If supervision is to be provided in German, at the time of application applicants with a first language other than German must demonstrate German language ability at level A2 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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Admission to a doctoral programme
Admission requirements
Admission to the doctoral programme at the University of Klagenfurt is subject to the completion of a relevant Diploma or Master’s programme at a recognised post-secondary educational institution.
The precise legal regulations on admission requirements can be found in § 19 (2a) Part B of the University of Klagenfurt Statute and in the Universities Act 2002, Austrian Federal Gazette I no. 120/2002 (§§ 63, 64 (4) and 65)
Master’s/Diploma from AAU
Required documents
Processing time depends upon your chosen thesis area.
Master’s/Diploma from another post-secondary educational institution in Austria
Required documents
- Application for admission with provisional letter of support from a supervisor
- Student Data Sheet (if already registered at AAU) or online application (if not previously registered at AAU)
- Certificates of completion (if you’ve completed a Master’s degree, Bachelor’s documents are also required)
Degree from a recognised post-secondary educational institution abroad
Required documents
- Application for admission with provisional letter of support from a supervisor
- Certificates of completion (if you’ve completed a Master’s degree, Bachelor’s documents are also required).
- Diplome certificates (for both bachelor and master degree)
- Student Data Sheet (if already registered at AAU) or online application (if not previously registered at AAU)
- Non-EU or EEA citizens must provide an eligibility letter in accordance with § 65 (2) of the Universities Act. A template “Nachweis der besonderen Universitätsreife/eligibility letter” can be found in German here and in English here.
Proof of A2 level German language ability
– qualifications/diplomas (with unlimited validity):
- university-entrance certificate / high school diploma issued by a school where the language of instruction and examination is German or by an Austrian or German school abroad
- completion of a study program of at least two years’ duration at a recognised post-secondary educational institution where the language of instruction and examination is German
The following proof is accepted and must be no more than 2 years old:
- Österreichisches Sprachdiplom (ÖSD – Austrian language diploma) certificate
- Goethe certificate
- telc German A2
- Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz DSD I (German language diploma from the KMK – Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs)
- Course certificates at level A2/b from the intensive German course or German as a Foreign/Second Language course offered at the ‘Deutsch In Österreich’ (German in Austria) language centre at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.
Notes
- EU and EEA citizens can apply for admission at any time. However, they can only register on a programme during the prescribed admission period.
- A special admission period applies to non-EU or EEA citizens: Requests for admission during the summer semester must be submitted in full by 5 February; the deadline for requests for admission during the winter semester is 5 September.
- Requests are usually processed within 2 months.
- All documents must be provided as originals or notarised copies. However, the original copy of the eligibility letter must be provided.
- Overseas documents and translations thereof must be notarised. English or German translations are required if the documents have been issued in another language. Information about the regulations on certification can be found here.
- For thesis areas not in English, students must provide proof of German language ability at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Information on accepted proof can be found in the rectorate’s regulations on the proof of German language requirements for degree programme admissions.
- This requirement is waived if the supervisor confirms in their provisional letter of support that the entire doctoral programme can be delivered in English.
An overview of the stages of admission to a doctoral programme
- You look for a supervisor and obtain a provisional confirmation of support.
- You gather the required documents and submit an application for your desired doctoral programme either in person or by post to the Admissions and Examinations Office.
- If your application is approved, you will receive an acceptance letter by post.
- If you have already studied at AAU, please come to the Admissions and Examinations Office with your acceptance letter, an official photographic identity document and a completed Student Data Sheet.
- If you have never studied at AAU, please complete the online application before coming to the Admissions and Examinations Office with your acceptance letter and valid passport.
The online application is available to doctoral students up until the end of the extension period (30 November in the winter semester, 30 April in the summer semester or 30 June in the summer semester 2020). The current admission periods for Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt can be found in the academic calendar.
Do you have any more questions about admissions?
Please contact:
| Julia Korpitsch-Jan, BA Zulassung Doktorat Familienname A-J Telefon: +43 463 2700 9120 E-Mail: julia.korpitsch [at] aau.at | Agnes Mallner Zulassung Doktorat Familienname K-Z Telefon: +43 463 2700 9122 E-Mail: agnes.mallner [at] aau.at |
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Universitätsstraße 65-67
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria
+43 463 2700
uni [at] aau [dot] at
www.aau.at
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