Co-registration at the University of Vienna


Co-registered students are persons who want to pass courses and exams at the University of Vienna to get them recognised for their degree programme at a different Austrian university.

  • You cannot complete a degree programme at the University of Vienna as a co-registered student.
  • The co-registration has to be renewed every semester for interuniversitary studies.
  • If you are enrolled in a Doctoral/PhD programme and want to co-register, please contact the Center for Doctoral Studies.

 Required Documents

You need the following documents as PDF files:

  • application form (PDF) including the pre-approval
  • student record sheet of the current semester (the semester you want to co-register in)
  • student ID card

 Application period

Summer semester 2024:

  • Application period: from 8 January to 31 March 2024
  • Semester start: 1 March

Winter semester 2024/25:

  • Application period: from 11 July to 31 October 2024
  • Semester start: 1 October

Summer semester 2025:

  • Application period: from 7 January to 31 March 2025
  • Semester start: 1 March

 

Schedule of the academic year

How to apply for co-registration

 

Step 1: Activate your u:account and register in u:space

Activate your u:account, which you will need as a co-registered student, in u:space within the application period. Log in to u:space and finish the registration process. Pay the tuition fee/Students' Union fee at your home university, as you will need your student record sheet of the current semester.

 

Step 2: Submit the required documents

Submit all required documents via the Service Desk of the University of Vienna (section: Leave of absence and co-registration).

You are exempted from pre-approval if one of the following conditions applies:

  • You are admitted to a Teacher Education Programme (diploma, bachelor or master programme) at the University of Technology (expiring), the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the University of Applied Arts Vienna or the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
  • You are admitted to a degree programme that was jointly established by the University of Vienna and your home university.
  • You are admitted to a degree programme in cooperation with the University of Vienna ("Kooperationsstudium").

 

What comes next?

Once your application has been processed, you will receive an e-mail to the address provided in u:space. Then you can print your student record sheet in u:space > Personal matters > My documents. As you are not a degree student at the University of Vienna, the co-registration will be entered under the name of your studies at your home university. The name of your degree programme will appear on your student record sheet of the University of Vienna.

Detailed information on study organisation and semester planning (e.g. courses, course registration deadlines).

Please note: The admission does not guarantee a place in an ongoing course with continuous assessment.

A co-registration is not possible

  • if you are already admitted to a degree programme at the University of Vienna. You can participate in courses of another degree programme and, if needed, get them recognised at another university.
  • if you study at a university of applied sciences.
  • if you are a student of a non-Austrian university.
  • if you are admitted at a different university within a mobility programme.
  • if you are a non-degree student at your home university.
  • if you are currently taking a leave of absence at a different university.
  • if you study at a private university.

Continuation of your co-registration

In order to continue your co-registration, submit the following documents via the Service Desk of the University of Vienna (section: Leave of absence and co-registration) within the above mentioned application period of the respective semester as PDF-files:

  • application form with the pre-approval (required each semester)
  • your new student record sheet
  • your student ID card