Information for displaced persons who would like to study at the University of Vienna

On this site you will find information regarding

• Studying at the University of Vienna for displaced Ukrainian citizens who would like to begin a degree programme in winter semester 2022/2023

Information about the range of degree programmes offered

Get familiar with the range of degree programmes available at the University of Vienna. On this website, you can find profiles describing the degree programmes in German and in English.

Required language skills

• When applying for admission to any bachelor/diploma programme and the majority of the master programmes, you already need a proof of German language proficiency at level A2. To complete the admission procedure, you require a proof of German language proficiency at level C1.
• If you can provide proof of level A2 and have received an admission letter ("Zulassungsbescheid"), you can participate in the University Preparation Programme of the Vienna Universities (VWU). There, you can take German courses for levels B1 to C1.
• For all master programmes instructed in English, as well as most multilingual master programmes you need a proof of English language proficiency.
• For the bachelor programme in International Legal Studies you need a proof of English language proficiency at level B2. 
• For doctoral and PhD programmes, the required language proficiency depends on the field of doctoral research and the topic.
• Learning German in Vienna
  The Austrian Integration Fund - Fund for the Integration of Refugees and Migrants (ÖIF) offers German courses free of charge. If you would like to take a German course in Vienna, please come to a counselling appointment to the Integration Center of the Austrian Integration Fund.
  Address: Landstraßer Hauptstraße 26, 1030 Vienna. 

Admission to a degree programme

 

Required documents

In addition to the required proof of your German and/or English language proficiency, you also need a secondary-school leaving certificate/your higher education degree certificate, including a translation into German/English by a certified, court-sworn translator. You do not need an apostille. However, for the time being, you can also apply online for admission to a degree programme without secondary-school leaving certificate/higher education degree certificate. You must upload these documents as fast as possible.

It is of the utmost importance that you obtain your secondary-school leaving certificate as soon as possible. The longer it takes you to upload the documents, the later we can process your application for admission to a degree programme. Please take into account that the processing of your application may take several weeks due to the large number of applications.

If you do not upload your documents or submit them very late, you may face the following consequences:

1. You miss registration deadlines for the University Preparation Programme of the Vienna Universities (VWU) or for courses.
2. This means that you cannot be admitted in the semester you've applied for, but one semester later.
3. If there are deficiencies regarding your documents, we cannot issue an admission letter and you cannot be admitted despite successfully participating in the entrance exam procedure.

We therefore advise to only submit applications without secondary-school leaving certificates in special situations (e.g. the current situation in Ukraine). However, the consequences mentioned above may still apply in these situations. 

 

 

Admission

Different degree programmes have different admission procedures. All information about the required documents and deadlines for each individual degree programme can be found on the website Studying at the University of Vienna.  

Information about doctoral/PhD programmes is available at the website of the Center for Doctoral Studies.

Financial support

• Persons who had to flee receive basic services from the City of Vienna 
  https://start.wien.gv.at/ukraine
• Advice in the registration and distribution centre (Messe)
  Messeplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
  every day from 08:00 to 18:00 (No appointment needed. Please take long waiting times into account.)
• Advice by the Fonds Soziales Wien (Vienna Social Fund)
  every day from 08:00 to 20:00
  by phone: + 43 1/24 5 24 

Dormitories

• The University of Vienna does not offer dormitories.
• The Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (BBU) arranges accommodation throughout Austria by phone +43 1 2676 870 9460.
• Further information is available on the website: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/oead-student-housing

Grants

• The University of Vienna does not offer any permanent or full grants for students.
• Grants by the OeAD: oead.at/en/the-oead/our-programmes-from-a-to-z

 Tuition fee and course fee for the VWU for winter semester 2022/23

We are currently collaborating with the ministries, the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research and the VWU in finding answers to the following topics:

• Unfortunately, we do not yet know the course fees for the University Preparation Programme of the Vienna Universities (currently: EUR 1,241/semester)
• The tuition fee for a degree programme is currently EUR 747.92/semester. The Ministry has not decided yet on a remission of tuition fees in the winter semester of 2022/2023.