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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:

Registration
Upload all required documents
Visa
Enrolment in person
Payment of student union fees / university fees

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)

Links

Recognition of qualifications

Entry & Residence

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.

Online Registration Guide

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

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 ⁴ 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 accredited or, respectively, authenticated.

Required documents have to be uploaded in their entirety in consideration of legal accreditation/authentication requirements.

Accreditation & translation requirements

Depending on the country in which your documents were issued, they may need to be certified:

Recognition of qualifications

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 will be informed about the decision regarding the allocation of a place on the degree programme in writing.

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: Visa

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.

The application process for a visa can take several months.

Entry & Residence

Important links

HELP.gv.at

MIGRATION.gv.at

OEAD – Einreise und Aufenthalt

University of Klagenfurt: International Office

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 requirements governing the recognition of qualifications. 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 requirements governing the recognition of qualifications. 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.

University fees

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 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:

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.

United Nations: LDCs at a Glance

⁵ Recognition of qualifications

Information from the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research concerning the recognition of qualifications
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 Game Studies and Engineering

The Regulation on the Special Admission Procedure “Game Studies and Engineering” was published in the University Bulletin Issue 8, 2019/20, Appendix 2 (PDF)

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