Registering for a Master's Degree

Please bring the originals of the following documents:

  • Passport or birth certificate/proof of citizenship combined with an ID-card
  • School-leaving certificate or equivalent certificate
  • If transferring from another Austrian university, you will also need to bring: Confirmation of Withdrawal and Record of Studies
  • Application for recognition of equivalence
  • For master's degrees held in english: IELTS (minimum 6 points) or TOEFL ibt (minimum 80 points) or TOEFL pbt (minimum 550 points)
  1. Check the equivalence of your bachelor's degree: Anabin

    Note:
    Status H+ : acknowledged university
    Status H+/- : unsure status. Contact
    Status H- : not an acknowledged university. Confirmation of admission will not be accepted.

     
  2. Check if your documents need an authentication:
    Ministry of Education: Authentication

    The austrian authority in charge is the Austrian Embassy.
    Authentication by Apostille

     
  3. Foreign Documents need to be translated into German or English by a certified translator, and legally certified.

... are obliged to take a German test upon arrival in Leoben.

Find more information here.

The usual admission procedure does not apply!

 

  1. To ease the admission process, make sure you pre-register.
  2. Once you show evidence of the above mentioned documents at the Registrar's Office (first floor, main building) you will receive registration folder and a form, which you will need to fill in in order to complete your admission.
  3. You will initially be enrolled for a bachelor's degree. Once the responsible professor and the Dean have examined your documents and agreed that you shall be enrolled, can you begin your master's degree, and re-enroll yourself.
  4. The students' union membership fee [ÖH-Beitrag] needs to be paid as quickly as possible. You must use your reference number for the payment to be made.

Once the transaction has gone through (2-3 working days), you can activate and sign into your MU-Online account as well as sign-up for classes. For the first access to your MU-Online account, you will need the PIN code given to you at registration.

A manual, on how to activate the MU-Online account, can be found in the userguide.

This PIN is only valid for 7 days!
If your PIN has expired, you can get a new one at the Study Support Center