How to contact the Office for Student and Academic Affairs

The office is best available via via studien@uni-ak.ac.at, until further notice.
As part of the team still works via home office, availabilty via phone is only limited.

Tuition fees

Initially, the payment slip is handed over by the Office of Student and Academic Affairs in the course of the admission to a study programme, in subsequent semesters the actual payment data is available via Online-Service.

Students should ensure accessibility by checking and, if applicable configurating the email-address via Online-Service.

A requirement for the begin or continuation of studies is the timely payment of the tuition fee (if applicable) and/or the Austrian Student Union fee each semester.

Please use the exact personal data for the current semester. Otherwise the payment will not be received properly, and without valid payment, admission expires automatically! If required, payment slips can also be picked up personally in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs.

As long as all necessary content requirements (e.g. performance record in central artistic subject, if required) are fulfilled, an automatic continuation takes place upon payment of the Austrian Student Union fee and, if applicable, the requested tuition fee - albeit only at the university which receives the requested payment.
For other universities, a continuation of studies must be reported individually to these universities!

*) In order to continue your studies at the Angewandte, a signed registration form must be sent to studien@uni-ak.ac.at (subject "continuation of studies"), in case the tuition fees have been paid to the bank account of a different university.

Students who have been admitted to more than one study programme - either at the same or another university - must pay the tuition fee once fee liability takes effect in one of the studies.

Diploma-, Bachelor-, Master- & Doctoral programmes

In first place the requested amount of the tuition fees depends on the nationality; there are several possibilities to apply for a reduction.

EU/EWR and Switzerland

Students with EU/EWR or Swiss nationality have to pay each semester

EUR 20.20 Austrian National Union of Students fee* (EUR 19.50 student union fee + EUR 0.70 special contribution for insurance) for the period of study defined in the curriculum** plus two semesters.
EUR 383.56 (EUR 363.36 student tuition fee and EUR 20.20 Austrian National Union of Students fee)* if they exceed the period of study defined in the curriculum** plus two semesters.

NON EU/EWR

Students who don´t possess EU/EWR-nationality generally pay each semester EUR 746.92 (Austrian National Union of Students fee and double amount of student tuition fee)***.

Students with nationality quoted in Appendix 3 of the Regulations of Tuition Fees (least developed countries) are exempted from payment liability automatically, they pay each semester only EUR 20.20 Austrian National Union of Students fee* (EUR 19.50 student union fee + EUR 0.70 special contribution for insurance)***.

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* During the statutory extended admission period students pay EUR 419.90 (tuition fee increased by ten percent), the student union fee is not increased.
** In diploma degree programmes the period of study is seen per study segment, in bachelor, master, and doctoral programmes over the entire period of study. For information on how to complete a study segment see finish study segment.
*** During the statutory extended admission period the requested amount is not increased.

Attending individual courses

Students attending individual courses in the context of a non-degree programme pay each semester EUR 383.56 (EUR 363.36 student tuition fee + EUR 20.20 Austrian National Union of Students fee)* independent of their nationality.

Postgraduate programmes

Instead of the tuition fee, participants pay the Austrian National Union of Students fee of EUR 20.20* (EUR 19.50 student union fee + EUR 0.70 special contribution for insurance) each semester and a course fee. Related information is provided by the respective postgraduate programme.

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* During the statutory extended admission period the requested amount is not increased.

The Co-registration is free of payment. Information about admission can be found under admission.

Regular students

independent of nationality

Degree programme students can apply for a tuition fee waiver independent of their nationality in the following reasons:

Leave of absence
Reception of Student Financial Aid - in the past/current semester.
Documentation: Official confirmation of financial aid.
Mobility programme - participation in an official student exchange programme
Documentation: is provided automatically by the International Office; an application is not necessary
Non-programme mobility - after the recognition of ECTS credits collected abroad individually, an application for refund is possible for the respective semester. The ECTS amount must exceed the amount needed for ERASMUS mobility.
Members of Austrian Student Union staff – reduction of tuition fees is possible (for details see the Mitteilungsblatt 13 of 21.6.2016)

Regular students

non-EU citizens

summer semester 2021: COVID waiver Students from non-EU countries can apply for a full waiver of their tuition fees, if they are within the regular period of study as defined in their curriculum, plus two semesters of tolerance, and if the payment is economically impossible or only possible with a major impairment of the individual social situation.
Documentation: affidavit 'nonEU-COVID'; application with "other reasons: COVID summer 2021"

Financial need waiver In case of being in a tight financial situation, degree programme students who are citizens of an 'other low income country' or a 'lower middle income country' according to the DAC-List of OECD can apply for a full tuition fee waiver; citizens of an 'upper middle income country' can apply for a waiver of half the amount of the tuition fee.
Documentation: affidavit

Equal Treatment Degree programme students can file an application to be treated equal to EU/EWR citizens in respect of the requested amount of tuition fees, if

they can provide an other residence permit than a residence permit for students or
they can proof that they belong to one of the groups described by the Personengruppenverordnung.

Regular students

EU/EWR citizens and equal treated non-EU/EWR citizens

Degree programme students who possess EU/EWR or swiss nationality as well as equal treated (in respect of the requested amount of tuition fees) non-EU/EWR citizens can apply for a waiver of the tuition fees in the following reasons:

Illness or pregnancy – Inability to study for more than two months.
Documentation: Medical confirmation form.
Child care – Care for children up to their seventh birthday or later school admission.
Documentation: Birth certificate of the child; residence registration document (Meldezettel) of the child and the student; affidavit by the student.

Disability – Of at least 50% (in line with federal legal statutes).
Documentation: Disabled ID card from the Austrian Social Welfare Office.
Military or community service – Inability to study in a degree programme for more than two months.
Documentation: Conscription notification from military command or the community service agency.
Multiple studies – actually studying in more than one degree programme
Documentation: see directive of the federal ministry

Waiver and equal treatment

The form for the application for tuition fee waiver as well as for the application for equal treatment with EU/EWR-nationals (in respect of the requested amount of tuition fees) can be submitted to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs as soon as the respective requested amount appears in the Online-service.

If the application for tuition fee waiver cannot be completed during the admission period due to missing documentation, then the payment of the requested fee must be made in order to continue studies.

Refund

As soon as one of the above-mentioned cases – except "financial need" – comes into effect, students can apply for reimbursement of the tuition fees via an application for refund (before 30 of September in summer semester, before 31 of March in winter semester).

Forms

All necessary forms are available to download in the sidebar to the right.