Exemptions from the entrance exam procedure

Previous studies

You have already been admitted to the University of Vienna to a bachelor programme with entrance exam procedure and paused your studies? You may resume studying that specific bachelor programme without having to retake the entrance exam/aptitude assessment. This exemption does not include the bachelor programme in Psychology; if you have paused this bachelor programme, you must pass the entrance exam again.  

Use our contact form to send us a message within the application period. Select the topic "Bachelor-/diploma programmes", indicate that you would like to resume your studies and attach a scan of your (student) ID. 

Change of degree programme and admission to an additional degree programme

• You are currently studying Business Administration or International Business Administration at the University of Vienna and want to switch between these two bachelor programmes or study one of these bachelor programmes in addition to your current studies?
• You are currently studying Computer Science or Business Informatics at the University of Vienna and  want to switch between these two bachelor programmes or study one of these bachelor programmes in addition to your current studies?
• You are currently studying Sociology, Political Science or Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna and  want to switch between these bachelor programmes or study one of these bachelor programmes in addition to your current studies?

You do not need to retake the entrance exam. Using our contact form, send us a message within the application period. Select the topic "Bachelor/diploma degree programmes: additional degree programme, re-admission" and attach a scan of your official ID.

Law students of other universities

Prospective students who are/were admitted to a jurisprudential degree programme and have passed exams worth 60 ECTS points are exempted from the entrance exam procedure for the diploma programme in Law. These 60 ECTS points have to be recognisable for compulsory or elective subjects of the diploma programme in Law of the University of Vienna. By means of this list (in German), you can check beforehand if you have enough recognisable ECTS points.

1. Step 1: E-mail to the SSC Law
   Send your transcript(s) of records that prove the 60 ECTS and a scan of your personal ID by e-mail to anerkennung.rewi@univie.ac.at until 29 January 2025 at latest. At the time of submission, you must already have completed these 60 ECTS.
   After a close evaluation of your documents, you will receive a confirmation by the StudiesServiceCenter Law by e-mail, provided you fulfil the requirements.
   If the submitted documents do not prove that you have recognisable achievements of at least 60 ECTS, you will receive a notification by e-mail as well. In this case you have to participate in the entrance exam procedure for the diploma programme Law at the next possible time. 
2. Step 2: Create your u:account
   Create your u:account in u:space until 5 February 2025 at the latest. Make sure you remember the login data, because you will further need the u:account during your studies. Log in to u:space and complete the registration.
3. Step 3: Apply through the Servicedesk
   Submit the confirmation you've received by the StudienServiceCenter Law together with a scan of the documents required for admission to the degree programme as one PDF-file via the Servicedesk of the University of Vienna until 5 February 2025 at the latest. You will receive further information by e-mail.

Students of a Teacher Education programme

Students or graduates of:

• a Teacher Education programme for secondary schools
• a Business Education programme
• a Religious Education programme

at a recognized institution for post-secondary education of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland do not have to participate in the aptitude assessment.

You must provide a confirmation of registration or your diploma from your university/university college of teacher education. 

If you are studying/have studied at another institution of education of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland, create a u:account in u:space, log in and complete your registration. During the admission period, use our contact form to send us the relevant confirmation(s) as well as your school leaving certificate as one PDF file. Select the topic "Entrance exam procedure" and state the teaching subjects you wish to study. Attention: in order to study the teaching subject "Bewegung und Sport", you must also send your documents (confirmation) to ssc.sportwissenschaft@univie.ac.at.

You are also exempt from the entrance exam if: 

• you have paused the Teacher Education programme at the University of Vienna and now wish to resume your studies
• you would like to change your teaching subjects
• you have been studying according to an old version of the curriculum and would like to be submitted to the current one 
• you are submitted to the current curriculum ex officio (e.g. due to the expiration of the old curriculum).

If you are studying/have studied at the University of Vienna, use our contact form to send us the relevant verification and your school leaving certificate as one PDF file during the application period. Select the topic “Entrance exam procedure” and state the teaching subjects you wish to study.

Active teachers

Persons who work in primary or secondary schools with public rights within the EU/EEA or Switzerland, are exempt from the entrance exam procedure.

You need to provide an official confirmation of your school's headmaster as proof.

Create a u:account in u:space, log in and complete your registration. Use our contact form to send us the headmaster's confirmation and your school-leaving certificate/graduation documents during the application period. Select the topic "Entrance exam procedure". 

Participation in an aptitude assessment for teacher education at an Austrian university

Teacher Education for secondary schools

Persons who have successfully passed an aptitude assessment for a bachelor programme in Teacher Education for secondary schools at an Austrian university or university college for teacher education do not have to participate in the aptitude assessment at the University of Vienna. 

Follow these steps:

1. Create a u:account in u:space and complete the registration.
2. Message us via the Servicedesk and state which teaching subjects you would like to be admitted to. Send the following documents merged into one PDF file as attachment: 
   1. scan of your valid passport or personal ID card (both sides)
   2. all pages of your secondary-school leaving certificate
   3. confirmation about successfully completing the aptitude assessment at another university or university college for teacher education

Information on the admission to the bachelor programme in Teacher Education with a teaching subject at a university of art (Information available in German only).

Exchange students

Incoming exchange students taking part in the following mobility programmes are exempt from entrance exams/aptitude assessments: 

- Erasmus+
- Non-EU Student Exchange Programme (formerly Joint Study)
- CEEPUS

Your point of contact at the University of Vienna is the International Office.