Confirmations

On your student record sheet, you will find an overview of all degree programmes to which you are or have been admitted. It is issued separately for each semester. The student record sheet contains information on the version of the curriculum, the start date of your studies, your enrolment status and any resumptions of studies.

On your confirmation of enrolment, you will see that you are admitted to a specific degree programme or to a non-degree programme. It is issued separately for each semester and each degree programme.

On your confirmation of study periods, you will find an overview of all degree and non-degree programmes to which you are or have been admitted at the University of Vienna. It contains details of the start and end dates of your studies, as well as semesters for which you have re-registered or taken a leave of absence.

As soon as the required tuition/Students' Union fee has been received by the University of Vienna, you can download the study documents for the current semester.

Do you need your certificates with an ‘original’ stamp and signature? Please contact the Servicedesk. The Admission Office will send you the stamped document.

Your Transcript of Records shows all your exam results at the University of Vienna. It contains information on exam dates, the completion of courses and the ECTS credits you have earned.

The confirmation of courses passed lists only those exams you have passed. It contains information on exam dates, the completion of courses and the ECTS credits you have earned.

If you require confirmations that go beyond this, please contact the SSC for your degree programme.

Your payment request/confirmation will show the amount of the tuition and Students' Union fees for the relevant semester. The payment date will also be confirmed once the fees have been received by the University of Vienna.

Confirmation of the payment of the administration fee for degree programmes with an entrance exam procedure/aptitude assessment is included in the registration confirmation. You will receive this after you have submitted your application for admission to one of these degree programmes.

If you close one or more of your degree programmes or are excluded from them, you can download a confirmation of withdrawal from university for these programmes.

No confirmations of withdrawal from university are issued for successfully completed or non-degree programmes. The confirmation of your successfully completed degree programme is the official notice of the award of your academic degree.

Military service or civilian service does not constitute a case of particular hardship at the University of Vienna in accordance with § 26 Abs. 3 Wehrgesetz. You can download your confirmation of enrolment at any time from u:space → Personal matters → My Documents.

Whilst performing military or civilian service, you may take a leave of absence from your studies.

Ihre Studienunterlagen sind amtssigniert und bestätigen Ihre Zulassung an der Universität Wien. Laden Sie diese in u:space herunter und reichen Sie sie bei der anfragenden Behörde ein.

If the study documents are insufficient, the Admission Office can also confirm details of your admission to the programme using forms issued by other authorities (e.g. the form for an orphan's pension). To do this, please get in contact via the Servicedesk. Please send all pages of the form. Information contained in third-party forms that can not be confirmed by the Admission Office will be deleted or explained in the comments. This includes, for example, the expected date of graduation. You will receive the completed and stamped form as a PDF file. If you require the confirmation by post, please state the desired address in your message. Please allow at least 3 weeks for processing.

Please note: BAföG forms are confirmed by the StudiesServiceCenter (SSC) for your degree programme.

For data protection reasons, please contact the person concerned directly. Current students can download study documents directly from u:space → Personal matters → My Documents, or request specific certificates via the Servicedesk. Former students should write to bestaetigungen.zulassung(at)univie.ac.at.

If you are unable to obtain the confirmation directly from the person concerned, please email bestaetigungen.zulassung(at)univie.ac.at. Please state what information you require to be confirmed, as well as the person’s name, date of birth and (if known) student ID number.

For information regarding examination results, please contact the StudiesServiceCenter for the relevant degree programme.

The Admission Office issues confirmations to third parties provided they have a signed letter of authorisation from the person concerned. Please email the letter of authorisation, a scan of a valid passport or personal ID card belonging to that person, and a scan of your own valid passport or personal ID card to . Please state which confirmation you require.

Exceptions apply to solicitors requesting information on behalf of a person they represent, regarding the power of attorney and copies of identification documents.

The Büro Studienpräses needs a scan of the personal ID of the person (as JPEG or PDF) as well as a signed declaration of consent. This declaration has to include the following information: 

• Specification of the data required (e.g. academic degree, number of achieved ECTS etc.) 
• Name
• Date of birth
• Address of the office or name and address of the person concerned
• Degree programme
• Student ID number
• Purpose

Send your request for verification of academic degrees to verifications(at)univie.ac.at. An exemption are degrees of dental and medical degree programmes.

For confirmations of degrees of dental and medical programmes please contact the Medical University of Vienna, even if the diploma was issued by the University of Vienna (this was the case until 2004).