Amount of the tuition fee/Students' Union fee
Students pay either the tuition fee, the Students' Union fee – or both. By making this payment, you finalise your admission or register to continue your studies. The amount of the tuition fee depends on your citizenship, duration of studies and on whether you are enrolled in a degree programme or non-degree programme. The amount of the Students' Union fee is directly determined by the Austrian Students' Union.
Students with citizenship EU/EEA/CH
You pay the tuition fee/Students' Union fee every semester. The tuition fee is remitted for a specific period: During the stipulated degree programme duration plus two tolerance semesters, you only pay the Students' Union fee.
Your fees are calculated automatically. You can view the amount in u:space → Financial matters → Tuition/Students' Union fee. Check under Studies → Study overview to see how many tuition-free semesters you have remaining.
What is the stipulated duration of studies for my degree programme?
Stipulated degree programme duration 6 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 9th semester onwards.
The stipulated degree programme duration depends on the curriculum and your chosen school subjects:
- Teacher Education (Curriculum 2026): 6 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 9th semester onwards.
- Teacher Education (Curriculum 2026) with the school subject Digital Literacy and Informatics: 7 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 10th semester onwards.
- Teacher Education (Curriculum BEFORE 2026): 8 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 11th semester onwards.
During the stipulated duration of each stage of your degree programme + 2 tolerance semesters you only pay the Students' Union fee. Afterwards, also the tuition fee is prescribed. When you hand in a completed stage at your StudiesServiceCenter you receive a diploma certificate. The calculation of semesters starts at one once again. This means: you are exempt from the tuition fee again. Stipulated degree programme duration (and for each stage 2 tolerance semesters).
- Law (Degree Programme Code 101): 8 semesters (2+2/3+2/3+2 semesters)
- Law (Degree Programme Code 100, from winter semester 2025 onwards): 8 semesters (2+2/4+2/2+2 semesters)
- Catholic Theology: 10 semesters (6+2/4+2 semesters)
Stipulated degree programme duration 4 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 7th semester onwards.
Stipulated degree programme duration 6 semesters + 2 tolerance semesters. You pay the tuition fee from the 9th semester onwards.
Students with non-EU/EEA Citizenship
You must pay your tuition fee/Students' Union fee every semester within the payment period in order to continue your studies. Your fee is calculated automatically. Your fees are calculated automatically. You can view the amount in u:space → Financial matters → Tuition/Students' Union fee.
You pay the tuition fee from the first semester onwards. The degree programme duration does not affect the amount of the fee. Please note the applicable exceptions. Depending on your personal circumstances, you may pay the same tuition fee as EU/EEA citizens or only the Students' Union fee.
Exemptions for non-EU/EEA citizens
The tuition fee is remitted for students with citizenship from one of the following countries during the full duration of their studies. You only pay the Students' Union fee.
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comores
- Congo - Democratic Republic
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Kiribati
- Lao - People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mazambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Rwanda
- Sâo Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
Submit your application for equal status if you are enrolled in a degree programme and either
- Belong to a group of persons according to the decree on groups of persons ("Personengruppenverordnung PersGV") or
- Have a residence permit other than "Student" (Aufenhaltsbewilligung Student).
After your application was approved, the same rules as for students with citizenship from an EU/EEA country or Switzerland apply to you.
Keep the deadlines for your application for equal status in mind!
Students with this citizenship pay the same tuition fee as students with citizenship from an EU/EEA country or Switzerland if you
- were admitted to the degree programme before 31 December 2020 and
- do not interrupt the admission.
If the degree programme is interrupted for one or more semesters, the same rules as for students with non-EU/EEA citizenship apply from the time of resumption of studies.
If you are a Ukrainian citizen, the tuition fee will be waived automatically. You will only pay the Students' Union fee.
Non-degree programme
To continue your studies, you pay the tuition fee each semester within the payment period. The amount of the tuition fee does not depend on your citizenship. You can see the amount of the prescribed fee in u:space → Financial Matters → Tuition fee/Students' Union fee.
Please note: A non-degree programme does not lead to a graduation with an academic degree.
You are in Austria with a residence permit? Please contact the MA 35 if examinations from a non-degree programme can be recognised for your residence permit. Supplementary examinations from the VWU are recognised.
Reasons for admission to a non-degree programme
You have to complete supplementary examinations in the VWU? As long as you attend courses at the VWU you can be admitted to a non-degree programme. During your time at the VWU you only pay the Students’ Union fee at the University of Vienna.
- "Nachmatura" (receiving the Austrian secondary-school leaving certificate late, only available in German)
You have not passed your final exam of the Austrian Matura yet, but want to register for courses? In this case the admission to a non-degree programme (only available in German) is possible. In the non-degree programme you pay the tuition fee as well as the Students’ Union fee. - Attending courses out of interest
You want to attend individual courses out of interest? In this case the admission to a non-degree programme is possible. In the non-degree programme you pay the tuition fee as well as the Students’ Union fee. - Making up for subject-specific supplementary examinations from the bachelor programme
You have to make up for courses from the bachelor programme to be admitted to a master programme? In this case the admission to a non-degree programme is possible. In the non-degree programme you pay the tuition fee as well as the Students’ Union fee. - Making up for qualitative admission requirements (QZB)
You have to make up examinations to fulfil the QZB? In this case the admission to a non-degree programme is possible. In the non-degree programme you pay the tuition fee as well as the Students’ Union fee. - Nostrification
Detailed info about the prerequisites and course of the nostrification is available on the website of the Büro Studienpräses. You will be admitted to the non-degree programme for the purpose of establishing equivalency. In the non-degree programme you pay the tuition fee as well as the Students' Union fee.
FAQ Höhe des Studien-/ÖH-Beitrags
Check u:space → Studies → Study overview to see which degree programmes you are admitted to. As soon as you pay the tuition fee/Students' Union fee at the University of Vienna all degree programmes are continued. It does not matter if you actively study them or not. The tuition fee is prescribed if you exceed the stipulated degree programme duration plus tolerance semesters. If a degree programme that you (currently) do not want to continue is in your study overview, you can close it. The amount of the tuition fee will then be calculated anew.
If you have equal status with EU/EEA citizens you are exempt from the tuition fee as long as
- your residence permit is valid and
- you are within the stipulated degree programme duration + tolerance semesters.
Detailed information about equal status with EU/EEA citizens
Semesters during which you are abroad with a mobility programme are counted in the same way as semesters you spend at the University of Vienna. You do not receive any additional tolerance semesters.
As you pay the Students' Union fee during the Erasmus+ semester, you stay admitted at the University of Vienna. You therefore are also able to take examinations from courses at the University of Vienna that took place during your semester abroad (e.g. at a later examination date).
If you have to pay the tuition fee, you can apply for remission of the tuition fee during your semester abroad. This is only possible during the semester in which your stay abroad takes place, not in retrospect.
You can only enter one citizenship in u:space. You have one citizenship from an EU/EAA country or Switzerland and another from a non-EU/EEA country? Enter the citizenship that is more beneficial for you.
If your citizenship has changed, please message us for a change of personal data.
You can choose where you pay. The fee will be forwarded to all universities you are admitted to via the Austrian Federal Computer Center ("Bundesrechenzentrum"). If you choose to pay at another university: Do not forget to re-enrol on your degree programme at the University of Vienna.
Please note: If a higher fee is prescribed at one university, it is best to pay there directly. If you pay at the university where only the Students' Union fee is prescribed, you have to separately pay the remaining difference at the other university.
For example:
You only pay the Students' Union fee at another university. At the University of Vienna you have already exceeded the stipulated degree programme duration + tolerance semesters. A few days after paying at the other university you can verify in u:space → Financial Matters → Tuition fee/Students' Union fee if the Students' Union fee has already arrived. Then you pay the prescribed tuition fee at the University of Vienna. You only have to pay the tuition fee, the Students' Union fee is forwarded by the other university.
If you only have to pay the Students' Union fee, you pay it with the programme fee for the Postgraduate Center. You do not have to take any further steps.
If you also have to pay the tuition fee, you have to pay it within the payment period. Detailed information about the payment options is available in u:space → Financial Matters → Tuition fee/Students' Union fee.