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In case you are interested in a Master’s degree programme at the University of Klagenfurt and wish to apply and enrol for it, please read the information provided below before applying.
The application for admission to a Master’s degree programme must be received in its entirety
You may submit an application for admission at any time.
General admission period for Bachelor’s programmes:
10 July to 5 September 2023
General admission period for other programmes:
10 July to 31 October 2023
General admission period for Bachelor’s programmes:
08 January 2024 – 05 February 2024
General admission period for other programmes:
08 January 2024 – 31 March 2024
Admission (enrolment) to a Master’s degree programme must occur within the admission periods.
If you wish to apply and enrol for a Master’s degree programme without a special admission procedure, you need to complete the general admission procedure.
If you have completed your Bachelor’s degree programme at the University of Klagenfurt and wish to be admitted to a consecutive Master’s degree programme, submit an electronic application. To do so, log in to the Campus-System, click on the menu item “Meine Anträge”, and submit an “Application for Admission to Master Programmes”.
Whether or not a Master’s degree programme is consecutive, can be seen in the curriculum of the Master’s degree programme under the admission requirements.
If you have completed your Bachelor’s/diploma degree programme at the University of Klagenfurt and wish to be admitted to a subsequent (i.e. non-consecutive) Master’s degree programme, fill in the form for the application to a Master’s degree programme and the student data sheet and sign them. Send the completed form for the application for admission to a Master’s degree programme and the completed student data sheet to studienabteilung [at] aau [dot] at.
If necessary, additional documents will be requested.
If you wish to apply and enrol for a Master’s degree programme with a special admission procedure, heed the applicable information.
If you have earned your undergraduate degree
you need to complete the following steps:
Submit an application for admission to a Master’s degree programme.
EU- and EEA-citizens
You may submit an application for admission at any time. However, the actual enrolment is possible only within the admission periods.
Non-EU- or Non-EEA-citizens
The application for admission for a Master’s degree programme must be received in its entirety by 30 June for admission for the winter semester or, respectively, by 30 November for admission for the summer semester.
Enclose the following documents to the application for admission:
Original documents
All documents must be submitted as originals or as copies certified by a notary public.
The documents required for the purpose of admission must be submitted and will be returned to the applicant after the authenticity has been verified.
Prints, scans, or simple copies do not suffice for admission and will not be considered.
Legalisation
Depending on the country in which your documents were issued, they may need to be authenticated. Heed the legalisation requirements. (Documents issued in Austria do not need to be legalised.)
Official translations
Documents which are issued in a language other than English or German need to be translated into either of these two languages. Heed the translation requirements.
Intactness
Ensure the intactness of seals, staples, threads, stickers, or other kinds of adhesive on your documents. Do not remove existing attachments under any circumstance.
Address
Submit the completed application for admission to a Master’s degree programme in person to the Admissions and Examinations Office at the University of Klagenfurt.
Alternatively, you can send the completed application for admission to a Master’s degree programme through the post using the address stated for the Admissions and Examination Office below.
Please note that the sender’s name and return address on the postal documents must be identical to the applicant’s personal details on the application for admission.
University of Klagenfurt
Admissions and Examinations Office
Universitätsstraße 65-67
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
AUSTRIA
Processing time
On average, the processing time of a complete application for admission to a Master’s degree programme is 2 months.
Additional documents
Depending on the country of origin or, respectively, the country of issuance of your documents, additional documents might be required in the process.
Rectification
If admission is possible in principle, but rectification is necessary, you will be informed accordingly by email.
Acceptance
If your application for admission is accepted, you will receive a notification of admission (admission letter) with an ‘official signature’ (“Amtssignatur”) by email.
Rejection
If your application for admission is rejected, you will be informed accordingly by email.
Carry out the online registration on the webpage of the University of Klagenfurt. Be sure to fill in all fields marked with an asterisk (*).
After the online registration, the potential completion of a special admission procedure and the receipt of the notification of admission, come to the Admissions and Examinations Office of the University of Klagenfurt for your enrolment in person.
After you receive your notification of admission, you may enrol at the Admissions and Examinations Office of the University of Klagenfurt within the admission periods.
Book an appointment for your enrolment in person (admission). Further information on how to book an appointment is available on the page of the Admissions and Examinations Office.
For your enrolment in person at the Admissions and Examinations Office, bring along the following original documents:
Prerequisites for admission
The admission to a Master’s degree programme at the University of Klagenfurt is contingent, among other things, upon the successful completion of a relevant Bachelor’s programme or other equivalent programme at a recognised post-secondary educational institution.
The legal provisions governing the requirements for admission to a Master’s degree programme are defined in the Universities Act 2002 (UA), Federal Law Gazette I 120/2002 in its current and valid version (§§ 63, 64 (3)).
Successful completion of a special admission procedure
If you wish to apply and enrol for a Master’s degree programme with a special admission procedure, heed the applicable information.
Supplementary examination German
If proficiency in German at the B2 level (CEFR) is not sufficiently proven (see Language proficiency), the supplementary examination in German will be prescribed, which must be taken before the admission to a degree programme. The supplementary examination in German is to be taken in the context of the preparatory course programme for supplementary examinations (VAAU).
Confirmation of accreditation
If it is not possible to confirm the accreditation of the educational institution where your have earned your degree in any other way, you will be requested to submit a confirmation of accreditation (in consideration of legalisation and translation requirements).
Some Master’s degree programmes are subject to a special admission procedure. These Master’s degree programmes are:
Admission to any of these degree programmes requires the successful completion of the respective special admission procedure.
In the case of an application for a Master’s degree programme with a special admission procedure, the general admission procedure is not supposed to be completed (with the exception of Psychology).
In the case of an application for the Master’s degree programme in Psychology, the general admission procedure is to be completed in addition to the special admission procedure.
Official documents
Only documents which are equipped with a wet ink signature and a wet stamp/embossing seal (i.e. manually signed and stamped) or with the Austrian ‘official signature’ (“Amtssignatur”) are considered official documents. Digitally generated documents without a wet ink signature and wet stamp/embossing seal or, respectively, without the Austrian official signature will not be considered.
Documents with the Austrian ‘official signature’
If you have got documents with the Austrian official signature (“Amtssignatur”), email the respective files to the official in charge (see Contact), after you have submitted your application for admission.
Disclosure of data
In the event of doubt, the university reserves the right to verify the authenticity of any documents submitted.
Booking an appointment
Before you come to the Admissions and Examinations Office, you must book an appointment. Further information on how to book an appointment is available on the page of the Admissions and Examinations Office.
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