Admission to Bachelor’s degree programmes

Online registration/student data sheet

Complete the online registration form on the university website.

If you have previously been enrolled as a student at the University of Klagenfurt, you do not need to complete the online registration. In this case, please complete a student data sheet. Please note, if you are applying for admission to a Bachelor’s degree programme that is subject to a special entrance examination, you will still have to complete the online registration for the entrance examination!

Required documents

• When you enrol in person at the Admissions and Examinations Office, don’t forget to bring your valid passport and your certificate of qualification for higher education (originals only).
• If your name has changed, please bring the relevant documents as proof of the name change (originals only).
• If you have already earned an academic degree, please bring the original award notification with you.
• If you wish to enrol in a Bachelor’s degree that is subject to a special entrance examination, the successful completion of the entrance examination is a further condition of admission. For your enrolment in the Bachelor’s study programme “International Business and Economics” please bring the original certificate of your knowledge of the english language (B2) with you.
• If you are not an Austrian citizen, you must also complete the following form: Application for Admission.

Application for admission to a Bachelor’s degree programme

Complete the form Application for Admission.

EU and EEA citizens can apply for admission at any time. However, actual enrolment is only possible during the general admission period. In justified exceptional cases, admission may be permitted during the extension period.

Non-EU and non-EEA citizens are subject to the special admission period. Fully completed applications must be received by the Admissions Office no later than 5 September for applications for the winter semester, and 5 February for applications for the summer semester.

Required documents

• Completed application for admission form
• Student data sheet (if you have been enrolled as a student at the University of Klagenfurt in the past)
• Passport / ID card (copy)
• School leaving certificate or certificate of completion of a course of study lasting at least three years at a recognised post-secondary educational establishment
• Proof of knowledge of German at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages “CEFR” (if available). For the Bachelor’s degree programmes in German Studies and for teaching degrees, applicants must provide evidence of knowledge of German at level C1.
  For the Bachelor’s degree programme in “International Business and Economics”, applicants must demonstrate knowledge of English at level B2 according to CEFR.
• Non-EU and non-EEA citizens are required to submit proof of their special university entrance qualification (“eligibility letter“) acc. to § 65 (2) of the Universities Act. A template for the “eligibility letter” is available here.
  Applicants for the Bachelor’s degree programme in “International Business and Economics” are not required to provide evidence of their special university entrance qualification.

Notes

• The processing time for applications for admission is approx. 2 months.
• All documents must be made available as original documents or as notarized copies. However, proof of special university entrance qualification must always be made available as an original document.
• Foreign documents and their translations must be accompanied by the appropriate certifications. English or German translations must be included except when the original documents were issued in one of these two languages. For detailed information on the applicable certification regulations please refer to the document Legalization of Foreign Documents in Higher Education.
• You will find further information about the certificates required to provide evidence of  language proficiency (B2/C1) in the  Regulation issued by the Rectorate concerning proof of required language proficiency for admission to study programmes.
• If there is any doubt whether the applicant’s level of German is sufficient (Level B2/C1), the students must sit the German language supplementary examination prior to admission to their degree programme. It is possible to take the German language supplementary examination as part of the pre-study course in preparation for supplementary examinations (VAAU). For information on VAAU, please visit https://dia.aau.at/german-courses/university-preparation-course-vaau/general-information/.
• If foreign certificates are not equivalent to Austrian university entrance qualifications in terms of the course contents and requirements concerned, the Rectorate shall prescribe the supplementary examinations to be taken prior to admission in order to achieve such equivalence.
• Additionally, in the case of some of the Bachelor’s degree programmes offered by the University of Klagenfurt, students are required to go through a special admission procedure (entrance examination) in order to be admitted to the desired degree programme. For further details please refer to the information on entrance examinations.
  

The stages of the admission procedure: an overview

• You submit the required documents and certificates together with the application form requesting admission to the Bachelor’s degree programme to the Admissions and Examinations Office in person or by regular mail.
• If your application is approved, you will receive a notification of admission by post.
  • If you have received a notification of admission detailing supplementary examinations, please contact the language centre Deutsch in Österreich.
  • If you have received a notification of admission without supplementary examinations, you can enrol in person at the Admissions and Examinations Office. If you have studied at the University of Klagenfurt in the past, please bring your original notice of admission, an official identity document including a photograph, and a completed student data sheet with you to the Admissions and Examinations Office. If you have not studied at the University of Klagenfurt before, please complete the online registration before you attend the Admissions and Examinations Office with your notice of admission and valid passport.

Do you have any questions about the admissions procedure?

Please contact:

• Julia Korpitsch-Jan, BA
  Admission to Bachelor’s degree programmes, surnames A-J
  Phone: +43 463 2700 9120
  Email: julia.korpitsch [at] aau.at
• Agnes Mallner
  Admission to Bachelor’s degree programmes, surnames K-Z
  Phone: +43 463 2700 9122
  Email: agnes.mallner [at] aau.at