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Special Admission Procedure for the Master Game Studies and Engineering
The special admission procedure for the Master’s degree programme in Game Studies and Engineering is scheduled to take place once per year, before the start of the winter semester. Once the special admission procedure has been successfully concluded, new entrants can take up their studies at the start of the following winter semester or, respectivley, at the start of the following summer semester.
Each academic year, a total of 35 university places will be awarded at the University of Klagenfurt on the basis of a special admission procedure.
Steps of the special admission procedure:
Contact & Information
Game Studies and Engineering
E-Mail: gse [at] aau [dot] at
Web: www.aau.at/en/master-gse
Regulation on the Special Admission Procedure (PDF)
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The separate steps of the special admission procedure in detail
STEP 1: Registration
All applicants must register for the special admission procedure using only the online registration, which is accessible on the website of the University of Klagenfurt during the period from the 8th of January to the 15th of September. Other forms of registration for the admission procedure cannot be considered.
Once you have registered and applied for admission to the Master’s degree programme, you will receive confirmation by e-mail.
This does not conclude the special admission procedure!
Registration period
8th of January to 31st of May 2020
Extended registration period for applicants from Austria, other EU member countries and for citizens of third countries who have a valid residence permit for Austria
1st of June 2020 to 15th of September 2020
STEP 2: Upload all required documents
Start the special admission procedure on the application page and upload all required documents.
Incomplete applications cannot be considered!
Permissible file formats for uploads: PDF, Word, RTF
For each required document type one file can be uploaded. If you have multiple pages of a scanned document stored in separate files, please merge them into one file before the upload.
Required documents
- Valid passport or ID
- Bachelor’s degree certificate
- Transcript of records
- Proof of proficiency in English
- CV
- Letter of motivation
Upload all required documents:
- Valid passport or ID
- Bachelor’s degree certificate
Documentary evidence of the completion of a relevant degree programme or of an equivalent degree programme (undergraduate degree) 1
Proof that you have completed a relevant degree programme (Bachelor’s degree programme) must not necessarily be submitted at the time of application – within the registration deadline –, but it must be provided by the 30th of November at the latest for admission in the winter semester or by the 30th of April at the latest for admission in the summer semester (see step 4: Personal enrolment). - A transcript of records of all examinations passed within the undergraduate degree programme
- A certificate or other documentary proof of proficiency in English (Level C1) 2
- An up-to-date CV in English, which MUST include information about the applicant’s education, native language(s), all foreign language skills.
- A letter of motivation 3 in English, in which the applicant describes why they would like to enrol for the Master’s degree programme in Game Studies and Engineering.
Documents issued in languages other than English or German have to be translated by a court-sworn interpreter and are also required to be legalised or, respectively, authenticated.
Required documents have to be uploaded in their entirety in consideration of legalisation/authentication requirements.
Legalisation & translation requirements
Depending on the country in which your documents were issued, they may need to be authenticated:
Your application documents will be verified for completeness and to ensure that all formal and personal criteria have been met. You will be notified of any shortcomings and will be informed whether these can be remedied and which documents must still be submitted. You will receive confirmation by e-mail as soon as all formal and personal criteria have been met.
Depending on the number of applications received, approximately 10 university places will be allocated per interval. Applicants who are allocated a place at university receive an invitation letter with a conditional offer of study. This document can be used for various bureaucratic affairs such as applying for a visa. It is the only document issued to applicants prior to enrolment. Please note that the offer letter is valid only for an entry in the academic year following the special admission procedure and that the deadlines stated in the invitation letter apply.
All applications will remain upright for the entire registration period. Applications that exceed the number appointed during one stage, will automatically be included for consideration in the next stage.
STEP 3: Entry & Residence
If you are not originally from Austria, please make sure you find out about visa requirements and deadlines in a timely manner.
International applicants should gather information on entry requirements and procedures early enough.
Additional documents might need to be legalised and/or translated for a visa application to be considered complete.
The application process for a visa can take several months.
STEP 4: Enrolment in person
Applicants who have successfully concluded the special admission procedure can enrol up to the 30th of November. Alternatively, if a number of university places remain unassigned for the winter semester, successful applicants can enrol during the admission period for the summer semester, i.e. no later than the 30th of April. Enrolment takes place in person in the Admissions Office.
During enrolment, applicants must present the following documents (originals or certified copies):
- Valid passport or ID (original documents)
- Bachelor’s degree certificate as documentary evidence of the completion of a relevant degree programme or of an equivalent degree programme (undergraduate degree) 1
- A transcript of records pertaining to the undergraduate degree programme
- A certificate or other documentary proof of proficiency in English (Level C1) 2
Required documents (originals or certified copies)
- Valid passport or ID
- Bachelor’s degree certificate
- Transcript of records
- Proof of proficiency in English
Documents must be presented as original documents and must fully comply with the formal legalisation/authentication requirements. Documents issued in languages other than English or German have to be translated by a court-sworn interpreter, and are also subject to the formal legalisation/authentication requirements. The documents required for the purpose of enrolment must be submitted and will be returned to the applicant without delay, as soon as the authenticity has been verified.
STEP 5: Payment of student union fees / university fees
Following the successful enrolment, the prescribed student union fees/ university fees 4 must be paid in a timely and orderly manner by the end of the extended admission period.
The admission to the degree programme is only valid once the prescribed fees have been paid in full and on time! Students can only register for courses once the fees have been paid.
Important Information
1 Successful completion of a relevant undergraduate degree programme (at least 180 ECTS)
The following undergraduate degrees at the University of Klagenfurt are considered appropriate prerequisites for the Master’s degree programme in Game Studies and Engineering in any case:
- Applied Informatics
- Applied Cultural Studies
- English and American Studies
- Informatics
- Information and Communications Engineering
- Information Management
- Media and Communications Science
Students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree programme in the humanities, social-, or media sciences, a Bachelor’s degree programme in the field of computer sciences, information technology, information management, English studies, or media communication, or an equivalent degree programme at a domestic or foreign university, university of applied science or other recognised post-secondary educational institution, are admitted to the Master’s degree programme if they provide evidence of at least 8 ECTS credits from one of the supplementary subjects.
Holders of different undergraduate degrees are required to consult the programme director gse [at] aau [dot] at
2 Evidence of proficiency in English at the C1 level
Your English competency is required to be certified by one of the following qualifications. The certificates mentioned under points 1 to 4 must not be more than three years old at the time of application for admission:
- TOEFL IBT (Minimum Score: 100)
- Cambridge English: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or C1 Advanced (Minimum Scale Score: 180, minimum grade C) or above
- IELTS (Minimum Overall Band Score: 7) – Exam dates at the University of Klagenfurt
- GMAT or GRE: the point value in “verbal skills” must be above average for the participants in the year in question
- Completion of a study programme conducted in English and lasting at least two years at a recognised post-secondary educational institution
- School-leaving examination in English with a final grade no less than “good (2 or B)” in accordance with the Austrian school grading system and a minimum of 8 ECTS credits in courses with English as the language of instruction and examination at a recognized Austrian or foreign post-secondary educational institution, with a grade average not below “good (2 or B)“, or a comparable foreign education
- English proficiency of university applicants whose native language is English, or university applicants with an extended stay in an English-speaking country (a semester abroad, a school year abroad, employment,
etc.), which can be proven through relevant documents (a certificate of employment/ reference, a residence permit etc.) stating the time period. - If none of the certificates and confirmations mentioned above provide proof of English language proficiency, the admissions committee may conduct an assessment interview with the applicant in order to determine his/her existing language skills. This interview can also be conducted as a video conference (e.g. Skype).
3 Letter of motivation
The personal criteria are assessed on the basis of the letter of motivation. Applicants should describe why they want to enrol for the Master’s degree programme in Game Studies and Engineering, outlining their motivation, their objectives and their perspectives in relation to the degree, and should further explain the reasons for the selection of the University of Klagenfurt as a potential education institution.
The letter of motivation is assessed by the members of the admission committee, who also give due regard to additional interpersonal and intercultural skills.
4 University fees and student union fee
Austrians, EU citizens, students with the status of “Konventionsflüchtlinge”, and privileged third-country nationals („begünstigte Drittstaatsangehörige“) are EXEMPT from the tuition fee, if they are regular students and the duration of their study is not exended by more than two semesters.
All students have to pay the Students Union fee.
Students who are nationals of the least-developed countries within the meaning of the DAC list NEED NOT pay the tuition fee. These are students from:
Afghanistan, Angola, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Yemen, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Laos (People’s Democratic Republic), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Zambia, Somalia, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic), Timor-Leste, Chad, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia.
5 Legalisation/authentication requirements
- Information from the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research concerning the legalization of foreign documents in higher education
- Information on the authentication of documents
- Hague Conference on the authentication of documents
(List of Contracting States to the Hague Legalization Convention with detailed information on the individual countries; among other things a list of authorities which are empowered to attach the Apostille)
Regulation on the Special Admission Procedure
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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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Universitätsstraße 65-67
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria
+43 463 2700
uni [at] aau [dot] at
www.aau.at
Campus Plan
