Admission to master programme German as a Foreign and Second Language

The prerequisite for admission to a master programme is the completion of an eligible Bachelor or diploma programme (= in the same discipline). Here you will find information on the prerequisites required for admission. If your previous degree programme is considered as a eligible degree programme will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. 

Our advice: Thoroughly acquaint yourself about the prerequisites for admission to your chosen master programme at an early stage. Thereby, you have the possibility to fulfil prerequisites during the course of your previous studies, for example by completing specific extension curricula ("Erweiterungscurricula" - EC).

If your degree programme is not listed as example in the Master Access Guide, your application will be checked individually to determine if an admission to the master programme is possible.

Qualitative admission requirements

Please note the qualitative admission requirements listed below.


Master programme German as a Foreign and Second Language: Previous degree programmes

Qualitative admission requirements

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Qualitative admission requirements with a completed degree in Linguistic at the University of Vienna (bachelor)
Qualitative admission requirements for all other completed degree programmes (bachelor)

1. Completion of a degree programme at the University of Vienna

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German Philology (bachelor)
German Philology (diploma)
Teacher education - teaching subject German (bachelor)
Teacher education - teaching subject German (diploma)
All teacher education - teaching subject except German (bachelor)
All teacher education - teaching subject except German (diplom)
African Studies (bachelor)
Finnish Studies (bachelor)
Hungarian Studies (bachelor)
Hungarian and Finnish Studies (bachelor)
Development Studies (bachelor)
Japanology (bachelor)
Classical Philology (bachelor)
Koreanology (bachelor)
Social and Cultural Anthropology (bachelor)
Musicology (bachelor)
Dutch Studies (bachelor)
Oriental Studies (bachelor)
Journalism and Communication Studies (bachelor)
Romance Studies (bachelor)
Sinology (bachelor)
Scandinavian Studies (bachelor)
Slavonic Studies (bachelor)
Languages and Cultures of South Asia and Tibet (bachelor)
Linguistics (bachelor)
Theatre, Film and Media Studies (bachelor)
Transcultural Communication (bachelor)
Comparative Literature (bachelor)

2. Completion of a degree programme at another university or institution of higher education in Austria

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University Colleges of Teacher Education: Lehramt Mittelschule all teaching subjects (bachelor of education)
University Colleges of Teacher Education: Lehramt für Volksschule (bachelor of education)

3. Completion of a degree programme from an EU/EEA country or Switzerland

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Universities in Germany and Switzerland: German Philology (bachelor)
Universities in Germany and Switzerland: Teacher education - teaching subject German (bachelor of education)
Universities in Germany and Switzerland: Teacher education - teaching subject German (diploma)

4. Completion of a degree programme from a non-EU/EEA country

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Completion of a degree programme from a non‐EU/EEA country