Admission to master programmes
Source: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission-procedure/master-programmes/ Parent: https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission-procedure/
Choose a degree programme to receive detailed information regarding the admission procedure. Your steps vary depending on
- if you have completed your bachelor/diploma programme at the University of Vienna or another university, and
- if there are any qualitative admission requirements (QZB) prescribed in the curriculum, and
- if a selection procedure (AV for "Aufnahmeverfahren") is conducted for the master programme of your choice, and
- if the language of instruction of the degree programme is English or German.
Guide to admission
Use the selection below. There you will find a step-by-step introduction on how to submit your application and complete the admission procedure.
All master programmes
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List of degree programmes
- African Studies (multilingual)
- Ancient History and Studies in Classical Antiquity (multilingual)
- Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology
- Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (English)
- Applied Economics (English, with AV)
- Applied Linguistics
- Arabic Linguistics (English, with AV)
- Arab World Studies (multilingual)
- Astronomy (English)
- Austrian Studies - Cultures, Literatures, Languages
- Auxiliary Sciences of History and Archival Studies (multilingual)
- Banking and Finance (English, with QZB)
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Chemistry
- Botany (English)
- Business Administration (multilingual, with QZB)
- Business Analytics (English, with AV)
- Business Informatics
- Business Law (admission at partner university)
- Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies (multilingual)
- Chemistry
- Chemistry and Materials Technology (multilingual)
- Classical Archaeology
- Classical Philology (multilingual)
- Cognition, Behavior and Neurobiology (CoBeNe Master) (English, with QZB)
- Communication Science (English, with AV)
- Comparative Literature
- Computational Science (English)
- Computer Science (English, with AV)
- Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management
- Contemporary History and Media (with QZB)
- Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE) (English)
- Culture and Society of Modern South Asia (multilingual)
- Data Science (English, with AV)
- Development Studies
- Digital Humanities (multilingual, with QZB)
- Drug Discovery and Development (English, with AV)
- Earth Sciences
- East Asian Economy and Society (English, with AV)
- Ecology and Ecosystems (English)
- Education
- Egyptology
- English Language and Linguistics (English)
- Environmental Systems: Processes – Pollution – Solutions (English, with AV)
- Epistemologies of Science and Technology (EST) (multilingual)
- European Ethnology
- European Master in Health and Physical Activity (English)
- Evolutionary Anthropology
- Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology (English, with AV)
- Food Chemistry
- Gender Studies (with QZB)
- General Linguistics
- Geographies of Global Change and Sustainability Transformations (multilingual, with QZB)
- German as a Foreign and Second Language (with QZB)
- German Philology (with QZB)
- Global Demography (English, with AV)
- Global History and Global Studies (multilingual)
- Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations (English, with AV)
- Green Chemistry (English, admission at partner university)
- History
- History of Art (with QZB)
- Hungarian and Finno-Ugrian Studies (multilingual)
- Indo-European Studies (multilingual)
- Interdisciplinary Ethics (with QZB)
- Interdisciplinary East European Studies (multilingual)
- International Business Administration (multilingual, with QZB)
- International Legal Studies (multilingual, with QZB)
- Islamic Religious Education
- Japanology (multilingual)
- Jewish Studies (multilingual)
- Journalism and Communication Studies
- Koreanology (multilingual)
- Languages and Cultures of South Asia (multilingual)
- Mathematics (English)
- Media Informatics (English, with AV)
- Meteorology and Climate Science (English)
- Microbiome Science (English, with AV)
- Middle European interdisciplinary master's programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci) (English, with AV)
- Molecular Biology (English, with QZB)
- Molecular Precision Medicine (English, admission at partner university)
- Multilingual Technologies (English, admission at partner university)
- Musicology
- Neuroscience (English, with AV)
- Nursing Science
- Nutritional Sciences
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy (multilingual, with QZB)
- Philosophy and Economics (English, with AV)
- Physical Geography: Environmental Dynamics and Sustainability (multilingual, with QZB)
- Physics (English)
- Political Science
- Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
- Protestant Theology
- Psychology (with AV)
- Psychotherapy (with AV)
- Religious Education
- Religion in Europe (English, with AV)
- Religious Studies (multilingual)
- Research in Economics and Finance (English, with AV)
- Romance Studies (multilingual)
- Scandinavian Studies (multilingual)
- Science-Technology-Society (English, with AV)
- Sinophone Societies and Cultures(English, with QZB)
- Slavonic Studies (multilingual)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology (multilingual)
- Sociology
- Spatial Data Science and GeoCommunication (multilingual, with QZB)
- Sport Science
- Statistics (with QZB)
- Teacher Education
- Theatre, Film and Media Studies
- Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (multilingual)
- Translation (multilingual)
- Turkish Studies (multilingual)
- Zoology
German and multilingual master programmes
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List of degree programmes
- African Studies (multilingual)
- Ancient History and Studies in Classical Antiquity (multilingual)
- Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology
- Applied Linguistics
- Arab World Studies (multilingual)
- Austrian Studies - Cultures, Literatures, Languages
- Auxiliary Sciences of History and Archival Studies (multilingual)
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Chemistry
- Business Administration (multilingual, with QZB)
- Business Informatics
- Business Law (admission at partner university)
- Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Studies (multilingual)
- Chemistry
- Chemistry and Materials Technology (multilingual)
- Classical Archaeology
- Classical Philology (multilingual)
- Comparative Literature
- Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management
- Contemporary History and Media (with QZB)
- Culture and Society of Modern South Asia (multilingual)
- Development Studies
- Digital Humanities (multilingual, with QZB)
- Earth Sciences
- Education
- Egyptology
- Epistemologies of Science and Technology (EST) (multilingual)
- European Ethnology
- Evolutionary Anthropology
- Food Chemistry
- Gender Studies (with QZB)
- General Linguistics
- Geographies of Global Change and Sustainability Transformations (multilingual, with QZB)
- German as a Foreign and Second Language (with QZB)
- German Philology (with QZB)
- Global History and Global Studies (multilingual)
- History
- History of Art (with QZB)
- Hungarian and Finno-Ugrian Studies (multilingual)
- Indo-European Studies (multilingual)
- Interdisciplinary Ethics (with QZB)
- Interdisciplinary East European Studies (multilingual)
- International Business Administration (multilingual, with QZB)
- International Legal Studies (multilingual, with QZB)
- Islamic Religious Education
- Japanology (multilingual)
- Jewish Studies (multilingual)
- [Journalism and Communication Studies](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/master-programmes/journalism-and-communication-studies/)
- Koreanology (multilingual)
- Languages and Cultures of South Asia (multilingual)
- [Musicology](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/master-programmes/musicology/)
- Nursing Science
- Nutritional Sciences
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy (multilingual, with QZB)
- Physical Geography: Environmental Dynamics and Sustainability (multilingual, with QZB)
- Political Science
- Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
- Protestant Theology
- Psychology (with AV)
- Psychotherapy (with AV)
- Religious Education
- Religious Studies (multilingual)
- Romance Studies (multilingual)
- Scandinavian Studies (multilingual)
- Slavonic Studies (multilingual)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology (multilingual)
- Sociology
- Spatial Data Science and GeoCommunication (multilingual, with QZB)
- Sport Science
- Statistics (with QZB)
- Teacher Education
- Theatre, Film and Media Studies
- Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (multilingual)
- Translation (multilingual)
- Turkish Studies (multilingual)
- Zoology
English master programmes
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List of degree programmes
- Applied Economics (with AV)
- Arabic Linguistics (with AV)
- Astronomy
- Banking and Finance (with QZB)
- [Botany](https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/admission/master-programmes/botany/)
- Business Analytics (with AV)
- Cognition, Behavior and Neurobiology (CoBeNe Master) (with QZB)
- Communication Science (with AV)
- Computational Science (with QZB)
- Computer Science (with AV)
- Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE)
- Data Science (with AV)
- Drug Discovery and Development (with AV)
- East Asian Economy and Society (with AV)
- Ecology and Ecosystems
- English Language and Linguistics
- Environmental Systems: Processes – Pollution – Solutions (with AV)
- European Master in Health and Physical Activity
- Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology (with AV)
- Global Demography (with AV)
- Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations (with AV)
- Green Chemistry (admission at partner university)
- Mathematics
- Media Informatics (with AV)
- Meteorology and Climate Science
- Microbiome Science (with AV)
- Middle European interdisciplinary master's programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci) (with AV)
- Molecular Biology (with QZB)
- Molecular Precision Medicine (admission at partner university)
- Multilingual Technologies (admission at partner university)
- Neuroscience (with AV)
- Philosophy and Economics (with AV)
- Physics
- Religion in Europe (with AV)
- Research in Economics and Finance (with AV)
- Science-Technology-Society (with AV)
- Sinophone Societies and Cultures (with QZB)
Master programmes with selection procedure
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List of degree programmes
- Arabic Linguistics
- Business Analytics
- Communication Science
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Ecos - East Asian Economy and Society (Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ostasiens)
- Environmental Systems: Processes – Pollution – Solutions
- Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology
- Global Demography
- Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations
- Media Informatics
- Microbiome Science
- Middle European interdisciplinary master programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci)
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy and Economics
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Religion in Europe
- Research in Economics and Finance
- Science-Technology-Society
Master Access Guide
To be admitted to a master programme, you must have completed a bachelor/diploma programme in the same discipline (= eligible degree programme). In the Master Access Guide, you can find out with which previous degree programmes and under which conditions admission to a specific master programme is possible. If your previous degree programme is not listed in the Master Access Guide of the specific master programme, a decision whether admission is possible will be made on a case-by-case basis. The admission requirements according to university law and the applicable master curriculum are binding.
Visiting Master
Master students of other universities can get enrolled to an eligible degree programme at the University of Vienna for one semester as Visiting Master students.
Cooperation with the Central European University (CEU)
Students enrolled in a master programme at the University of Vienna or at the Central European University are eligible to complete single courses at the partner institution as part of the mutual exchange programme.