

There is no legal entitlement to the reimbursement of costs.

 

1 The area defined by the University of Graz as the priority region of South-Eastern Europe and the associated funding opportunities for the countries concerned are not affected by this regulation. This reimbursement is intended as separate funding for students from the countries mentioned above.

 

If the requirements are not met, you can find further information here for students from other countries.

As of April 2026 (subject to change)