STUDY

Special admission procedure for the Master in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

The special admission procedure for the Master’s degree programme in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity 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.

Each academic year, a total of 30 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
Entry & Residence
Enrolment in person
Payment of student union fees / university fees

Contact & Information

Master Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

E-Mail: admissions-maics [at] aau [dot] at
Web: www.aau.at/en/master-aics
Regulation on the Special Admission Procedure (PDF, english Version)

Links

Legalisation/authentication requirements

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 1st of May to the 10th 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

1st of May 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 10th 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 (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 B2) 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 Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity.

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:

Legalisation/authentication requirements

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.

Within the registration period, there will be three tranches: 1^st of May 2020 to 16^th of June 2020, 17^th of June 2020 to 30^th of July, 1^st of August to 10^th of September. 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.

Entry & Residence

Important links

HELP.gv.at

MIGRATION.gv.at

OEAD – Entry & Residence

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. 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 B2) 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 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.

University fees

Important Information

¹ Successful completion of a relevant undergraduate degree programme (at least 180 ECTS)

Due to their focus on issues relating to business administration and culture, undergraduate degrees from the following fields of study are considered particularly appropriate for the Master’s degree programme in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity in any case:

Applied Informatics at the University of Klagenfurt
Informatics at the University of Klagenfurt
Information Management at the University of Klagenfurt
Business Informatics at the University of Klagenfurt
Information and Communications Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt
Teacher training degree programme in Computer Science at the University of Klagenfurt
Technical Mathematics at the University of Klagenfurt
Corso di Laurea in Informatica at the Università degli studi di Udine

Students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a comparable undergraduate degree at a domestic or foreign university, university of applied sciences or other recognised post-secondary educational institution shall be admitted to the Master’s degree programme if they can prove that they have gained knowledge in core areas of computer science (algorithms and data structures, discrete mathematics, elementary probability theory, statistics, and some programming experience).
In the case of questions concerning admission, please contact admissions-maics [at] aau [dot] at

² Evidence of proficiency in English at the B2 level (CEFR)

The required knowledge of English must be documented by one of the following certificates. The certificates mentioned under points 6 to 9 must not be more than three years old at the time of application for admission:

Successful completion of English as a school subject at the Austrian Matura level (to be proven by means of an Austrian school-leaving certificate completing the Matura year)
School-leaving certificate from a school with English as language of instruction and examination
Successful completion of the matriculation examination in English (to be proven by means of an Austrian matriculation certificate or a matriculation certificate issued in an EU member state with a designated level B2 (CEFR))
Certificate granting the right to study indicating the completion of the subject English at level B2
Completion of a study programme conducted in English and lasting at least two years at a recognised post-secondary educational institution
TOEFL iBT (Minimum Score: 85)
IELTS (Minimum Overall Band Score: 6)
Cambridge English: B2 First (Minimum Scale Score: 160)
Cambridge English: First Certificate in English (FCE) (Minimum Scale Score: 160) or above
A document issued by proper authorities stating that the applicant’s first language is English

³ Letter of motivation

The personal criteria are checked on the basis of the letter of motivation. Your letter should explain why you seek admission to the Master’s degree programme in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, using a concrete case study from the field of artificial intelligence or cybersecurity. Describe your motivation, goals and perspectives for participation in the Master’s programme and explain why you have chosen the University of Klagenfurt as a potential training location.

The letter of motivation, including any graphics, tables etc., must not exceed two A4 pages (minimum font size 11pt and margins 2 cm). References can be listed on a third page. The letter of motivation must be written in English and will be assessed by the admission committee, taking into account further 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 student 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 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

Regulation on the Special Admission Procedure for the Master’s degree programme in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity at the University of Klagenfurt (PDF, english Version)