Admission to the Magister programme in Statistics with a degree from another university

 Required documents

For the registration in u:space

• passport or personal ID card (front and back) as JPEG or PNG file

For the application for admission

• Higher education degree certificate and transcripts/diploma supplement
  • with the required legalisation according to the issuing country 
  • with a sworn translation (if not issued in German or English)
  • merged into one PDF-file
• Proof of German language proficiency at level A2
• Proof of English language proficiency/knowledge of other languages according to the curriculum
• further documents specified in the curriculum (e.g. letter of motivation)
• if applicable proof of belonging to a group of persons according to the Decree on Groups of Persons

You can find information regarding further requirements (e.g. qualitative admission requirements, language proficiency) on the overview page of the Magister programme in Statistics.

Step 3: Wait for the admission letter

After you have applied for admission, you have to wait for your admission letter. The review of your documents by the Admission Office takes several weeks. We cannot provide information regarding the status of your application due to organisational reasons. 

You will receive your admission letter via e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided in u:space. You can also find it in u:space > Personal matters > My documents. 

The admission can

• be granted without any supplementary examinations, or
• be granted with the supplementary examination in German at the University Preparation Programme of the Vienna Universities (VWU) and possibly with supplementary examinations from the bachelor programme (max. 30 ECTS), which you have to complete until the end of the second semester in the Magister programme at the latest. 
• be rejected due to missing pertinence/qualitative admission requirements.

If you did not upload a proof of German language proficiency at level C1, the supplementary examination in German will be prescribed. You will receive information regarding any supplementary examinations from the bachelor programme in your admission letter. These compensate fundamental subject-specific differences and stem from the relevant bachelor programme at the University of Vienna. You do not have to be admitted to the bachelor programme to take the "subject-specific" supplementary examinations, as you can only complete these exams after admission to the Magister programme. 

The admission letter is valid for two semesters, as long as there are no legal changes or changes in the curriculum that affect the admission procedure within this time frame. If you are not able or do not want to start your studies in the semester you have applied for, e.g. because the semester has already started, admission in the following semester is possible. Afterwards you have to submit a new application for admission. We recommend starting in the winter semester.

Having received the admission letter does not mean that you are already admitted to the degree programme, but rather that an admission to the degree programme you've applied for is possible. You still have to complete the admission procedure as described in step 4, 5 and 6.